Grand Chancellor Christchurch
Grand Chancellor Christchurch
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It looks they are going to try to stabilise this building, which earlier was expected to collapse.
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RE: Grand Chancellor Christchurch
Sounds like a set of corner columns failed and they are jacketing them with steel and concrete infill.
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ANY FOOL CAN DESIGN A STRUCTURE. IT TAKES AN ENGINEER TO DESIGN A CONNECTION."
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Even poor soils could provide sufficient restraint to the piles when subjected to rapid lateral movement from EQ
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Reasonably stiff soil is not a description for Christchurch's soil.
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Photo 10 is a great example of inherent redundancies in wood-framed roofs, the diaphragm must be in tension which is amazing as it appears interrupted by that dormer/gable feature...
And Photo 44 a textbook "soft" first story shear wall failure, though the second story had almost no shear walls either.
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First this should be a wake up call to California Building Owners.
This will be our state. Liquefaction, soft story buildings, and old brick veneered buildings will be the pictures from our seismic event.
The other is the relationship of weight and building stiffness. Either one is critical, but together they are a recipe for failure.