Posted Jan 29, 2012, 7:13 PM
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Pretty sure all of the office towers going up right now will be reinforced concrete.
For highrises in Vancouver, steel is more expensive as it isn't manufactured locally; only out east and overseas. The cost of steel, plus the shipping costs, and the fewer ironworkers here makes it prohibitive. There are probably other reasons too, but I'm not a construction guy.
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