JC 25-02 Guidance for Commissioning and Undertaking Reviews of Seismic Assessments

Reviews of seismic assessments of existing buildings typically do not warrant the level of technical and process detail required for building consent applications. This report outlines the options for different levels of review, appropriate to both client and regulatory requirements. The associated aim of this guidance is to reduce the ‘compliance’ focus of technical reviews in acknowledgement of the high levels of engineering judgement involved in assessment. The wider aim is to inform clients as to the level of review they actually require, in order to avoid the default assumption that they need a full technical peer review.