Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission – Te Komihana Rūwhenua o Waitaha
Those who lost relatives and friends in the 22 February earthquake can be assured that there will be a very thorough inquiry into the failure of buildings that resulted in loss of life.
System of Building Controls - Appendix A, Section 4: Building Act tools for the upgrading of the structural performance of buildings - Earthquake-Prone Building Provisions of the Building Act 2004: Policy Guidance for Territorial Authorities: Technical Report by Department of Building and Housing, June 2005
System of Building Controls - Appendix A, Section 4: Building Act tools for the upgrading of the structural performance of buildings assessment and improvement of the structural performance of buildings in earthquakes: Technical report by New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, June 2006
System of Building Controls - Appendix A, Section 5: rapid assessment of buildings during a state of emergency - Building safety evaluation during a state of emergency - Guidelines for Territorial Authorities: Technical Report by New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, August 2009
System of Building Controls - Appendix A, Section 6 - Investigation by the Department of Building and Housing into the building collapses - Technical investigation into the performance of buildings in the Christchurch CBD in the 22 February Christchurch aftershock: Technical Report by Department of Building and Housing, September 2011
System of Building Controls - Appendix A, Section 3: Development of structural design and standards - Overview timeline of standards relating to determination of loads and methods of determining loads: Technical report compiled by Standards New Zealand, August 2011
System of Building Controls - Appendix A, Section 4: Building Act tools for the upgrading of the structural performance of buildings - references and appendices for assessment and improvement of the structural performance of buildings in earthquakes: Technical report by New Zealand Cabinet, June 2006
System of Building Controls - Regulation of the Engineering Profession - Chartered Professional Engineers of New Zealand Act 2002 and Rules (no 2) 2002: Technical Report by New Zealand Cabinet, October 2006
Independent Earthquake Performance Assessment of Christchurch Civic Building - 53 Hereford Street: Report by Dr Nicholas Brooke of Compusoft Engineering Limited, March 2012
Independent Earthquake Performance Assessment of Christchurch Central Police Station - 48 Hereford Street: Report by Dr Nicholas Brooke of Compusoft Engineering Limited, February 2012
Independent Earthquake Performance Assessment of Victoria Square Apartments - 100 Armagh Street: Prepared by Dr Nicholas Brooke of Compusoft Engineering, January 2012
Steel Building Damage From The Christchurch Earthquake Series of 2010 and 2011: Technical Report by Charles Clifton, Michel Bruneau, Alistair Fussell, Roberto Leon and Greg MacRae, November 2011
Report into Building Safety Evaluation in the Central Business District Following the 4 September 2010 Earthquake: Technical Report by the Christchurch City Council, August 2011, Part 1 of 5, Page 1-80
Report into Building Safety Evaluation in the Central Business District Following the 4 September 2010 Earthquake: Technical Report by the Christchurch City Council, August 2011, Part 5 of 5, Page 171-196
Report into Building Safety Evaluation in the Central Business District Following the 4 September 2010 Earthquake: Technical Report by the Christchurch City Council, August 2011, Part 2 of 5, Page 81-117
Report into Building Safety Evaluation in the Central Business District Following the 4 September 2010 Earthquake: Technical Report by the Christchurch City Council, August 2011, Part 3 of 5, Page 118 -146