Implementation of low damage construction: What are the challenges?

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Implementation of low damage construction: What are the challenges?

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Christchurch earthquake events have raised questions on the adequacy of performance-based provisions in the current national building code. At present, in the building code the performance objectives are expressed in terms of safety and health criteria that could affect building occupants. In general, under the high intensity Christchurch events, buildings performed well in terms of life-safety (with a few exceptions) and it proved that the design practices adopted for those buildings could m...

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Research paper

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Conference item

Date created

2013

Creator

Uma, S.R. / Dhakal, Rajesh / MacRae, G.A.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8006

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Engineering / Civil engineering / Construction engineering / Structural engineering / Earthquake engineering

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