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SUMMARY:Lessons and Opportunities from the Recent New Zealand Earthquakes 
 - Professor Andy Buchanan
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CONTACT:Lorna Everett
DESCRIPTION:This presentation will describe the recent New Zealand earthqu
 akes\, and the major structural damage to Christchurch buildings. The eart
 hquakes were much more severe than anticipated by the design codes\, leadi
 ng to182 deaths and enormous property losses.\n\nDamage occurred to three 
 major types of buildings\, including damage to residential buildings in th
 e suburbs where liquefaction occurred\, partial collapse of unreinforced m
 asonry buildings in the older parts of the city\, and serious structural d
 amage to modern reinforced concrete buildings in the city centre.\n\nLarge
  numbers of well-insured buildings are currently being demolished. This cr
 eates huge opportunities for new forms of innovative buildings to be desig
 ned in the new city. It is expected that there will be a significant numbe
 r of new buildings with base-isolation and other modern forms of damage-re
 sistant structural design\, using concrete\, steel and timber as the main 
 structural materials.\n\nThe damage to the city and the engineering opport
 unities for the future will be discussed.
LOCATION:Engineering Department - **LR6**
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