[Greenbuilding] Building suspension systems...

[Gordon Howell -- Howell Mayhew Engineering]

Kat:

The World Trade Centre towers had huge concrete anti-sway stabilizers 
way up at the top that were computer-controlled to move at specific 
frequencies and kept the towers from swaying and causing people to 
feel nauseous.

+Gordon





>Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 19:40:10 -0400 (EDT)
>From: molasses at q.com
>To: Green Building <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
>Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] cars have suspension systems, why don't 
>houses in earthquake zones? Or do some?
>
>I remember some time way back hearing about how some skyscrapers 
>have rubber things at the bottom that allow them to sway without 
>snapping - so basically, yes - but only on really huge buildings 
>that move all the time. My guess is it'd be cost-prohibitive on anything else?
>
>-Kat