So long as every stage of the construction process complies with the “Earthquake Resistance Design Standards,” then it will naturally achieve earthquake resistance.
Therefore, in terms of materials, choosing SN steel, which is specially researched and developed to give buildings earthquake resistance, is your best choice!
SN steel is characterized by being strong, resilient, and by having good weldability. Compared to steel of other specifications, it is the steel most able to withstand earthquakes and is the earthquake-resistant building material stipulated by the government in Japan after the Hanshin Earthquake.
When an earthquake occurs, we always intuitively believe that shorter buildings are safer and that they are more earthquake-resistant than taller buildings. However, according to the disaster report issued by the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, in the 921 Earthquake, low-rise buildings were damaged the most, and accounted for approximately 85% of all buildings damaged.
Not only that, but amongst global earthquake disasters, the most heavily affected are always low-rise buildings. This is primarily because low-rise building construction planning scales are small, leading to people overlooking the important fact that low-rise buildings likewise require resistance to earthquakes. The end result is that in design planning, construction supervision, construction, and in materials, each stage is not properly considered. When an earthquake occurs, the building is unable to suitably employ energy-dissipating effects for earthquake resistance.
Therefore, we should abandon the myth that when an earthquake occurs, living in a low-rise building is safer than in a high-rise. No matter what type of building it may be, it should always have earthquake resistance integrated into every stage of its design and construction. Only this way, when an earthquake occurs, can we be assured of our personal safety.
Since the 1995 Hanshin Earthquake, Japan has made SN steel its sole steel building material that complies with earthquake-resistant design. SN steel is characterized by being strong, resilient, and by having good weldability. Compared to steel of other specifications, it is the steel most able to withstand earthquakes.
Therefore, in terms of materials, choosing SN steel, which is specially researched and developed to give buildings earthquake resistance, is your best choice!
After the 921 Earthquake, as a specialized enterprise in the Taiwan construction steel industry, we hope to enable everyone to pay attention to the issue of earthquake resistance, regardless of the height of the building. Therefore, in 2012 Tung Ho Steel decided to cancel all price increases it had planned for H-beam steel SN400YB material, and open supply to consumers at a low price. Moreover, as a steel material that complies with earthquake-resistant design requirements, SN400YB is exclusively produced as 100% lump weight H-beam steel that exceeds national standards. In addition, Tung Ho Steel imprints its H-beam steel materials with the permanent markings “T H A S” (Tung Ho Accredited Steel) and “C N S S N 4 0 0 Y B.” This offers consumers a lifetime assurance of quality, in hopes of rapidly enhancing the awareness of earthquake resistance among low-rise building owners in Taiwan.
