SCIRT minimum standard for working around services
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A document which stipulates SCIRT's minimum standard for managing the risks arising from working around services.
A document which stipulates SCIRT's minimum standard for managing the risks arising from working around services.
A plan which describes how SCIRT is to carry out construction works. The first version of this plan was produced on 10 August 2011.
A pdf copy of a resource list for third-sector organisations.
A management plan which describes how SCIRT will coordinate utility authorities and utility relocations.
An abstract which describes the content of Trent Beckman-Cross's full PhD thesis.
A plan which defines the procurement activities to be applied to SCIRT and explains how those activities are to be undertaken to meet SCIRT objectives and requirements. The first version of this plan was produced on 14 September 2011.
A PDF copy of a newsletter sent by All Right? to their mailing list in November 2016.
A paper published in the Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance, 2016, Vol. 1, No. 2, 88-93, which outlines the importance of asset registers and level of service in the wake of a disaster.
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Regenerate Christchurch takes over come Monday, leaving behind the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA), which has overseen the rebuild since the devastating 2011 quakes.
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority is no more but questions remain about the future of Christchurch.
Presenting a selection of children’s ceramic plates and cups excavated in Christchurch for your perusal, with commentary. Jessie Garland References Riley, Noel., 1991. Gifts for Good Children: The History of Children’s China, Part 1, 1790-1890. Richard Dennis, Somerset.
Five years after the Christchurch earthquake, IAG has been named the worst trans-national corporation operating in New Zealand.
The last barrier has lifted from New Regent St in Christchurch meaning trams are back running after buildings were damaged from the Valentine's Day earthquake.
The light, 3.6-magnitude earthquake was centred 10km east of the city at a depth of 17km, and occurred at 5:45pm.
Christchurch is expected to learn today who will be leading the next stage of its earthquake recovery.
The Regenerate Christchurch board has been confirmed this morning, as the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's (CERA) time comes to an end in the recovery process.
A series of earthquakes have struck the Christchurch area this morning, the biggest of those being reported as a moderate jolt by GeoNet.
The director of a Christchurch drainage company who lied to earthquake-affected landowners has been sentenced to 10 months home detention.
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook the eastern Bay of Plenty early this morning, following a 4.7 shake in Christchurch last night.
Engineers have removed a rock the size of a car from a cliff face in Christchurch after it shifted during an earthquake.
The chance of a magnitude 5 earthquake in Christchurch in the next year is just over 50 percent, according to a new forecast.
Naz and earthquakes -- they have so much in common.
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery portfolio is no longer, with Prime Minister John Key announcing a new Canterbury portfolio to replace it.