Catalyst for life-saving change in safety
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A document which describes SCIRT's approach to ensuring zero harm during its five and a half year programme of work.
A document which describes SCIRT's approach to ensuring zero harm during its five and a half year programme of work.
A document which illustrates the impetus for SCIRT's zero harm programme, the parties involved, initiatives undertaken and outcomes achieved.
A document which describes how SCIRT led the co-ordination of its huge repair programme with those of other utilities.
Unreinforced masonry churches in New Zealand, similarly to everywhere else in the word have proven to be highly vulnerable to earthquakes, because of their particular construction features. The Canterbury (New Zealand) earthquake sequence, 2010-2011 caused an invaluable loss of local architectural heritage and of churches, as regrettably, some of them were demolished instead of being repaired. It is critical for New Zealand to advance the data collection, research and understanding pertaining to the seismic performance and protection of church buildings, with the aim to: