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America's Construction Industry Is Broken (treehugger.com)
1 point by jseliger on Dec 24, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


This struck me odd:

> There is virtually no jurisdiction in the United States where the building code would allow a seven-story building served by a single means of egress.

Why is this a bad thing? A "111-foot wooden high-rise" with a single fire exit seems like a death trap waiting to happen.




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