Daily Archives: March 13, 2015

#NewHighHiRise: How Do Insurance Companies Underwrite Hi-Rise Risk post-911?

To follow-thru on a hypothetical, “If skyscrapers are indeed ‘unsafe’ in a cyber-connected surveillance wi-fi world, then Los Angeles is less safe with every new-high-hi-rise erected. On the other hand, hi-rises can, if properly equiped, provide ample defense-oriented opportunities. copyright … Continue reading

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#DotheMath Building Codes in the post-911 Era Re: #PentagonDestruction: The Deaths Per Event Ratio

One lesson we can learn from the Pentagon event of September 11, 2001 is that the direct deaths per event ratio tends to confirm the life-saving benefits of a low-profile building. WTC [2] v. the Pentagon [it’s “building” & the … Continue reading

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Who Can You Trust? #CouncilonForeignRelations @ForeignAffairs #SkyscraperHeavens Excerpt Attachment

SKYSCRAPER HEAVENS The title of the book is Skyscraper Heavens.  Those two words came together before dawn the morning of December 31, 2014. The Skyscraper is a male-dominant image, a phallus, a corporate, higher than you, conception of engineers, developers … Continue reading

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