Originally Posted by
Super_BQ
Well, the current code appears to be pretty good IMO. I mean, how many lives were lost in a building built under current code? If it shows that many lives were lost in a newly built building, then yes, there should be an upgrade. But you have to consider that downtown Christchurch had many old heritage like buildings and by efforts, most of them didn't meet the 67% current standard. Let me reiterate, taking old buildings and upgrade strengthening them to 67% of the current standard. So right off the start, you could have 80% of the buildings not meeting the current standard and you suggest to increase the standard again? What future would this have for old buildings that can't even make 67% today? We may end up with a lot of empty parking lots downtown if things get too tough.