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Yeah Wellington has always taken it seriously, I remember the building where I worked in 2002 had a sticker on it by the council saying the building wasn't eart

Yeah Wellington has always taken it seriously, I remember the building where I worked in 2002 had a sticker on it by the council saying the building wasn't earthquake safe. The buildings here are much more earthquake safe than Christchurch but also the damage potential is much higher.

Pulce 10y ago
Great. Do you have a pic of the sticker? I'm moving to Umbria, Italy...
- disordinary 10y ago
  No, it was a while ago. But a google image search showed up one of the ones that they used in Christchurch. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ncu7cINaZiE/TtGHnDoH72I/AAAAAAAAASY/gW0WALky3-M/s1600/Red%2BSticker.JPG http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ncu7cINaZiE/TtGHnDoH72I/AAAAAAAAAS...
  - Pulce 10y ago
    Thanks.
- jamiepenney 10y ago
  http://www.radionz.co.nz/assets/news/18382/eight_col_xlarge_2V9A5038-Edit.jpg?1402880813 http://www.radionz.co.nz/assets/news/18382/eight_col_xlarge_... That's the yellow sticker that buildings in Wellington get if they're unsafe but still usable.
rodgerd 10y ago
> Yeah Wellington has always taken it seriously, Only sort of. We have the whole dynamic of pushing out the date buildings are supposed to be meeting requirements, and dodgy engineers signing off on buildings that are below target NBS.
- disordinary 10y ago
  Dodgy engineers aren't going to sign off on anything because they are liable for manslaughter in the case of a catastrophe. I used to work for a structural engineering company and had to present evidence at the Royal Commission of Inquiry, engineers (at least all the ones I know) take this very seriously. Most of the out of date buildings are empty, there are still a few empty buildings around Wellington because they don't meet code.
- disordinary 10y ago
  As far as pushing out the dates, buildings with a big sticker on them saying they are unsafe tend to struggle to find tenants, and when they do the rent has to be very cheap, so most building owners either sell the buildings or strengthen them.
  - EdwardDiego 10y ago
    And that's why the property owners have been lobbying the councils to hold off on those big stickers - because then how could they afford to do the work that they'll totally do, within X years, if the rents drop?
- EdwardDiego 10y ago
  That's what I'm referring to, yeah.

Pulce 10y ago

Great. Do you have a pic of the sticker? I'm moving to Umbria, Italy...

disordinary 10y ago
No, it was a while ago. But a google image search showed up one of the ones that they used in Christchurch. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ncu7cINaZiE/TtGHnDoH72I/AAAAAAAAASY/gW0WALky3-M/s1600/Red%2BSticker.JPG http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ncu7cINaZiE/TtGHnDoH72I/AAAAAAAAAS...
- Pulce 10y ago
  Thanks.
jamiepenney 10y ago
http://www.radionz.co.nz/assets/news/18382/eight_col_xlarge_2V9A5038-Edit.jpg?1402880813 http://www.radionz.co.nz/assets/news/18382/eight_col_xlarge_... That's the yellow sticker that buildings in Wellington get if they're unsafe but still usable.

rodgerd 10y ago

> Yeah Wellington has always taken it seriously, Only sort of. We have the whole dynamic of pushing out the date buildings are supposed to be meeting requirements, and dodgy engineers signing off on buildings that are below target NBS.

disordinary 10y ago
Dodgy engineers aren't going to sign off on anything because they are liable for manslaughter in the case of a catastrophe. I used to work for a structural engineering company and had to present evidence at the Royal Commission of Inquiry, engineers (at least all the ones I know) take this very seriously. Most of the out of date buildings are empty, there are still a few empty buildings around Wellington because they don't meet code.
disordinary 10y ago
As far as pushing out the dates, buildings with a big sticker on them saying they are unsafe tend to struggle to find tenants, and when they do the rent has to be very cheap, so most building owners either sell the buildings or strengthen them.
- EdwardDiego 10y ago
  And that's why the property owners have been lobbying the councils to hold off on those big stickers - because then how could they afford to do the work that they'll totally do, within X years, if the rents drop?
EdwardDiego 10y ago
That's what I'm referring to, yeah.