A visit was made by BRANZ to several houses in the Queenstown and Wanaka areas that had been surveyed by EQC damage assessors after the 15 July 2009 Fiordland earthquake.The...
This study evaluated the available off-the-shelf vibration isolators for their suitability as seismic isolators. The function of a seismic isolator is to reduce the acceleration levels that the equipment will...
Many research projects around the globe have considered acoustic, fire and structural solutions for multi-storey light timber-framed buildings. However, most have looked at these aspects in isolation, predominantly at the...
This is the fourth BRANZ investigation of a series looking into the seismic performance of brick veneer. The first two investigations were slow cyclic tests of full-scale veneer specimens where...
This is the third BRANZ investigation of a series looking into the seismic performance of brick veneer. The first two investigations were slow cyclic tests of full-scale veneer specimens where...
This is the first full-scale investigation of the performance of clay brick veneer houses when subjected to simulated seismic loading.In the 1990s, an investigation was conducted of the out-of-plane performance...
This is a short report providing a background to the development of the wind loading provisions for light timber-framed (LTF) houses over the decades and indications of the likely deficiencies...
This report describes the collection and analysis of survey data on a group of 314 randomly selected houses in Christchurch following the major earthquakes of the Canterbury earthquake series. The...
Product Description This study investigates the applicability of a velocity-based assessment procedure for determining the dynamic suitability of timber floors. A portable procedure has been developed for exciting and measuring...
This report describes a research investigation that was carried out to determine whether it was possible to achieve satisfactory performance in terms of the performance requirements of the AS/NZS 2699.1:2000...
