tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post5773271919479380184..comments2024-03-18T17:17:00.423+13:00Comments on Not PC: Earthquake engineering is not an exact sciencePeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-32034262235090941382012-02-15T20:03:51.776+13:002012-02-15T20:03:51.776+13:00The panel of expert engineers said in their report...The panel of expert engineers said in their report that the CTV building was not built to the standards of the time: http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/6395045/CTV-building-report-very-thorough.<br />Even the executive summary of the report is a massive read.Can't claim I understand it all, but there seems to be a problem with the design.Manukau Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13358492730636651226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-8025030295919432972012-02-15T09:34:41.850+13:002012-02-15T09:34:41.850+13:00@Manukau Mum: No, it appears to have been designed...@Manukau Mum: No, it appears to have been designed accordiong to the code which the 1984 code had only just replaced--so it it highly likely, I'd suggest, that it was either "grandparented," or designed under the earlier code.<br /><br />Unfortunately, neither report nore media reports expains the situation fully.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-4626613367036512162012-02-14T22:47:21.308+13:002012-02-14T22:47:21.308+13:00You appear to have missed the part of the report w...You appear to have missed the part of the report which says that the CTV building was not designed or built up to the code applying at the time!Manukau Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13358492730636651226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-82658498474401375182012-02-13T09:28:47.714+13:002012-02-13T09:28:47.714+13:00I think michaels point was that, compared to port-...I think michaels point was that, compared to port-au-prince, Christchurch had excellent earthquake engineering.Dolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-49431836116894699132012-02-12T11:07:09.247+13:002012-02-12T11:07:09.247+13:00@Michael: The logic of your argument escapes me.@Michael: The logic of your argument escapes me.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-14725697356762322142012-02-11T16:01:24.809+13:002012-02-11T16:01:24.809+13:00Port-au-Prince was leveled on 12th January 2010, w...Port-au-Prince was leveled on 12th January 2010, with a building failure rate of approx 90%. That only a few buildings totally collapsed shows that the earthquake engineering worked.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03143204319427258454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-69955111326690071082012-02-10T22:00:36.559+13:002012-02-10T22:00:36.559+13:00This post should be published in the Christchurch ...This post should be published in the Christchurch Press.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com