‘An inspection could have saved lives’: race to check buildings after New York garage collapse

‘An inspection could have saved lives’: race to check buildings after New York garage collapse

[ad_1] Last Tuesday, a nearly 100-year-old four-story garage in Manhattan’s financial district caved in, killing the a building manager, Willis Moore, and injuring five others. An employee who survived the disaster told local reporters that he had witnessed long cracks in the garage’s concrete, and that Moore himself had been trying to warn the owners…

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Post-quake reconstruction focuses on shorter buildings: Erdogan

Post-quake reconstruction focuses on shorter buildings: Erdogan

[ad_1] Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the reconstruction after the massive earthquakes would focus on rebuilding shorter buildings and development on more durable surfaces. Speaking at the National Risk Shield Meeting in Istanbul on Friday, Erdogan laid out Turkey’s post-quake reconstruction plans. “When planning new settlements, we will be moving our…

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