"earthquake" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In 1990, a $2 million renovation brought it up to modern earthquake codes and restored its 1930s appearance.
- The hotel closed in 1985 after the main building ceased to meet new earthquake codes, which had been changed due to the disastrous 1985 Mexico City earthquake.
- Some of the houses and office buildings that collapsed might have been built before the earthquake code was revised in the 1970s.
- But due to strict earthquake codes enforced after the 1971 Sylmar earthquake, portions of the school was condemned and demolished.
- In October 2012 it was announced that the Opera House is below 34% of the earthquake code and may have to close for strengthening [1].
- A spokesman for Ginsberg said the filing was to "beat a deadline for new, more stringent earthquake codes, which went into effect earlier" in 1996.
- The anchor booths atop rickety scaffolding, hollow cities unlikely to meet any local earthquake code, have their own hierarchy as well.
- California builders would like the insurance department to adopt a similar system of discounts for homes meeting new earthquake codes.
- "They're built not only to earthquake codes, but also to avoid vibration altogether," he said.
- The Presidio Fire Station was recently rehabilitated to bring it up to earthquake code, and to enlarge it to accommodate modern fire fighting equipment.
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