Recent updates

May 10, 2018

ROBUST Building Testing Programme Technical visit to ILEE, Shanghai

In early May, Charles Clifton and Greg MacRae visited ILEE in Shanghai to meet the ROBUST co-PI, Prof Zhao, and plan the testing programme. QuakeCoRE is […]
April 22, 2018

NZSEE Conference included accolades for QuakeCoRE researchers

The NZSEE Conference was held in Auckland on 13-15 April.  During the conference a number of awards and accolades were announced including the following presented to members of […]
April 19, 2018

QuakeCoRE Seminar – 18 May 2018: Joanne Stevenson

10 am Friday 18 May Joanne Stevenson, Resilient Organisations Impacts of the Alpine Fault earthquake on government productivity The Kaikoura earthquakes took Wellington by surprise. Tens […]
March 31, 2018

New damping devices help create more resilient buildings

Current designs for earthquake-safe buildings feature “sacrificial structures” that will absorb energy and prevent building collapse. This type of engineering is designed to save lives, but […]