A plan which provides SCIRT with a map for building and sustaining outstanding performance. The first version of this plan was produced on 18 February 2013.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Strategy Design building partially demolished".
The vacant site left by the demolition of the Strategy Building.
The flyer for the seminar "Seismic Assessment of Existing Masonry Buildings" presented by Professor Sergio Lagomarsino from the University of Genoa. The seminar demonstrated recent European research into modelling strategies, target performances and acceptance criteria for seismic assessment of masonry buildings.
A photograph submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Strategy Building".
A photograph of the badly-damaged Strategy building on the corner of Salisbury and Victoria Street.
A video of the seminar "Seismic Assessment of Existing Masonry Buildings" presented by Professor Sergio Lagomarsino from the University of Genoa on 27 February 2014 at the University of Canterbury. The seminar demonstrated recent European research into modelling strategies, target performances and acceptance criteria for seismic assessment of masonry buildings.
A view down Montreal Street. In the background is the Strategy Building with a crane working next to it.
A photograph submitted by Jo Reid to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Strategy Building coming down, the final push..".
The vacant lot left after the demolition of the Strategy Building on Victoria Street. In the background is the Victoria Clock Tower.
A view of the Victoria Street clocktower from Montreal Street. On the left is a crane working on the deconstruction of the Strategy Building.
A view of the Victoria Street clocktower from Montreal Street. On the left is a crane working on the deconstruction of the Strategy Building.
A photograph submitted by Matt Pickering to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "The army on hand, helping prepare for the demolition of the Strategy Building".
A view down Montreal Street where a section of the street has been cordoned off. On the right the Victoria Street clocktower has been blocked off with shipping containers, and a crane is in the front of the Strategy Building.
A video of a presentation by Richard Conlin during the Community Resilience Stream of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. The presentation is titled, "Resilience, Poverty, and Seismic Culture".The abstract for this presentation reads as follows: A strategy of resilience is built around the recognition that effective emergency response requires community involvement and mobilization. It further recognizes that many of the characteristics that equip communities to respond most effectively to short term emergencies are also characteristics that build strong communities over the long term. Building resilient communities means integrating our approaches to poverty, community engagement, economic development, and housing into a coherent strategy that empowers community members to engage with each other and with other communities. In this way, resilience becomes a complementary concept to sustainability. This requires an asset-based change strategy where external agencies meet communities where they are, in their own space, and use collective impact approaches to work in partnership. This also requires understanding and assessing poverty, including physical, financial, and social capital in their myriad manifestations. Poverty is not exclusively a matter of class. It is a complex subject, and different communities manifest multiple versions of poverty, which must be respected and understood through the asset-based lens. Resilience is a quality of a community and a system, and develops over time as a result of careful analysis of strengths and vulnerabilities and taking actions to increase competencies and reduce risk situations. Resilience requires maintenance and must be developed in a way that includes practicing continuous improvement and adaptation. The characteristics of a resilient community include both physical qualities and 'soft infrastructure', such as community knowledge, resourcefulness, and overall health. This presentation reviews the experience of some earlier disasters, outlines a working model of how emergency response, resilience, and poverty interact and can be addressed in concert, and concludes with a summary of what the 2010 Chilean earthquake tells us about how a 'seismic culture' can function effectively in communities even when government suffers from unexpected shortcomings.