Insurance Institute demonstration shows advantages of following wind resistance standards

Feb. 6, 2013

A demonstration by the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety shows how powerful winds affect concrete-and-steel buildings built with different techniques. One building was constructed using traditional methods, while the second used better screws, steel cleats, wind-rated doors and walls reinforced with vertical steel rods eight feet apart. The more strongly built building fared far better.

(http://www.wbtv.com/story/20546899/commercial-building-wind-test)

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