More information on earthquake prone buildings, FAQ
FAQ
For frequently asked questions, refer to What the system for managing earthquake-prone buildings means for you on the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) website or the Council owned buildings FAQ.
Links to other earthquake information
- Earthquake Prone Building - Where to attach the notice, January 2022
- Responding to an Earthquake Prone Building Notification A Guide for Building Owners, February 2020
- MBIE - Understanding seismic assessments - Making informed decisions on building occupancy and risk mitigation. Three guides 2022-2024
- Resilient Organisations - Guide to communicating seismic risk information with commercial tenants, September 2024
- NZSEE Earthquake ratings and retrofit of buildings following release of TS1170.5 – Advice for owners, users and engineers, August 2024
- BRANZ Seismic Resilience online resource that aims to raise the seismic performance of New Zealand’s building stock
- Design Resilience NZ non-regulatory building design and construction resources for practitioners, designers, building consent authorities, builders, and building owners or users
- MBIE - Managing Earthquake-prone buildings
- The Seismic Assessment of Existing Buildings website July 2017 Resource for engineers
- Reconciling Differing Seismic Assessments An Engineering NZ Service for owners, engineers, tenants
- Seismic assessment and improvement of existing buildings University of Auckland publications
- MBIE Practice Advisory 13 Egress Stairs: Earthquake checks needed for some, September 2011
- AF8 (Alpine Fault magnitude 8)planning and preparing for a coordinated response after a severe earthquake
- Dynamic Site Characterisation of the Nelson-Tasman Region NZGS 2017
- Nelson Tasman Site Classification Study Dynamic site characteristics of regional subsoil materials 2016
- Nelson City Council Liquefaction webpage
- Trafalgar Centre: What you need to know, Live Nelson, 30 April 2015
- MBIE – Canterbury Earthquake Guidance (technical, homeowners, commercial)
- Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission website
For earthquake Civil Defence information please visit the Nelson Tasman Civil Defence website.