Summary and objectives
QuakeCore's 'System Interactions and Detailing of Low-Damage Buildings' workshop was held in Wellington on 26th of April 2017. The workshop's objectives were to:
- Summarise state-of-art research related to low-damage buildings and dissipation devices.
- Catalogue and report on different types of constructed low-damage buildings.
- Identify key design and detailing approaches for constructed low-damage buildings.
- Identify design challenges and gaps in standards and guidelines for low-damage buildings.
- Develop research priorities for system interaction effects and detailing of low-damage buildings.
More details can be found on the workshop flyer (LINK).
Agenda and presentations
The agenda and presentations (click speaker's name for link) are as follows:
Time | Topic | Speakers | ||
1.00 – 1.15 | Introduction | Rick Henry | ||
1.15 – 1.25 | MBIE low-damage guidelines | Dave McGuigan | ||
1.25 – 1.40 | Rocking wall systems (concrete, timber walls, and steel frames) | State-of-art research, guidelines, and standards
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1.40 – 2.20
| Examples of implemented systems and detailing | |||
| 20 min | Alistair Cattanach (Dunning Thornton) | ||
| 5 min | |||
| 5 min | Didier Pettinga (Holmes) | ||
| 5 min | Tony Holden (Aurecon) | ||
2.20 – 2.50 | Panel Discussion | All speakers | ||
2.50 – 3.10 | Break | |||
3.10 – 3.25 | Frame systems (sliding hinge joint, slotted concrete beams) | State-of-art research, guidelines, and standards
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3.25 – 3.55
| Examples of implemented systems and detailing | |||
| 5 min | Alistair Cattanach (Dunning Thornton) | ||
| 5 min | Didier Pettinga (Holmes) | ||
| 10 min | Geoff Sidwell (Aurecon) | ||
| 10 min | Jared Keen (Beca) | ||
3.55 – 4.25 | Panel Discussion | All speakers | ||
4.25 – 4.35 | Dissipative and/or braced systems (components and devices) | State-of-art research, guidelines, and standards | ||
4.35 – 4.55 | Examples of implemented systems and detailing | |||
| 5 min | Alistair Cattanach (Dunning Thornton) | ||
| 5 min | Didier Pettinga (Holmes) | ||
| 5 min | Will Parker (Opus) | ||
| 5 min | |||
4.55 – 5.15 | Panel discussion | All speakers | ||
5.15 – 5.30 | Wrap up and next steps Three papers:
| Ken Elwood | ||
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