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08/02/2019 5:53 pm
Issue: a 1950’s building located smack bang over a fault having a recurrence period of between 3500 and 5000 years. It is not a major fault listed in AS 1170. NZBC B1 requires the building design to cater for a 500 year interval. So I can ignore the fact that a fault having a greater recurrence period is directly beneath? The MFE guidelines suggest that such an existing building is allowed.
11/02/2019 3:28 pm
I believe your interpretation is correct – the demand for assessment purposes is that defined by NZS 1170.5 (as at 1 July 2017), so any other factors need not be introduced.
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