TECHNICAL RESEARCH
EMERGING DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
Cost and Benefits of Constructing to Post-Earthquake Operational Standards
Description This report studies the estimated cost implications of select BC Housing buildings to be designed as post-earthquake operational as opposed to their current design for life safety/collapse prevention as per BC Building codes. The report uses eight BC Housing buildings as archetypes, reviews their design standards and structural approaches, and estimates the additional costs to build these buildings designed to be operational post-earthquake. The report aims to prepare for future buildings to be built to a post-earthquake operational standard meaning that after a major earthquake, there will be fewer building demolitions, less people displaced, and communities returning to normalcy more efficiently and faster. Impact Cost and Benefits of Constructing to Post-Earthquake Operational Standards will lay the ground work for future buildings to be built to a post-earthquake operational standard.
Status: Project underway Partners: Natural Resources Canada Audience: Government audience
initially with possible pilot projects within or beyond BC Housing
30 HOUSING RESEARCH & EDUCATION PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS | JUNE 2020
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