Wood vs. Prefab Metal Buildings in Natural Disasters Let’s look at how RHINO prefab buildings and wood-framed structures perform under pressure. Building for Endurance When…
Category: Earthquakes and Steel Buildings
What Worked—and What Didn’t One year after the devastating Mexico City earthquake, rebuilding continues. The 7.1 tremblor rocked not only buildings and lives, but also…
The Powerful Quakes of New Madrid Surprisingly, some of the strongest earthquakes to shake the continental United States did not occur in California, but in…
Richter, Moment Magnitude, and Mercalli Earthquake Scales When hearing about recent earthquakes, the first thing everyone wants to know is the quake’s magnitude. Having a…
Designing Solid Structures for Shaky Ground The performance of pre-engineered steel buildings in earthquakes is nothing short of amazing. How do we know? Building code…
Part 2: Prefab Metal Buildings vs. Weld-up Buildings Our last blog established that steel buildings are the only safe choice for welding shops. Now let’s…
Part 2: Safer Structures in Earthquakes and Snowstorms Our previous blog covered how prefab metal buildings provide extra protection against windstorms, floods, and fires. Now…
Part 2: Understanding Environmental Loads Part one of this series on construction loads covered the basics of dead loads and live loads. Now let’s look…
Metal Buildings Outperform Other Structures in Natural Disasters In the wake of the devastating natural disasters recently inflicted on the U.S., building stronger structures like…
How a Steel Warehouse Survived the San Francisco Earthquake After spending most of my adult life in the pre-engineered steel building business, I am always…