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.…
Earthquake-Proof Skyscrapers?
Earthquake engineering is getting a lot more exposure recently, with websites like Gizmodo reporting on research into testing light wooden frames for large buildings - traditionally a material only used in small residential buildings in…
Structural Health Monitoring
Here is an interesting article from Queensland University of Technology about a structural health monitoring system embedded in one of its buildings. Buildings are typically noisy locations for seismic monitoring, but the recent earthquakes off Fraser…