Support for heritage buildings
Many heritage buildings are earthquake-prone and need costly earthquake strengthening. Heritage EQUIP has advice and funding to help preserve this special character of our towns and cities.
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Preparing for natural hazards
By Ian Page – 1 April 2016, Build 153, Feature article
BRANZ has done a lot of work on the costs and benefits of mitigating common natural hazards in housing. While some options are cost-effective, others hardly justify the expenditure.
Residential base isolators
1 October 2021, Build 186
Affordable, new base isolation systems for houses are being developed at the University of Canterbury (UC) by a team headed by Professor Tim Sullivan.
The cost of earthquake resilience
By Nick Helm – 1 December 2014, Build 145, Feature article
Legislative changes designed to save lives during an earthquake may cost the country billions, but where is the cost-benefit analysis?
No more one size fits all
By Karen Shaw – 1 August 2016, Build 155
A change to the Building Act means earthquake-prone buildings will be categorised for seismic risk according to their geographic location and the type of building instead of the present blanket approach.
Court rules on strengthening
By Karen Shaw – 1 April 2015, Build 147
With seismic strengthening a hot topic, the Courts have been busy clarifying the level of earthquake strengthening councils can require.
Earthquake-prone building update
By Karen Shaw – 1 October 2017, Build 162
Legislative changes put the onus on building owners to have earthquake-prone buildings remediated within clear timeframes.
Data unlocks secrets
By Dael Climo – 1 December 2014, Build 145
A university research project is using data from the Canterbury earthquakes to evaluate methods and models that predict expected damage to multi-storey reinforced concrete buildings during earthquakes.
Suspended ceilings
By Nick Helm – 1 June 2015, Build 148, Feature article
A proposed new Code of practice aims to improve the seismic performance of suspended ceilings. This follows the surprisingly poor performance of many non-structural building components in recent earthquakes.
Seismic leaps in technology
By Phil Stewart – 1 February 2018, Build 164, Feature article
New Zealand is maintaining its reputation for being at the forefront of seismic technology advances, with new buildings debuting some exciting new features.
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