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.
Probabilities of aftershocks and larger events for the 2010 Darfield earthquake based on average behaviour of New Zealand earthquakes: Technical Report by GNS Science, 2011
Structural Design for Earthquake Resistance - Past, Present and Future of Seismic Design: Technical Report by Associate Professor Rajesh P Dhakal, August 2011
The Civil Defence Emergency Management Framework and Response to the 22 February Christchurch Earthquake: Technical report by the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management, October 2011
Performance of Unreinforced Masonry in the 2010/2011 Canterbury Earthquake Swarm: Technical Report by Associate Professor Jason M Ingham and Professor Michael C Griffith, August 2011
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
Building Evaluation Transition Team - Processes Used and Lessons Learnt Following the Darfield Earthquake of 4 September 2010: Technical Report by Esther Griffiths of Sisirc Consulting Limited and Deane McNulty of McNulty Engineering Management Limited, January 2011
System of Building Controls - Building regulatory framework, May 2011: Briefing to Royal Commission of Inquiry into building failure caused by Canterbury Earthquakes: Technical Report by the Department of Building and Housing, May 2005
System of Building Controls - Appendix A, Section 2: The building regulatory system - Performance-based building regulatory systems: Principles and experiences: Technical Report by Inter-Jurisdictional Regulatory Collaboration Committee, February 2010
System of Building Controls - Exhibit A and appendix A of the Briefing to Royal Commission of Inquiry into building failure caused by Canterbury Earthquakes about the Building Regulatory Framework: Technical report by Department of Building and Housing, May 2011
Management of Earthquake Risk by Canterbury Regional Council and Christchurch City Council - Obligations and Responses under RMA: Technical Report by Enfocus Ltd, November 2011
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 - Regulation of Registered Architects - Registered Architects Act 2005 and Registered Architects Rules 2006: Technical Report by New Zealand Cabinet, 2006
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