Shake-up of quake strengthening laws

Auckland no longer subject to earthquake-prone building rules

“Protecting human life must remain the top priority, but strengthening work has to be achievable. These changes will bring enormous relief to building owners, while keeping New Zealanders safe,” says Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk. Times photo PJ Taylor Auckland will no longer be subject to earthquake-prone building rules, with the Government announcing a refocus of the system to target only areas with “genuine” seismic risk. Buil…

Earthquake-Prone Building System Refocused

The Government is removing the New Building Standard (NBS) ratings currently used by engineers to determine whether a property is earthquake-prone.

Government announces shake-up of earthquake strengthening laws

A new "risk-based" approach to earthquake strengthening will allegedly save building owners more than $8.2 billion across the country.

Shake-up of quake strengthening laws

A new "risk-based" approach to earthquake strengthening will save building owners more than $8.2b across NZ and reduce risk from derelict empty...

Major overhaul of earthquake-prone building system announced

Approximately 55% of quake-prone buildings would be removed from the existing system — about 2900 buildings.

Is your property impacted? Earthquake-prone building system changes revealed

The new earthquake-prone building system announced by the Government today will only capture buildings deemed to “pose a genuine risk to human life in medium...