A paper which outlines SCIRT's approach to asset assessment, design and repair of damaged retaining walls, and presents a case study of a retaining wall rebuild, on Cunningham Terrace, Lyttelton.
Damaged double-brick wall.
A paper which shares the process followed for the assessment and prioritisation of the retaining walls within the Port Hills in Christchurch.
A photograph of a repaired patch of wall in the stairwell of the Diabetes Centre on Hagley Avenue. The wall is unpainted.
A retaining wall supports a bank on London Street in Lyttelton. The original stone wall that supported the foundation of the house has been removed.
A crumbled retaining wall around a cemetery in Christchurch.
A photograph of a damaged footpath. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "River Road, Avonside".
A collapsed brick fence on Idris Road.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "38 Belleview Terrace, Mount Pleasant. Post 22 February earthquake".
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Redcliffs and Sumner".
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Redcliffs and Sumner".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "38 Belleview Terrace, Mount Pleasant. Post 22 February earthquake".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Retaining walls at the port, where the historic stone covering the concrete has collapsed".
Detail of the side of the front wall of St Mary & St Athanaslos church on Edgeware Road. The edge of the wall has separated from the bricks and is threatening to topple. Cracks can be seen running diagonally through the brick wall, the rest of the wall missing above.
A paper which outlines the observed damage to Christchurch City Council-owned retaining walls and the repair solutions developed.
A photograph of a damaged retaining wall of a garden. The wall has collapsed and is lying on the ground. Two cracks can be seen in the middle.
A magazine article which outlines the observations of engineers working on SCIRT retaining wall and ground improvement projects.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Large cracks run along the edges of this internal wall, and pictures on the wall are crooked. The photographer comments, "Internal damage to walls".
Graffiti on wall of 481 Colombo Street.
A presentation to the IPWEA conference of a paper which shares the process followed for the assessment and prioritisation of the retaining walls within the Port Hills in Christchurch.
A photograph of street art on a wall in Sydenham. A message on the wall reads, "Christchurch, destined to rise".
A video about a memorial wall in the Linwood Crematorium Memorial Garden which collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The wall housed nearly 100 people's ashes. Staff from the Cremation Society of Canterbury collected the ashes and stored them in bags until the wall could be rebuilt.
The project report for Poetica, part of Gap Filler project 20, Walls. Poetica was an urban poetry project in which an interactive poetry installation was painted on the wall of 614 Colombo Street. The purpose of the project was to visualise the regeneration of Christchurch as an unwritten poem by allowing members of the public to writing poetry on the Poetica wall.
Damage to a wall, with several layers of wall covering visible.
A photograph of tags on a wall near the Durham Street overbridge. The wall runs beside the railway line.
A photograph of tags on a wall near the Durham Street overbridge. The wall runs beside the railway line.
A photograph of a damaged retaining wall in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a damaged retaining wall in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a damaged retaining wall in Lyttelton.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Part of the brick wall has slumped to one side, leaving visible gaps between the wall and the roof, and between the wall and a windowframe. The photographer comments, "Cracking in the external brickwork".