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• 🇳🇿Auckland Council Guidance for a Structural Steel Compliance Path (AC1828)Auckland Council · September 2024The purpose of this guide is to assist applicants who intend on making a building consent application which involves the use of structural steel. This will enable the appropriate compliance path to be determined and to understand the evidence requirements needed for the application.
• 🇳🇿BRANZ Bulletin BM54BRANZ · June 2012Warming up to INDUSTRY NEWS steel framing Lightweight steel framing has the advantages of being strong and not shrinking, warping Apprentice of the Year or splitting. It is unaffected by mould, rot or insects, but for steel to meet Building Code requirements, it is critical that thermal breaks are properly designed and installed.
• 🇳🇿Composite Steel-Concrete Construction for New ZealandSteel Construction New Zealand · 1997A steel-concrete composite structural member contains both structural steel and concrete elements which work together. There are many combinations between structural steel and concrete. For example, a concrete slab on a steel beam with mechanical shear connectors allows the slab and beam to resist bending moment together.
• 🇳🇿Concrete Ground Floors and Pavements — Part Two: Specific Design (TM38)Concrete New Zealand · 2001CONCRETE GROUND FLOORS & PAVEMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USE PART TWO : SPECIFIC DESIGN
• 🇳🇿Design of Reinforced Concrete Masonry Structures (Masonry Manual 4.1)Concrete New Zealand · April 2012New Zealand Concrete Masonry Manual 4.1 Design of Reinforced Concrete Masonry Structures Design of Reinforced Concrete Masonry Structures Users Guide to NZS 4230:2004 Acknowledgement
• 🇳🇿Earthquake Ratings and Seismic Retrofit Following Release of TS 1170NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) · August 2024ADVICE ON EXISTING BUILDINGS FOLLOWING RELEASE OF TS 1170.5 5 How to Assign Earthquake Ratings and Grades in Assessment...................................................... 5 Earthquake Rating Targets for Retrofit Work...................................................................................
• 🇳🇿Earthquake-prone Buildings — Guidance and ApproachesAuckland Council · 2011Waitemat Local Board's vision is to create the world's most liveable New Zealand's recent earthquake history has focused attention on the city at the local level. The protection and promotion of our heritage value of seismic resilience in protecting our heritage.
• 🇳🇿Framed Buildings with Precast Concrete Floor SystemsMinistry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) · March 2017This interim note provides information for owners and building professionals responsible for assessing and designing multi-storey ductile or flexible concrete moment resisting frame buildings with precast concrete floor systems that may be vulnerable to loss of floor support during an earthquake.
• 🇳🇿Fundamentals of Reinforced Concrete Seismic Design (NZCS TR64)Concrete New Zealand · 2017The New Zealand Concrete Society Seminar Notes (TR64) Presented by The New Zealand Concrete Society The NZ Concrete Society acknowledges the support of the following organisations for making this seminar series possible:
• 🇳🇿Guidance for Reviews of Seismic AssessmentsMBIE & NZSEE (Seismic Assessment) · April 2025The Joint Committee for Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of Existing Buildings is responsible for the joint oversight of the system used to assess, communicate, manage and mitigate seismic risk in existing buildings.
• 🇳🇿Guide to the Use of EN 10219 Structural Hollow SectionsSteel Construction New Zealand · November 2020Guide to the Use of International Standard Steels with NZS 3404 (Steel Structures Standard) Part 1: Structural Hollow Sections � EN 10219 Report: SCNZ 114:2020 and HERA R4-154 Authors: Alistair Fussell, Kevin Cowie Steel Construction New Zealand Inc. Michail Karpenko Heavy Engineering Research Assoc.
• 🇳🇿Guide to the Use of International Standard Steels with NZS 3404 (SCNZ FS11)Steel Construction New Zealand · OCTOBER 2020Cold-formed hollow sections are increasingly used as structural elements in multilevel steel-framed construction. Due to the small size of the local market and manufacturer minimum order quantities, it can be challenging and, in some cases, impossible to source large- sized hollow sections manufactured to AS/NZS 1163 (SA/SNZ, 2016a).
• 🇳🇿Guideline for the Design of Seismic Isolation Systems for New Zealand BuildingsNZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) · JUNE 2019Guideline for the Design of Seismic Isolation Systems for Buildings JUNE 2019 DRAFT FOR TRIAL USE IMPORTANT NOTICE This document is a preliminary version issued for trial use and industry comment. Submissions by practitioners to the editors are encouraged. The contents may be subject to further changes, additions, and deletions.
• 🇳🇿Guidelines for Nonlinear Response History Analysis of BuildingsNZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) · May 2025STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY
• 🇳🇿Handling, Transportation and Erection of Precast ConcreteConcrete New Zealand · August 20151. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 2 1.1 Purpose ............................................................................................. 2 1.2 Application of this guide .......................................................................
• 🇳🇿Low Damage Design of Steel StructuresSteel Construction New Zealand · February 2013Low Damage Design of Steel Structures by Gregory MacRae University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand and Charles Clifton University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Steel Innovations 2013 Workshop, Christchurch, 21-22 February 2013 organized by Steel Construction New Zealand 1.
• 🇳🇿Low Damage Seismic Design — Volume 2: Seismic Performance FrameworkMBIE & NZSEE (Seismic Assessment)Low Damage Seismic Design: Benefits, options and getting started UNCLASSIFIED
• 🇳🇿Low Damage Seismic Design of Buildings — Volume 1Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) · 2024The 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
• 🇳🇿New Zealand Commentary on the Precast Concrete HandbookConcrete New Zealand · March 2004The New Zealand Commentary on the Precast Concrete Handbook is found in the yellow pages at the back of this document. It is intended as a guide that New Zealand engineers should consult when using the Handbook. Please note: 1.
• 🇳🇿New Zealand Concrete Masonry ManualConcrete New Zealandmore commercial and residential applications. Concrete masonry construction (or as it is more Using the various textures of Fair Face, Honed and commonly called, concrete blockwork) is based on Splitface is adding a lot more variety to the features thousands of years experience in building structures of the wall.
• 🇳🇿New Zealand Guide to Concrete Construction (TM35)Concrete New Zealand · 1999A publication of the Cement & Concrete Association of New Zealand This publication is based on and reproduces much of the information contained in The Guide to Concrete Construction produced by the Cement and Concrete Association of Australia in conjunction with Standards Australia.
• 🇳🇿New Zealand Steelwork Corrosion and Coatings GuideHERA · March 2025Corrosion and coating guide Report R4-133 2025 HERA Report No R4-133:2025 | New Zealand Steelwork Corrosion and Coatings Guide New Zealand Steelwork Corrosion and Coatings Guide Raed El Sarraf Technical Principal - Asset Integrity Management, WSP New Zealand Ltd Willie Mandeno Principal Engineer Materials, WSP New Zealand Ltd
• 🇳🇿Overview of the Seismic Assessment Guidelines (Part C)MBIE & NZSEE (Seismic Assessment) · October 2016This document provides an overview of the revised New Zealand engineering guidelines for the seismic assessment of buildings, and summarises the key areas of change from the previous version.
• 🇳🇿SCNZ National Structural Steelwork SpecificationSteel Construction New Zealand · 2018Steel Construction New Zealand Inc. 17-19 Gladding Place PO Box 76403 Manukau City Manukau 2241
• 🇳🇿Seismic Risk Guidance for BuildingsMinistry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) · July 2022Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Hkina Whakatutuki � Lifting to make successful MBIE develops and delivers policy, services, advice and regulation to support economic growth and the prosperity and wellbeing of New Zealanders.
• 🇳🇿Steel Portal Frame Design GuideStructural Engineering Society NZ (SESOC) · 2026STEEL PORTAL FRAME DESIGN Seminar Series WELLINGTON QUEENSTOWN CHRISTCHURCH NAPIER MAR 9 MAR 11 MAR 12 MAR 16 2026 HAMILTON AUCKLAND WHANGAREI MAR 18 MAR 19 MAR 25 Why you and your employees Other benefits should attend this seminar? � Overview of the seminar � Properly assess the loading on a portal frame
• 🇳🇿SteelDoc: Code of Practice for Structural SteelworkSteel Construction New Zealand · March 2022Structural Steelwork Documentation SCNZ-12: 2022 March 2022 Original Authors: Clark Hyland, Alistair Fussell, Xiao Huantian Steel Construction New Zealand Inc. Wayne Carson D & H Steel Construction Revised by: Alistair Fussell, Kevin Cowie Steel Construction New Zealand Inc.
• 🇳🇿Structural and Seismic — University Design Guidelines (Section 20)University of CanterburyStructural and Seismic — University Design Guidelines (Section 20)
• 🇳🇿Technical Guidelines for the Seismic and Structural Design of Hospital BuildingsHealth New Zealand · July 2025Health NZ is building the foundations of a new health system. Delivering a unified, sustainable health system includes: � Delivering equity for all, � Embedding Te Tiriti, � Implementing a population health approach, and � Ensuring sustainability of the health system.
• 🇳🇿The Seismic Assessment of Existing Buildings — C5 Concrete BuildingsMBIE & NZSEE (Seismic Assessment) · MARCH 2018The Seismic Assessment of Existing Buildings Errata 1: Corrections to Equations in Section C5 From Monday 26 March, 2018, the following corrections shall apply to the listed equations and their definitions within Section C5 of the Engineering Assessment Guidelines (available from
• 🇳🇿The Seismic Assessment of Existing Buildings — C8 Unreinforced Masonry BuildingsMBIE & NZSEE (Seismic Assessment) · July 20171 July 2017 Initial release This version of the Guidelines is incorporated by reference in the methodology for identifying earthquake-prone buildings (the EPB methodology). Document Access This document may be downloaded from www.building.govt.
• 🇳🇿The Seismic Assessment of Existing Buildings — C9 Timber BuildingsMBIE & NZSEE (Seismic Assessment) · July 20171 July 2017 Initial release This version of the Guidelines is incorporated by reference in the methodology for identifying earthquake-prone buildings (the EPB methodology). Document Access This document may be downloaded from www.building.govt.
• 🇳🇿The Seismic Assessment of Existing Buildings — Part C1 General Issues (2025)MBIE & NZSEE (Seismic Assessment) · March 2025The Joint Committee for Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of Existing Buildings is responsible for the joint oversight of the system used to assess, communicate, manage and mitigate seismic risk in existing buildings.
• 🇳🇿The Seismic Assessment of Existing Buildings — Part C5 Concrete Buildings (2025)MBIE & NZSEE (Seismic Assessment) · March 2025The Joint Committee for Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of Existing Buildings is responsible for the joint oversight of the system used to assess, communicate, manage and mitigate seismic risk in existing buildings.