Open AccessA builder's observations and views at Greymouth
Author(s) -
Jean Williams
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
bulletin of the new zealand society for earthquake engineering/nzsee quarterly bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.917
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2324-1543
pISSN - 1174-9857
DOI - 10.5459/bnzsee.2.1.148
Subject(s) - architectural engineering , history , forensic engineering , geography , engineering
From my observations of earthquake damage in Greymouth, the main contributing cause was the age of the buildings the lack of maintenance and poor sub-soil on which many buildings have been erected. Over the years there appears to have been little or no thought to appropriate building design, or to rectifying the position in which the area now finds itself.