‘CODE OF LAWS OF HAMMURABI (2200 BC), KING OF BABYLONIA’ (the earliest building code yet discovered): A. If a builder builds a house for a man and do not make its construction firm and the house which he has built collapse and cause the death of the owner of the house − that builder shall be put to death. B. If it cause the death of the son of the owner of the house − they shall put to death a son of that builder. C. If it cause the death of a slave of the owner of the house − he shall give to the owner of the house a slave of equal value. D. If it destroy property, he shall restore whatever it destroyed, and because he did not make the house which he built firm and it collapsed, he shall rebuild the house which collapsed at his own expense. E. If a builder build a house for a man and do not make its construction meet the requirements and a wall fall in, that builder shall strengthen the wall at his own expense. Whilst this code is undoubtedly harsh it probably did concentrate the designer’s mind on the importance of structural stability!
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 09:04:13 +0000
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