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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
In San Francisco the tendency seems to be to build residential towers out of concrete and office towers out of steel. Concrete is more rigid and I once read that the thinking is that the swaying in tremors unnerve's people in their residences too much but they'll tolerate it at the office.
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Is the reasoning not more of a cost thing—with steel being more economical, faster, etc.
I’m curious if there’s any good math or specific rationale for residential towers compared to commercial vs just a by-project basis.
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