Re: Chinese Daily Photos, Videos & News!!
There's a difference between building codes and building standards. Each county have different codes for safety in accordance to natural elements of it's location, just like here in America where the IBC (International Building Codes), UBC (Universal Building Codes) and NBC (National Building Codes) are used to varies among the common natural occurrences like hurricanes, typhoons, and earthquakes. Building standards are more like a fire code or an escalator codes that does more with egress of the building. Ok with that said, my worries is about China building so fast, that it put a huge amount of stress for the code inspectors out there, that might bypass certain safety codes that's been implemented along the codes the government already put into place. I think China just needs to hire more building inspectors and code analysis, even just on a part-time basis would really help, because right now all their best engineers and architects are busy at work.
