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Question:  Can you weigh a building?
 carol a jackson

Answer:
Well, I can't think of any way to directly weigh a building.
If you had the blueprints for the building,
you could conceivably add up the weight of all
the individual components of the building.  This sounds
difficult and time-consuming, however.

If you're interested in a specific building, it's possible
that the engineers who designed the building will have
determined the weight as part of the design process.

-Grant