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  • About the course

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    New Zealand is a high earthquake hazard region and earthquake considerations are integral to the design of buildings.

    Many buildings in the Christchurch CBD were on shallow foundations and some of these were badly affected by liquefaction including excessive settlements and tilting from the Canterbury earthquakes.

    Though the level of shaking in the Canterbury earthquakes far exceeded even the ultimate limit state (ULS) design level of shaking, a better understanding of site geotechnical performance during earthquakes is desirable. This should lead to better foundation performance in order to achieve greater resilience and reparability for the building stock.


  • Steps to complete the course



      1. Click the Course Presentation button below and work your way through each of the slides
      2. Click on the Feedback button and answer the course feedback question

       

      Once you've completed borth the presentation and the feedback, it will take a few minutes to show on the course 'completion bar' at the top of the page. You should also get a tick on each of the blue bars.



  • Start the Course

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     Do a micro exercise as it will take several minutes to open!

  • Give some Feedback

      To answer the feedback question, click on the button below. This completes the course.