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The slope of the ground is unknown. It is impossible to determine the slope, as information is unavailable, or the building has not been inspected sufficiently to determine the slope of the ground.
This building in Vancouver, Canada was built on a sloped ground, however the slope (in terms of number of degrees) is unknown (S. Brzev)
Buildings in this street in Lisbon, Portugal were built on a sloped ground, however the slope information is not available (S. Brzev)
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All types of concrete construction and cladding, reinforced or unreinforced, including where there is a plaster finish directly applied to the concrete. Includes cast-in-place or precast concrete panels, but not thin panels such as glass reinforced concrete (GRC) panels or fibre cement board.
Cast in-place reinforced concrete exterior walls, Vancouver, Canada (S. Brzev)
Exterior walls made of cast-in-place reinforced concrete, Vancouver, Canada (S. Brzev)
Reinforced concrete wall panels, USA (S. Brzev)
Exterior concrete wall panels, Seattle, USA (S. Brzev)
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The structural system that provides resistance against horizontal earthquake forces through vertical and horizontal components.
It is possible to identify different lateral load-resisting systems in two principal directions of the building by using the Direction attribute. In some buildings, there is more than one lateral load-resisting system in each principal direction, or the system varies up the height of the building, in which case the Hybrid Lateral Load-Resisting System attribute is used.
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The footprint of the building when viewed in plan resembles the shape of the letter L; that is, the building is a single unit (no seismic gap) with two ‘wings’ near to or at right angles to each other.
This building in San Francisco, California has a L-shaped plan (Left: S. Brzev; right: Map data ©2013 Google, DigitalGlobe, U.S. Geological Survey)
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Lightweight fibre cement/asbestos sheet tiles, or pressed metal tiles. Overlapping and usually fastened to wood battens.