“Our larger businesses are doing very well, but our smaller and medium-sized businesses could do with more support,” says lead researcher University of Canterbury (UC) Adjunct Fellow Dr Tracy Hatton.Dr Hatton and co-researchers, UC Master of Disaster
Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 10:19 am
New research has revealed that many New Zealand
businesses are left in the dark around how to make their
workplaces earthquake safe.
“Our larger businesses
are doing very well, but our smaller and medium-sized
businesses could do with more support,” says lead
researcher Dr Tracy Hatton.
Dr Hatton and
co-researchers, Sophie Horsfall from Resilient Organisations
and Toni Collins from the University of Canterbury were
funded by the Earthquake Commission (EQC) to evaluate what
safety measures different organisations were using to reduce
risks and find out whether seismic safety is a priority for
New Zealand businesses.
“It is clear that seismic