Earthquake-prone buildings

Earthquake-prone buildings have a higher chance of causing damage or injury in an earthquake. The Building Act requires owners of earthquake-prone buildings to do strengthening work within a determined time frame.

Earthquake-prone building register

Details for earthquake-prone buildings are entered into a national register.

How we assess and manage earthquake-prone buildings

From identifying earthquake-prone buildings through to making sure they’re strengthened.

Priority buildings

How a building is identified as a priority building, and what this means for the earthquake-prone building process.

Earthquake-prone building notices

The different types of earthquake-prone building notices, what they look like, and what they mean.

Where to display earthquake-prone building notices

Guidance for displaying a notice and how this applies to different types of buildings.

Earthquake-prone building owners survey 2021-2022

We asked earthquake-prone building owners about the progress of their seismic works.