Irregular bracing needs to change - Build 168 (2018)
- Abbreviation
- Irregular bracing needs to change
- Valid from
- 1/10/2018
- Information provider
- BRANZ Limited
- Information type
- BUILD article
- Format
Description
BRANZ research suggests changes are needed to the bracing provisions in NZS 3604:2011 Timber-framed buildings to avoid the damage to irregularly shaped houses that occurred in the Canterbury earthquakes.
THE 2011 Canterbury earthquakes provided a valuable test laboratory for the study of seismic performance of residential buildings.