Safety Initiative: Early warning system of ground and structural movement

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document describing the early warning system to alert team members of ground and structural movement at the Arch.

Lions roar back into the city centre

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A web story about the return of the stone lions to the Memorial Arch.

Triumphal Arch presentation by site engineer

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A presentation prepared by one of the site engineers restoring the Memorial Arch and Bridge of Remembrance, outlining the damage to the structures, the repair designs and the construction methodologies.

Safety Initiative: Use of a remotely operated hydraulic jaw crusher

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document describing the use of a remotely operated hydraulic jaw crusher to avoid the need to make confined space entries.

Bridge of Remembrance community engagement presentation

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A presentation prepared by SCIRT's Downer Communciation Lead, providing an overview of the community engagement carried out by the Downer Team during the restoration of the Bridge and Arch.

Bridge of Remembrance Kids Zone attracts central city school pupils

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A web story about a site visit to the Bridge and Arch by local school pupils.

Safety Initiative: Confined spaces "dummy run

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document describing the confined spaces "dummy run".

Environmental Initiative: Triumphal Arch major column seismic clamps

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document describing Downer's use of column seismic clamps to prevent additional damage to the Arch columns.

Environmental Initiative: bentonite splash fence

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document describing Downer's approach to containing bentonite when drilling micro piles for the new Arch foundations.

Bridge of Remembrance Triumphal Arch rebuild involves city boys' school

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A web story about the model design work by Christ's College pupils.

Lest we forget - SCIRT restores Memorial Arch

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document which describes the process that SCIRT took to restore the Bridge of Remembrance and Memorial Arch.

Bridge of Remembrance poster for awards application

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A poster which was prepared to go with the award application for the Canterbury Heritage Awards 2016.

Bridge of Remembrance posters

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

Posters which describe the earthquake damage, planned restoration methods and historic information about the Bridge of Remembrance and Memorial Arch. These posters were hung on the fencing around the Bridge and Arch to inform the public about the work taking place.

Triumphal Arch and Bridge of Remembrance communication updates

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A series of communication updates provided by SCIRT's Downer Delivery Team to the Christchurch City Council. These updates detailed the progress of the Arch and Bridge restoration. The updates were produced between 28 June 2013 and 8 September 2015.

Canterbury Heritage Awards application

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A copy of the award application for the Canterbury Heritage Awards 2016.

Environmental Initiative: CO2 diffuser to neutralise high pH

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document describing Downer's planned approach for neutralising the high pH of any potential bentonite or grout discharge into the Avon river.

Bridge of Remembrance Seismic Strengthening - New Zealand Concrete Industr…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A paper presented at the New Zealand Concrete Industry Conference 2015 about the design and construction challenges faced when strengthening the Memorial Arch.

Safety Initiative: 3D modelling for construction methodology of Triumphal …

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document describing the use of 3D modelling for construction methodology.

Seismics in the City 2016 - Engineering Regeneration, Collaboration and In…

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of a presentation by Grant Wilkinson, Senior Engineer for Ruamoko Solutions, at the 2016 Seismics in the City Conference. The presentation is titled, "Engineering Regeneration, Collaboration and Innovation ".The abstract for the presentation reads, "Applying some seismic lessons learnt to saving several heritage gems and collaborating on the Christchurch Art Gallery Base Isolation retrofit project."