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  • Seismic resilience key to new Christchurch CBD

    A presentation by Associate Professor Charles Clifton of the University of Auckland discussed the development of new ?low-damage, seismic-resisting? steel-framing systems.

    ?One of the key economic lessons to come out of the Canterbury earthquakes has been the importance of minimising building damage during earthquakes,? said Mr Fussell. ?New Zealand researchers such as Dr Clifton, and Dr Greg MacRae of the University of Canterbury, are world leaders in this innovative steel-framing technology which allows buildings to effectively self-centre following an earthquake, resulting in little or no structural damage.?

    more http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU120...church-cbd.htm
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