7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Southeast Asia, affecting Myanmar and Thailand

I was wondering about the collapsed building in Thailand that was under construction.

Do civil engineers take precautions for under-construction buildings? Do they minimize the risk somehow? I'm guessing there's inevitably a window during which an earthquake would be catastrophic, even if the end product is earthquake resistant.

It doesn't seem like the state of being under construction would have been the problem. It's a reinforced, poured-in-place concrete building. It should be as strong in that state as it would ever have been. Suggests a design error.