Public transportation halted, water pipes burst and public health facilities – few of which were built to code – crumbled.
But I was born in Queens, so who cares? #TrumpBible When Paul & Silas were praying, an earthquake shook the jail & all the doors were opened, because none of it was built to code.
While this is a major step in the right direction, effective law enforcement is also needed, says Garschagen, pointing to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China that killed thousands of children when school buildings collapsed, effectively because the schools had not been built to code.
So even if most buildings there had been built to code — many appeared to fall far short — they might well have failed to withstand the May quake, which the Chinese government says had a magnitude of 8.0, the most powerful in China in modern times.
"If a building is built to code when it's built, I think it's pretty sad when they come back and say you have to do something to it," said Dan Faller, president of the Apartment Assn. of Southern California.
Alternately, you can measure 16" from the corner of the closest wall to find a stud, then keep measuring every 16" if your house is build to code.
Their properties originally were built to code but subsequently were found to be at greater flood risk.
Though it was built to code, accessory buildings larger than 64 square feet need a building permit in the city.
While firefighters would prefer all buildings have sprinklers, Summers said, he would not criticize the building construction, since it was built to code and kept the fire contained to a small area.
But there are more networks waiting to be built: to reform the tax code; to reduce consumption and expand productivity; to reform entitlements.
