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Originally Posted by mdiederi
Built with all the modern fireproofing materials and requirements.
This building wasn't fully built, but was up to the full height, so luckily not open yet and no occupants were killed.
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Exactly. The fireproof materials, namely the double drywall and the sprinklers, hadn't been installed yet. There have been other fires like this during construction, like the one in SF Mission Bay a little while ago, but once everything's in these buildings have a good safety record.
Even-taller wood buildings use a very different material. Cross-laminated timber is a heavy-frame ("massive timber") material, akin to the giant logs that wooden lofts use but made from smaller bits of wood.