Do you know what is a Building failure?
Just when you though failure cannot get a non living thing!
Everyone knows about the concrete Jungle and though it is a sad thing to realise that we are replacing the nature with concrete buildings, have you ever wondered how the buildings stay!?
Although the rates may vary, we add somewhere around seventy thousand new commercial buildings and one million new homes each year!
The amount of constructions which happen in every place would simply blow your mind!
Now you may feel sad that there are so many buildings and not nature, you must also be glad that when in trouble you have them!
Recently there was a sandstorm in our area and most of us were happy and protected by this concrete tree! Be in hot or cold, they keep you safe!
Even in Minor quakes, they are the ones who keep you safe!
At the end of the day, the basic dream of any average person is to at least have one place he or she can call home!
Then again you have such massive buildings like the Burj or even Mukesh Ambani’s Antlia (which was apparently costlier to build than the Burj!) and have you ever wondered the amount of planning and thinking which would have gone into making these huge structures!?
What if a part of the building has an issue which is crucial to the structure? Any error can actually lead to calamity!
That is called the building failure!
“building failure” —defined as a partial or full collapse of a functioning structure-is exceedingly rare, especially for skyscrapers. According to a 2003 Ohio State University study, the United States experiences an average of just twenty serious “building failures” per year. That’s an annual avoidable failure rate of less than 0.00002 percent!
With the advent of AI and computers, the rate would now be much lower!
Of course most of the time the rate is kept low due to computers and proper planning; but as Atul explains in his Book The Checklist Manifesto; the core of everything is the Checklist!
As Atul explained that although buildings are now more complex and sophisticated than ever in history, with higher standards expected for everything from earthquake proofing to energy efficiency, they take a third less time to build than before and they are more safe! All because of the checklists made and followed at every stage! With every checklist in place, the whole complex building steadily comes in place and fits together like a jigsaw puzzle!
Speaking of Antilia; here’s Mukesh!
Now don’t worry! Building failure is very rare so relax and sleep!
Shubh ratri!
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