Cambridge Earthquake Impact Database
 
B
description
consist of two types of buildings; combined because performance was not significantly different: dressed stone, brick or block masonry with or without reinforced concrete floors or ring beams
notes
Type B mostly consist of better-built older stone masonry buildings with dressed stone outer skins and well bonded corners; many are of manufactured masonry units, concrete block, brick or hollow ceramic block, and have reinforced concrete floors and eaves slabs continuous through the walls and also connected together laterally.
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