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April 2, 2009
THERE'S A LOT we don't know about how mid-rise wood-frame buildings behave during earthquakes, but a group of researchers hopes to change that this summer. Construction is under way near Kobe, Japan, on the largest building ever tested on an earthquake shake table. A team of researchers led by Colorado State University will run tests on the seven-story, mixed-use building in July to see how it responds to a series of quakes.
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