The New Earthquake-prone Buildings Regime and

the Revised Engineering Assessment Guidelines:

BRIEFING FOR ENGINEERS
The Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings)
Amendment Bill has completed the parliamentary
process and is now the Building (Earthquake-prone
Buildings) Amendment Act 2016 (the Amendment
Act). The new provisions are anticipated to come
into effect in April 2017. The new arrangements
involve some significant changes to the current
processes and procedures for managing
earthquake-prone buildings. The current seismic
assessment guidelines are also in the final stages of
a full revision.
A series of regional briefings will take place during
June to provide engineers with an overview of the
key elements of the new arrangements and the
revised seismic assessment guidelines.

Cost
These briefings are brought to you by the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment and whilst there is no charge for
attendance there is no guarantee of an available place unless
you have registered.

Presenters
John Gardiner, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
David Brunsdon, Kestrel Group
Rob Jury, Beca

Programme
Welcome
Implementation of the New Earthquake-prone
Buildings Provision
(John Gardiner)

T he Amendment Act Status and main areas

of change from the current provisions
System Design how the various regulatory
elements required by the Amendment Act
are being developed and will operate

Afternoon tea
Introduction to the New Seismic Assessment
Guidelines
(Dave Brunsdon & Rob Jury)

T he Seismic Assessment Guidelines have

been fully revised to take account of technical
developments, including lessons from the
Canterbury Earthquakes. One of the requirements
of the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings)
Amendment Act 2016 is that the Guidelines must
be used as the basis for seismic assessments
to determine whether or not a building is
earthquake-prone.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment acknowledges the support from the following
organisations for making this briefing series possible:
New Zealand Society for
Earthquake Engineering

Speakers Profiles
John Gardiner

Dave Brunsdon

Rob Jury

John Gardiner is Manager Determinations

and Assurance in the Building Systems
Performance Branch in MBIE. In this
role he has responsibility for a number
of activities including determinations
under the Building Act, building products
compliance and the implementation of
the new Earthquake-prone Buildings
regime. In addition to leading the
implementation programme he is also
leading the work-stream relating to the
development of the Chief Executives
methodology which is the technical
engine-room of the new regime.

Dave Brunsdon is a Director of Kestrel

Group Ltd, and chairs the Project
Steering Group which oversees the
revision of the seismic assessment
guidelines. He has been involved in the
seismic assessment of existing buildings
and the production of guidelines since
the 1980s, including undertaking New
Zealands first post-graduate research
into non-ductile concrete buildings.
He provides engineering advice to
MBIE, the Ministry of Education and
infrastructure providers.

Rob is a Senior Technical Director

Structural Engineering in Becas
Wellington Office. He has been involved
in the development of the New Zealand
loadings standard (including earthquake)
for new buildings and the development
of guidance for the seismic assessment
of existing buildings for over 25 years. He
is currently editor of the revision of the
seismic assessment guidelines, and chairs
the Project Technical Group comprising
key industry contributors from the three
technical societies. He has carried out,
or reviewed, the seismic assessments
of thousands of buildings throughout
New Zealand using both the ISA and DSA
procedures set out in the Red Book.

Dates, Locations and Venues

DATE

CITY

VENU

REGISTRATION

BRIEFING

Wed 8 June

Palmerston North Convention Centre, 354 Main St

2.30pm 3pm

3pm 6pm

Thurs 9 June

Wellington

James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor, 147 The Terrace

2.30pm 3pm

3pm 6pm

Tues 14 June

Hamilton

Claudelands, Cnr Brooklyn Rd and Heaphy Terrace

2.30pm 3pm

3pm 6pm

Wed 15 June

Auckland

Ellerslie Event Centre, 80 Ascot Avenue

(Ellerslie Racecourse) Greenlane

2.30pm 3pm

3pm 6pm

Thurs 16 June North Shore

QBE Stadium, Stadium Drive, Albany

8.30am 9am

9pm 12pm

Tues 21 June

Nelson

NMIT, Room M308, 322 Hardy St

2.30pm 3pm

3pm 6pm

Wed 22 June

Christchurch

Chateau on the Park, 189 Deans Avenue, Riccarton

2.30pm 3pm

3pm 6pm

Dunedin Centre, Glenroy Auditorium Entrance, 1 Harrop St

2.30pm 3pm

3pm 6pm

Thurs 23 June Dunedin

Registration Form
Name(s):

Company:

ARTURO GUADALQUIVER

GDC CONSULTANTS LTD

Postal Address:

18 ROSTREVOR ST, HAMILTON 3204

0274 594 595

Phone:

Email:

art.guadalquiver@gdcgroup.co.nz

Please Indicate Which Venue:

Palmerston North: Wednesday 8 June 2016 Wellington: Thursday 9 June 2016 Hamilton: Tuesday 14 June 2016
Auckland: Wednesday 15 June 2016

North Shore: Thursday 16 June 2016

Christchurch: Wednesday 22 June 2016

Dunedin: Thursday 23 June 2016

Nelson: Tuesday 21 June 2016

Please complete this form, take a copy for your records and forward it to:
The New Earthquake-prone Building Regime: Briefing for Engineers
PO Box 12, Beachlands Auckland 2147, fax: (09) 536 5442. Email: briefing@bluepacificevents.com