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Practice Advisory 3: Beware of limitations – cold-worked wire mesh

Understand how cold-worked wire mesh can affect the performance of a structure due to its low ductility.

Practice Advisory 4: Do sweat the 'small' stuff - Connection design and detailing

Ensure structural steel connections are designed and detailed to satisfy the design concept and transmission of loads.

Practice Advisory 12: Unstiffened eccentric cleat connections in compression

Unstiffened eccentric cleat connections in compression. Particular care needed with design.

Practice Advisory 8: Don’t be undone – anchor your spiral

It is important to anchor every section of spiral reinforcement in circular columns and piles, and properly splice ends.

Practice Advisory 18: Fire safety design for tall buildings

Fire design guidance for the safe use of tall buildings, using reliable and resilient fire design features.

Practice Advisory 2: Pay attention to the basics – structural concepts and load paths

Ensure you consider structural concepts and load paths and give sufficient details in your building consent application.

Practice Advisory 17: Well-planned ground investigations can save costs

Why a well-devised, specific site geotechnical investigation is a key requirement for good building performance.

Geotechnical education

Educational resources that support the earthquake geotechnical engineering practice modules, and rockfall protection guidance.

This information is published by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Chief Executive. It is a general guide only and, if used, does not relieve any person of the obligation to consider any matter to which the information relates according to the circumstances of the particular case. Expert advice may be required in specific circumstances. Where this information relates to assisting people: