Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Steel Building Damage From The Christchurch Earthquake of February 22, 2011

February 15, 2018

By Michel Bruneau, Charles Clifton, Greg MacRae, Roberto Leon, and Alistair Fussell.

March 11, 2011, MCEER (University at Buffalo), University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, Georgia Tech, and Steel Contruction.

The report entails preliminary observations on the performance of steel buildings in Christchurch, as well as damage inspections and proposed explanations for the satisfactory performance of steel buildings relative to buildings of other materials.