New Building Technologies Hearing

In the week beginning 12 March 2012 the Commission conducted a public hearing focusing on the wide range of new building technologies relevant to the rebuild of Christchurch's Central Business District (CBD) and potentially other New Zealand CBDs.

This hearing was a platform for a constructive debate about building design philosophies, for example, 'life safety' versus 'building survivability' and the associated economic impacts. It also discussed new building technologies, some of which were already being implemented in New Zealand, and others which were still emerging. 

Presenters included academics, senior practising engineers and professional engineering organisations.

Timetable

Date	Time	Topic	Presenter
12 March	10am	Opening Statement	Stephen Mills QC, Counsel Assisting the Commission
	10.05am	Performance-based earthquake engineering	Dr Rajesh Dhakel, University of Canterbury
	11.05am	Comment on Dr Dhakal's presentation	Dr Richard Sharpe, Beca
	11.30am	BREAK
	11.45am	Comment on Dr Dhakal's presentation (continued)	Dr Sharpe
	12.10pm	Displacement-based design	Professor Nigel Priestley
	1.05pm	LUNCH
	2pm	Comment on Professor Priestley's presentation	Didier Pettinga, Holmes Consulting Group
	2.45pm	Base Isolation	Trevor Kelly, Holmes Consulting Group
	3.30pm	BREAK
	3.55pm	The costs of base isolation	Megan Devine, Robinson Seismic
	4.20pm		Grant Wilkinson, Ruamoko Solutions
	4.45pm	Panel discussion	Dr Dhakal Dr Sharpe Professor Priestley Mr Pettinga Mr Kelly Ms Devine Mr Wilkinson
	5.50pm	HEARING ADJOURNED
13 March	9.30am	The new building technologies	Dr Stefano Pampanin, University of Canterbury
	10.25am	Comment on Dr Pampanin's presentation	Gary Haverland, Structex
	11.05am	New technologies in reinforced concrete	Professor Des Bull, University of Canterbury
	11.30am	BREAK
	11.45am	New technologies in reinforced concrete (continued)	Professor Bull
	12.15pm	Comment on Dr Bull's presentation	John Hare, Holmes Consulting Group
	12.40pm	New technologies in steel buildings	Dr Charles Clifton, University of Auckland
	1pm	LUNCH
	2pm	New technologies in steel buildings (continued)	Dr Clifton
	2.15pm	BREAK
	3pm	Comment on Dr Clifton's presentation	Sean Gledhill, Aurecon Group
	3.40pm	New technologies in timber buildings	Professor Andy Buchanan, University of Canterbury
	4.25pm	New technologies in timber buildings (continued)	Mark Batchelar, MLB Consulting Engineers John Reelick, Tuakau Timber Treatment
	4.55pm	Comment on presentations by Professor Buchanan, Batchelar and Reelick	Carl Devereux, Aurecon Group
	5.20pm	HEARING ADJOURNED
14 March	9.30am	The architectural perspective	Associate Professor Andrew Charleson, Victoria University
	10.35am	Comment on Professor Charleson's presentation	Trevor Watt, New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA)
	11.15am	Research and design in structural timber	Professor Pierre Quenneville, University of Auckland
	11.35am	BREAK
	11.50am	Research and design in structural timber (continued)	Professor Quenneville
	12.10pm	New technologies panel discussion	Dr Pampanin John Hare, Structural Engineering Society New Zealand (SESOC) Rob Jury, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Professor Bull Dr Clifton Professor Buchanan Associate Professor Charleson Mr Watt John Marshall, Precast New Zealand Pieter Burghout, Construction Industry Council (CIC) Professor Quenneville, University of Auckland
	1pm	LUNCH
	2pm	New technologies panel discussion (continued)
	2.55pm	Professional and regulatory implementation panel discussion	Peter Thorby, Manager Building Standards Group, Department of Building and Housing (DBH)  Dave Kelly, Deputy Chief Executive, Building Quality, Department of Building Housing (DBH) Mr Hare, SESOC Mr Jury, NZSEE Nicki Crauford, IPENZ
	3.30pm	BREAK
	3.45pm	Professional and regulatory implementation (continued)
	4.55pm	END OF HEARING

Submissions

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Related Reports/Papers

Base Isolation and Damage-Resistant Technologies for Improved Seismic Performance of Buildings, dated August 2011, Professors  Andrew Buchanan, Des Bull, Rajesh P Dhakal, Gregory MacRae and Stefano Pampanin.

Structural Design for Earthquake Resistance: Past, Present and Future, dated September 2011, Professor Rajesh Dhakal.

A Numerical Study of Seismic Behaviour of Timber Shear Walls With Slip-friction Connectors, dated March 2011, Wei Yuen Loo, Pierre Quenneville and Nawawi Chow