Posts by Dismal Soyanz
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Che Tibby,
you know, this yet again reinforces my opinion that some people just need that haters lens to help them understand traumatic events?
Not just traumatic events. Reality is too complex for some people, so prejudice and bias frame their entire outlook.
Reminded me of the Phelps family.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Gareth Ward,
IIRC Bob Parker said yesterday that only 5 of the sewage pumping stations were working. Normally they have 91.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to giovanni tiso,
I went down and had a chat to the receptionist before buying stuff to doublecheck what was needed or not needed and they said cash is the best. Saved me a trip through the checkout.
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ok. thanks. <skates>
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Thanks Gio. I've got a bit of cash left this week so will hit MW and then drop it off. What's the cut off time?
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As Matthew pointed out before, given a strong/violent enough shake, even the most modern and well-designed building will be at significant risk of collapse (or at least extreme structural damage). Ultimately the building standards are about minimising the risk of harm.
Aside from the issue of how hard the national/local government pollies are willing to push the issue (and this will require some line being drawn on cost given that we can never be 100% safe), this underscores my wondering about just how robust many of the buildings we live and work in are even if they are relatively new, and thus what sort of damage we can expect in the event of a biggish earthquake. Given that it will ultimately be quite some time before any additional strengthening takes place (if ever) to our existing stock of buildings, we need to be cognisant of the likely damage we will face.
Speaking as a Wellingtonian, I have major concerns for the CBD where we have some 700 "suspect" multilevel buildings. Having just moved to a brand new building that is supposedly at the top end of the scale for earthquake resistance, I am happy in a selfish manner but every time I look out the window on the other parts of the CBD I wonder how many will withstand a shake like that seen in ChCh.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Most likely this section will be invoked.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to giovanni tiso,
(and Ms Coddington)
Completely bizarre. I was going to say "even for her" but on reflection, I'm not so sure.
Page 3 of the spade manual says "When the hole is deep enough, stop."
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Although I notice that our building code revisions were in 1984 and 1992. So I would have thought the Forsyth Barr building would at least incorporate the changes in 1984 (but given the slow nature of design/approval/construction I could be wrong). Presumably Oakland would have been too late to influence the design of the Forsyth Barr building.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Matthew Poole,
And given the very high number of multistorey buildings in Singapore, I would have expected that their USAR teams would be pretty well trained.
BTW does anyone know of a good place to read up on building codes and earthquake resistance? I'm wondering about what exactly the required durability/strength of buildings is especially after Kobe, noting that the Forsyth Barr building internal stairs fell (built 1989, I believe).