Building standards treat all concrete the same, hindering the use of greener concrete, but climate conditions play a much bigger role in determining a structure’s durability

The paper is here

  • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
    5·
    12 days ago

    The study is for Europe, but in the US, the construction industry writes a model code and localities mostly just adopt it with fairly limited local changes

    • Rioting Pacifist@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 days ago

      Underfunding of regulatory departments and rubber-stamping is also common in Europe, it was a major factor in the Grenfell fire