Word: iwan
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...made in designing earthquake-resistant--but not earthquake-proof--buildings. U.S. building codes are written to save lives, not prevent all damage. Modern structures are designed to sway and maybe even crack in a quake, but not to break apart and crush their inhabitants under falling debris. Says Bill Iwan, director of the earthquake engineering research laboratory at Caltech: ``With buildings, if you walk out after a quake, the designers did their...
...state or upgraded, whether such upgrading is even possible and, if it is, what is the best method. Similar debate swirls around how to revise building codes to do better in new construction and, even more important, how to retrofit older buildings--and who will pay the bill. Says Iwan of Caltech: ``The really difficult issue is what to do with the existing stock of less-safe, potentially hazardous structures. They're already built and paid for, there is probably a different owner, and now you've discovered there's a flaw. Who is responsible, the owner or the original...
...Angeles there is only one rather minor incentive to retrofit: low-cost city loans to repair unreinforced masonry. San Francisco, says Iwan, more than five years after the Loma Prieta quake, is ``having a great deal of difficulty implementing anywhere near the kinds of retrofit regulations and laws that Southern California has,'' even though ``there are some very hazardous buildings there,'' many concentrated around Chinatown. In an era of government cutbacks, neither the state nor Washington seems likely to foot the bill. Insurance companies are not much help either. After picking up about half of the $20 billion losses from...
...offense returns only six starters from last season. It lost its quarterback, fullback, three linemen and laser-quick wide receiver Dave Iwan, who set a single-season record with 873 yards on 46 catches. A few members of the backfield sidelined with injuries last season will return, including quarterback Chris Hetherton, but whether the team's Swiss cheese line gives them time to shake off their rust is another question...
...Iwan, a senior split end, has 39 receptions for 698 yards, an average of 17.9 yards per catch. He needs only 93 more yards to break Yale's single season record of 791 yards...