Your building’s resilience
Organisations need to understand what resilience means for the buildings they inhabit or own. Here are some of the issues for an organisation to consider as it works through the challenges ahead.
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By Dr Erica Seville, David Brunsdon, John Hare – 1 April 2014, Build 141, Feature article
Organisations need to understand what resilience means for the buildings they inhabit or own. Here are some of the issues for an organisation to consider as it works through the challenges ahead.
1 October 2016, Build 156
Mike Mendonça, Chief Resilience Officer, Wellington City Council, leads the city’s efforts to adapt to climate change and prepare for natural disasters.
By Simon Wegner, E.R. (Lisa) Langer – 1 August 2022, Build 191, Feature article
The occurrence of wildfires is growing and is no longer only the concern of fire services. Designers and builders must start thinking now about the houses they construct and how resilient they will be in a world of increased fire risk.
By Roman Jaques – 1 June 2015, Build 148, Feature article
How vulnerable or resilient are our older people likely to be in adverse natural events? BRANZ looked at the homes of our over 65s to find out.
By Dael Climo – 1 June 2016, Build 154
Poorer countries bear the brunt of natural disasters. Now, a World Bank report has laid the groundwork for using the intellectual knowledge of developed countries to develop building regulations in places that need them.
By David Hopkins – 1 April 2017, Build 159
The poor outcomes for many modern multi-storey buildings in recent earthquakes mean it’s time to change the emphasis beyond life safety to reducing damage says structural engineer David Hopkins.
By Gavin McCleave – 1 June 2021, Build 184, Feature article
Researchers in the Coastal programme of the Resilience to Nature’s Challenges National Science Challenge are developing new techniques to build a detailed understanding of coastal change that will give greater certainty about our changing coastline.
By David Hindley – 1 October 2022, Build 192, Feature article
There is more to resilience than just ensuring buildings are better able to cope with floods or earthquakes. It can also be applied to communities and individual businesses. Understanding resilience in all its forms can save time, money and stress for building firms, building owners and the country as a whole.
By Roger Shelton – 1 April 2014, Build 141, Feature article
The Canterbury earthquakes have firmly placed building resilience in the spotlight. As an industry, we did not perform as well as the public expected – how can we do better in the future?
By Professor Suzanne Wilkinson – 1 April 2017, Build 159, Feature article
New Zealand cities will be among the most resilient to natural hazards globally if an ambitious programme achieves its well defined goals.