UPDATED 9:45am: The Society for Earthquake Engineers is still urging people to strengthen buildings beyond the building code.
That's despite the Supreme Court ruling against Canterbury University's argument that insurers should be liable to pay for the strengthening of quake-prone buildings to 67 percent of the current codes.
Nick Smith says it's difficult to balance all of the issues surrounding the rebuild.
It believed the Christchurch City Council could legally enforce the extra strengthening.
Executive officer Win Clark says people need to think about the effects of another large quake.
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