Vancouver built up fast — but now its older towers face an earthquake reckoning
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par Preetish Kakoty, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Civil Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, UCL
Carlos Molina Hutt, Associate Professor, Structural & Earthquake Engineering, University of British Columbia
Modern engineering practices explicitly design concrete to be more resilient to earthquakes, but older buildings predate such practices. That makes them especially vulnerable.
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mercredi 25 février 2026