I was wondering does any one have any experience of designing building services in earth quake zones and can they advise of any guidance or standards that are available.

Your looking at a subject that encompasses "seismically qualified non structural components and systems"

There may well be specific codes or standards depending on the building type and location and will usually set the design criteria (ie one in ten thousand year earthquake event of given magnitude).

Essentially what you are then trying to achieve is equipment that meets criteria for Design ground motion, Component Importance Factor and horizontal force/vertical force ratios amongst other things

It can get quite complex particularly in safety related systems

Not enough information on where you are or what you are trying to achieve to be more specific

Regards

OMS

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Failure is always an option

A lot of stuff would have been published at the time of building Torness / Heysham power stations and probably Sizewell as well. How much is relevant to building services,(as distinct from major electrical installations) I don't know. The main thing I remember was that everything was taken off to a lab and shaken and also that we could not assume that the floor to ceiling height stayed the same, i.e. all columns had fixings in the ceiling that allowed for vertical movement.

I'd Say Use really soft or really hard stuff

Roofing Services

I am not yet an engineer so i do not have any experience about that but... I have seen site and books that tackles about that thing. During my research I just found out ACM Facility Safety and I think it really helps. Just a thought.