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Designers and Architects urged to design more weather resilient buildings

Designers and Architects urged to design more weather resilient buildings

By Navitalai Naivalurua
27/02/2021
[image: Fiji Infrastructure and Meteorological/Twitter ]

Minister for Infrastructure Jone Usamate is urging architects and designers to design more weather resilient infrastructure based on what the country is currently facing.

Speaking at the Fiji Building Designers Association Workshop at the Holiday Inn, Usamate says natural disasters are becoming stronger.

He adds with more adverse weather conditions now, they were forced to fix some roads more than once this year.

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