Open AccessComments on some earthquake damaged buildings in New Zealand
Author(s) -
F. E. Kerswill
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.2.4.483-489
Subject(s) - indemnity , product (mathematics) , work (physics) , task (project management) , forensic engineering , period (music) , psychology , engineering , actuarial science , business , aesthetics , mechanical engineering , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , systems engineering
These comments are derived from experience in inspecting buildings damaged by earthquakes in New Zealand spread over a period of some sixteen years. This work has mostly been done in association with assessors and other professional colleagues. Their views and guidance have been a valuable help in keeping attention mainly directed at the task of finding out what damage has been caused by the particular incident, and thus arriving at a fair evaluation of the claim on an indemnity basis. This has left little time for pursuing studies which might have been more interesting from the technological aspect, and such comment as is offered below must be accepted as a by-product of a professional activity.