In many communities in California, the seismic requirements that you are expected to meet for an apartment building are different and more stringent than they are for an office.
Opponents of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan have accused his government of not enforcing building regulations and of misspending taxes levied after the last major earthquake to make buildings more quake resistant.
Due to its light weight, mass timber can be engineered to be stronger than steel pound-for-pound, and because of its added seismic resistance, CLT performs impressively in areas prone to earthquakes.
Japan, which lies at the crossing of four tectonic plates, endures about 20 percent of the world's powerful earthquakes, frequently jolting Tokyo and other major cities where buildings are made to be tremor resistant.