Earthquake risk buildings
Lessons from experience
Abstract
The seismic provisions of the New Zealand Loadings Code are regarded as providing an acceptably low risk to life and property. However, the majority of existing buildings do not meet these requirements, some to a disturbing degree. The paper describes a selection of buildings both pre- and post- 1935 which were assessed by the authors' firm for earthquake risk. On the basis of this experience recommendations are made for the expansion and rationalisation of the present guidelines for assessment and structural upgrading of existing buildings.
References
Classification of High Earthquake Risk Buildings Draft Code of Practice, 2 March 1972 - NZNSEE Bulletin Vol. 5 No. 2
New Lives for Old Buildings Proceedings of A National Symposium Wellington 14 - 16 April 1980
Earthquake Risk Buildings J.S. Roberts - NZ Engineering March 1973
O.A. Glogau, Evaluation of Seismic Performance of Post-1935 Buildings MWD Draft Amendment to PW 81/10/1 1976
Copyright (c) 1981 D. C. Hopkins, T. W. Robertson
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