Decide
Topic outline
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Overview
This course you will learn the process for making decisions about earthquake-prone buildings, including:
- checking a new engineering assessment meets the criteria in the EPB methodology
- recognising a previous assessment (prior to 1 July 2017)
- using two tests to decide if the building is earthquake-prone
- what happens when a building is classified as earthquake-prone
Details
Audience
This course is designed forTerritorial Authority staff and those wanting to understand the decision making process.
This course covers:
- the criteria that new and previous engineering assessments must meet
- the two tests in the Building Act used to determine if a building is earthquake-prone.
Time
30 minutes.
How to complete
This course is open to everyone, this is no requirement for completion.
Useful Links
Video: Overview of the system Engineering assessments of potentially EPB, Sections 2 - 2.5 Recognising previous assessments, Section 3.3 Register of earthquake-prone buildings Assessment summary template, EQ-Assess website
