Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: MillCreek on February 16, 2019, 04:43:49 PM
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-02-13/why-america-s-new-apartment-buildings-all-look-the-same
With the people we have here in the trades, architecture and firefighting, I thought this article would be of interest. These apartment buildings are very very common in the Seattle area, and we had a large, partially-constructed unit go up in flames a couple years ago in Lynnwood: https://komonews.com/news/local/crews-battling-3-alarm-fire-in-lynnwood . The County and State Fire Marshal and the BATF were never able to determine a cause, although they did rule out foul play.
The ones up here usually seem to end up covered in some sort of stucco product or fiber-cement boards, and I don't know if that is due to cost, rain resistance or fire resistance.