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<p>Never mind the safety of buildings on stilts. They can never be
made secure against bomb attacks simply because a bomb in a large
van can be driven between the stilts and detonated.</p>
<p>I encountered this issue when I was involved, tangentially, in
the selection of a headquarters building for a financial
institution. An ex RAF-regiment security manager took one look at
a photo of a building on stilts, pointed out the mobile bomb risk,
and struck that building off the list of viable candidates ... <br>
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<p>... but not before describing in very colourful language the
"ingenus" that had proposed it in the first place.</p>
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<p>Olwen</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/06/2020 23:41, Les Chambers
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<div>The following is an excellent presentation on what to do when
you make a mistake that could have catastrophic consequences.
It’s the story of Citibank centre in New York City. It could
have fallen over in a storm and taken every building with it ,
domino like , all the way to Central Park. </div>
<div>I’d recommend all Nicholas Means’ presentations on YouTube.
Well researched and brilliantly presented.</div>
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<div>See:</div>
<div><span style="font-size: 19.08px; -webkit-text-size-adjust:
auto;">Nicholas Means – the building built on stilts</span></div>
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class="s1" style="font-size: 19.08px;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/NLXys9vgWiY">https://youtu.be/NLXys9vgWiY</a></span></p>
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<div>Chambers & Assoc. Pty Ltd. </div>
<div> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.chambers.com.au">www.chambers.com.au</a></div>
<div><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.systemsengineeringblog.com">www.systemsengineeringblog.com</a></div>
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