Earthquake-risk and prone buildings

Earthquake-risk building register

A list of those buildings within Lower Hutt that were classified under the Building Act 1991 (and previous legislation) as  requiring strengthening work to be undertaken, but such work has not yet been completed.

Earthquake-risk register May 2012.pdf (PDF 111Kb)

 Earthquake-prone building register

A list of those buildings within Lower Hutt that were classified under Section 124 of the Building Act 2004 as earthquake-prone. These require strengthening work to be completed by 2018.

This classification includes those buildings on the Earthquake-risk Building Register but they have been separated purely for administrative purposes.

Earthquake-prone register May 2012 (PDF 80Kb)

More information on earthquake restrengthening

• Earthquake-prone Building Policy 2011 (PDF 179kb)
• Background to earthquake-prone building classification (PDF 1.2Mb)
• Council's legal obligations towards earthquake-prone buildings (PDF 18kb)
• Learn more about earthquakes & fault lines in New Zealand from GNS
• Safety of Egress Stairs
• New Zealand Geotechnical Society publications

Get in touch with us

The status of buildings in this list can change on a day to day basis and the information was current on the date the list was published. Please get in touch for further information on individual properties.