Practice Advisory 19: Improving earthquake performance of non-structural elements
- Abbreviation
- Practice Advisory 19
- Valid from
- 23/11/2016
- Information provider
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
- Information type
- Practice advisory
- Format
- Website
Description
Good performance of non-structural elements during earthquakes can save lives and costs, and relies on well-managed processes during the design, procurement and construction project phases.
This Practice Advisory advises how to improve the performance of non-structural elements during earthquakes.
Scope
This Practice Advisory includes:
- Purpose
- Non-structural elements
- Issues of concern
- Building Code requirements and supporting documents
- Designing and detailing for earthquake actions
- For owners/designers
- For manufacturers/importers of proprietary non-structural/building services components
- Buildings with low–damage systems
- Fit-outs
- Coordinate design
- For owners
- For engineers/designers
- For BCAs
- Construction monitoring
- For owners
- For BCAs
- Restraint of building contents is also very important
- References
- Further information resources