A new study of the property insurance costs for wood frame and concrete mid-rise residential buildings has found a substantial gap in the risks and insurance rates between the two building systems.

Two Applied Technology Council hazard-mitigation projects targeting nonductile concrete buildings—often referred to as “killer buildings” because many are at risk of collapse in an earthquake—are ...

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