Earthquake tests on cheap, safe multi-storey building 'promising'GEORGE HEARD/Stuff.co.nz Dr Minghao Li, of the University of Canterbury, has built a replica of a four-storey building out of cheap materials and shaken it to see what happens. GEORGE HEARD/FAIRFAX NZ Structural timber engineer Dr Minghao Li is developing cheap, safe construction systems for multi-storey residential buildings. I would say it's two thirds [of a real building]," Li said. He said he hoped cheap hybrid systems could be used soon, but were "still in the research stage". Case studies would be needed to determine how much money could be saved using hybrid systems, Li said.

Source: Stuff April 18, 2017 04:06 UTC