AEES members have contributed to a commentary on the 2007 Australian Standard 1170.4 section on Structural Design Actions (Part4: Earthquake Actions in Australia). The first edition of this commentary was published in 2009 and is available as a hard copy for purchase. The second edition of the commentary was published in 2021 and is available…
The 2020 conference was to be held in Adelaide, but due to Coronavirus became our first virtual conference. The theme for the conference was Disaster Preparedness – Are Earthquake Assessments critical to Heritage Structures? The recent spate of natural disasters (drought, bushfires and pandemic) highlights the need for improved resilience against natural hazards. Improved seismic resilience…
AEES member Col Lynam recently shared an article published on the Queensland Building and Construction Commission blog that references the Australian Building Codes Board guidelines on the design of non-structural building elements for earthquake forces. This generated some discussion by AEES members, which can be viewed here on the AEES forum. This discussion group is…
In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Newcastle earthquake, the conference was held in Newcastle, NSW from 29 November to 1 December 2019. Papers are available here. In remembering the tragic events of the Newcastle earthquake 30 years ago, the focus was on what has changed in the intervening years and if, as a community,…