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Wind retrofit for older masonry buildings

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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This document is aimed to be a resource for you when discussing retrofit needs and options with clients and translating their retrofit objectives to detailed design, documentation and implementation. The primary focus is the most vulnerable building construction type in Australia, older unreinforced masonry, but the principles are also informative to address other high risk building types. The objective is cost-effective retrofit measures with minimised disruption to occupants that can address a significant portion of the earthquake risk to the building owner and the community more broadly. It presents information that explains the nature of wind hazard in Western Australia, the risk it presents and the vulnerability factors that contribute to it. It further describes the common failure modes that can be highlighted to clients and a range of measures that can be employed to preclude these. It also links to other resources that can be drawn upon in developing tailored design solutions that the construction industry can readily implement.

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Title Wind retrofit for older masonry buildings
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/3f0a62fe-8386-4eb3-88cf-cefaf9488f53
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 08/04/2019
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Wind retrofit for older masonry buildings". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/wind-retrofit-for-older-masonry-buildings