Low Damage Seismic Design of Buildings — Volume 1

By Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) · 2024

The puurrppoosse of this document is to introduce the concept of LLoowwDDamage Seismic Dessign (LDSD). The guuiide outlines the philoossoophhyy of LLDDSSDD,, explores the benefitssand opportunities of adopting this approach for nneewwbuuilding projectss andd explains the limitationss of seismic performance of buuiildingss