IT’S A grim way to learn a lesson, but in a sense we have to relearn urban
architecture after the horrors of 11 September. Â鶹´«Ã½ recently
published a thought-provoking article that left me wondering whether the
government was now considering any new regulations on high-rise buildings
(22 September, p 6).
In particular, I wondered whether it would advise the building
industry to install load sensors to warn of any impending structural failure. I
put my questions to the parliamentary secretary for the building industry, Alan
Whitehead.
He replied that while load sensors are a help in experimental studies…
