Lessons from the post-earthquake evaluation of damaged buildings in Christchurch

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 451-474

  Galloway, Bruce ^a   Hare, John ^a   Brunsdon, Dave ^b   Wood, Peter ^c   Lizundia, Bret ^d   Stannard, Mike ^e  

^a Holmes Consulting Group   (New Zealand)

^b Kestrel Group Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management   (New Zealand)

^d Rutherford+Chekene Consulting Engineers   (United States)

^e Ministry of Economic Development   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKES; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ASSESSMENT PROCESS; BUILDING SAFETY; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; ENGINEERING EVALUATIONS; FULL SPECTRUM; RAPID ASSESSMENT; TRAINING NEEDS; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; SAFETY; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84904671479     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/022813EQS057M     Document Type: Review

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