STOP the walls and ceilings coming down in the next earthquake!

This Live Event happened on February 4, 2020 (5:30pm - 6:30pm PST)

New Zealand is a geologically young country with many significant earthquakes in the last decade. In 2011 the Christchurch earthquake killed 185 people leading to a review of building practice and code, which were very similar to the U.S.

This presentation will provide an understanding of how walls and ceilings behave in large earthquakes, why historic requirements and practice is inadequate, and what can be done to make people centric areas more resilient.

Learning Objectives

  1. Attendees will learn why having braces further apart than current practice makes sense.
  2. Attendees will learn why wire as a brace is ineffective.
  3. Attendees will learn how bracing of interior partition walls help prevent earthquake damage
  4. Attendees will learn how bracing of suspended ceilings helps prevent earthquake damage

Credits:

1 AIA LU/HSW

 

Event Sponsors:

AIA Orange County is the recipient of the 2005 AIA/CES Providers Award for Excellence – AIA Chapter, recognizing the Chapter’s commitment to an overall system of quality continuing education programming.
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