Structural safety

Ten engineers and architects from Bhutan spent six days in Christchurch, enhancing their expertise in damage assessment and retrofitting of critical urban infrastructure, drawing lessons from the city’s post-quake reconstruction lessons.

A magnitude-based method (MIDA) improves the accuracy and realism of assessing how critical infrastructure performs during near-fault earthquakes by using physics-based simulations instead of scaled historical data.

Based on insights from the monitoring and modelling exercises conducted in Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni, concrete recommendations are formulated in this report to enhance the resilience of both metros to excessive heat.

Using semi-structured interviews with builders and engineers, this study explores current industry trends, builders' needs and priorities, their perceptions of seismic strengthening, and their views on existing educational pathways.

This paper examines the evolving volcanic crisis on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula and its implications for disaster risk reduction, infrastructure protection, and long-term displacement.