On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 10:52:00PM +0000, Milton L Mueller wrote:
Once a fire breaks out, you can’t add those features to your building; it’s too late. They have to be part of the architecture.
I'll see your analogy, and raise you one: it is possible to build a fire-code-conforming multi-tenant building. Indeed, you can build quite good ones that have both commercial and residential space in them. And you can do this in a building where there are already occupants of various kinds. Of course, that takes longer, because of the disruption to the residents. It still might take less time and be less wasteful than building two new buildings and then moving everyone from the old bulding to the new ones. That is a question of trade-offs and how rickety the existing structure is. Best regards, A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@anvilwalrusden.com