The Hyatt skywalk disaster and other lessons in the regulation of building.

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TextSeries: Natural hazard research working paper ; 91Publication details: [Boulder, Colo.] : Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, 1995Description: iii, 12 pDDC classification:

690.220973 HYA

Subject: This is a preliminary examination of the use of building codes as disaster mitigation tools. Using the Hyatt skywalk disaster in Kansas City in 1981 as a reference point, the analysis will seek to determine whether the same kinds of problems with building code adoption and enforcement existed in more recent disasters. If so, what can be done to encourage better regulation of building construction to reduce exposure to structural failures? The specific questions examined in this paper are: 1) What was learned about hazard mitigation from the Hyatt skywalk collapse in 1981; and 2) Were the problems identified in that disaster alleviated?

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This is a preliminary examination of the use of building codes as disaster mitigation tools. Using the Hyatt skywalk disaster in Kansas City in 1981 as a reference point, the analysis will seek to determine whether the same kinds of problems with building code adoption and enforcement existed in more recent disasters. If so, what can be done to encourage better regulation of building construction to reduce exposure to structural failures? The specific questions examined in this paper are: 1) What was learned about hazard mitigation from the Hyatt skywalk collapse in 1981; and 2) Were the problems identified in that disaster alleviated?

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