We
received correspondence last week asking if we were advocating not following the necessary principles to design in earthquake zones. That is not quite what the email said, but I am paraphrasing to make a point.
We never advocate violating codes or engineering safety principles.
What we do advocate is challenging all overly conservative concepts that have been built into design practices over the years. These practices, in and of themselves, are expensive and often done without thought.
Take the place we started years ago, for instance. We began by advocating a serious look at steel dryers. At our first Light Green Machine Institute Conference we talked about this, and in fact, a representative from one of the major insurance companies showed up to see what we were advocating.
Now, at the 6th Annual Light Green Machine Institute Conference in Stevens Point, Wisconsin (October 20 -22, 2015), Voith is going to present a paper on steel dryers.
We've come a long way, baby, in just six short years.
