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Commentary on Australian Standards

AEES members have contributed to a commentary on the 2007 Australian Standard 1170.4 section on Structural Design Actions (Part4: Earthquake Actions in Australia). The first edition of this commentary was published in 2009 and is…

2020 AEES Conference

The 2020 conference was to be held in Adelaide, but due to Coronavirus became our first virtual conference. Download Brochure The theme for the conference was Disaster Preparedness - Are Earthquake Assessments critical to Heritage…

Earthquake Load Guidelines

AEES member Col Lynam recently shared an article published on the Queensland Building and Construction Commission blog that references the Australian Building Codes Board guidelines on the design of non-structural building elements for earthquake forces.…

2019 AEES Conference

In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Newcastle earthquake, the conference was held in Newcastle, NSW from 29 November to 1 December 2019. Papers are available here. In remembering the tragic events of the Newcastle…