A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Sumner Museum".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Old foundry, Woolston".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Convent, Barbadoes Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Convent, Barbadoes Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Avonside Church".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Avonside Church".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Old foundry, Woolston".
A photograph of damage to St John's Church, Lyttelton.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crichton Cobbers, Fitzgerald Avenue".
The Christchurch region of New Zealand experienced a series of major earthquakes and aftershocks between September 2010 and June 2011 which caused severe damage to the city’s infrastructure. The performance of tilt-up precast concrete buildings was investigated and initial observations are presented here. In general, tilt-up buildings performed well during all three major earthquakes, with mostly only minor, repairable damage occurring. For the in-plane loading direction, both loadbearing and cladding panels behaved exceptionally well, with no significant damage or failure observed in panels and their connections. A limited number of connection failures occurred due to large out-of-plane panel inertia forces. In several buildings, the connections between the panel and the internal structural frame appeared to be the weakest link, lacking in both strength and ductility. This weakness in the out-of-plane load path should be prevented in future designs.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Cathedral".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Cathedral".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gallery Apartments".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Cathedral".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Woolston Public Library".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Knox Church, Bealey Avenue".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Woolston Public Library".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Woolston Public Library".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Old foundry, Woolston".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Cathedral".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Cathedral".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Cathedral".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Knox Church, Bealey Avenue".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Woolston Public Library".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Cathedral".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Cathedral".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Cathedral".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Cathedral".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Cathedral".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Cathedral".