Seismic resilience of the 150-year-old Ross Creek puddled clay core water supply dam in Dunedin has recently been enhanced through a programme of refurbishment. The very low permeability moderately plastic soils comprising ...

The ROBUST test programme describes the full-scale shaking table testing of nine different steel frame building configurations on the Tongji University shaking tables. Energy dissipation occurs by means of friction devices ...

Large variation of axial forces in columns in the lower stories of a high-rise reinforced concrete buildings during a severe earthquake can cause significant changes in the column-to-beam strength ratio in the exterior ...

Restoration of damaged buildings is an important issue for achieving smooth recovery of society after a devastating earthquake disaster. In general, in past earthquake disasters in Japan, demolition or repair judgement was ...

Manawa Energy, a renewable energy provider in New Zealand, operates a network of 26 power schemes from the Bay of Plenty in the North to Otago in the South. The Highbank Power Station stands as one of Manawa’s highest ...

Turnbull House is a Category 1 Heritage building on Bowen Street in Wellington. It was built in the 1910s as a residence and library, primarily from unreinforced masonry. Although some strengthening was carried out in the ...

Prefabricated Modular Mass Timber (MMT) construction provides an alternative to traditional on-site light timber construction. MMT buildings comprise of prefabricated volumetric modules assembled on-site to form a larger, ...

Seismic isolation is a well-known approach to reduce the risk of casualties as well as structural and content damage due to earthquakes. Vibration insulation on the other hand is increasingly a requirement in urban areas ...

It is common practice to design buckling-restrained braces (BRBs) for seismic forces only, and to neglect any initial gravity that occurs in them. This practice assumes that these gravity loads simply “shed” upon first ...

The paper presents preliminary findings from an extensive experimental testing campaign (Project Skyscraper) performed on full-scale moment-resisting timber frames intended for application in multistorey buildings. The ...