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 Amber Ruckes, Savannah Brown – 1 June 2021, Build 184, Feature article
A project is establishing a database of wharenui to help identify the possibility of creating seismic strengthening practices suitable for wharenui and their whānau as a part of developing the Earthquake-prone Buildings Act.
By Maria Grace – 1 August 2022, Build 191
After the Canterbury earthquakes, regulations governing foundations changed. Initially only for the Canterbury region, they were later rolled out around New Zealand. What are the changes and what do they mean?
By Ian Page – 1 April 2014, Build 141, Feature article
As the focus turns to improving resilience, BRANZ has assessed the costs of some common measures to make houses more resilient.
By Asif Iqbal – 1 June 2015, Build 148, Feature article
BRANZ was on the ground in Northland last year, examining the effects of a storm on buildings. Roofs bore the brunt of the weather, with structures on exposed terrain the most vulnerable.
By Dael Climo – 1 April 2016, Build 153, Feature article
Leading thinkers from science and government have joined forces to start developing ways to manage the risk to our built environment and communities from natural hazards.
By David Hindley – 1 August 2019, Build 173, Feature article
The PwC Centre, the big winner in the 2019 New Zealand Commercial Project Awards, is ready for Wellington’s next big shake. The building includes continuous flight augured piles – a first in New Zealand.
By Angela Liu, Graeme Beattie, Ian Page – 1 April 2014, Build 141, Feature article
A current BRANZ research project is studying the economic benefit of designing buildings for increased resilience under seismic loading throughout their entire life cycle.