The continued response of the New Zealand Government to the Canterbury ear…

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

The Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 caused significant damage and disruption to the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. A Royal Commission was established to report on the causes of building failure as a result of the earthquakes as well as look at the legal and best-practice requirements for buildings in New Zealand Central Business Districts. The Royal Commission made 189 recommendations on a variety of matters including managing damaged buildings after an earthquake, the adequacy of building codes and standards, and the processes of seismic assessments of existing buildings to determine their earthquake vulnerability. In response the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, the agency responsible for administering building regulation in New Zealand, established a work programme to assist with the Canterbury rebuild and to implement the lessons learned throughout New Zealand. The five primary work streams in the programme are: • Facilitating the Canterbury Rebuild • Structural Performance and Design Standards • Geotechnical and structural guidance • Existing Building Resilience • Post Disaster Building Management This paper provides more detail on each of the work streams. There has been significant collaboration between the New Zealand Government and the research community, technical societies, and engineering consultants, both within New Zealand and internationally, to deliver the programme and improve the resilience of the New Zealand built environment. This has presented major challenges for an extremely busy industry in the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes. The paper identifies the items of work that have been completed and the work that is still in progress at the time of writing.

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:10:19 01:35:04

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Staff at Halswell New World supermarket work to stock the shelves after the latest big quake".

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Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the stone work.

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Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the stone work.

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Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the wood work.

Catalyst for life-saving change in safety

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A document which describes SCIRT's approach to ensuring zero harm during its five and a half year programme of work.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 012

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A view over the Avon River towards Oxford Terrace. A small digger can be seen at work to the left.

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath, 2011:02:23 07:33:19

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Chimney repair work on Hackthorne Road, Cashmere".

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 420

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Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the stone work.

Christchurch Press Image: Don Scott 2010:09:13 16:23:47

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jeanette Stark and co-owner Tony Francis keen to get back to work at Henry Africa's".

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2012 photograph 279

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The city library administration is moving into this work space near the new bus exchange".

Minister says recovery process from quake moving quickly

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The Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, says the recovery process from Canterbury's earthquake is moving quickly, despite strong aftershocks yesterday setting back repair work.

QuakeStory Photo 341

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A photograph submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Damage at work (that should be flat and level…), Feb 22nd.".

Sorensens Place, Christchurch: report on Archaeological Monitoring

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A report which details the archaeological investigations carried out during the course of SCIRT project 11232, wastewater renewal work in Sorensens Place.

BeckerFraserPhotos November 2010 photograph 07

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View down Hereford Street, looking west from Madras Street. Road work signs and a crane can be seen in the distance.

Construction Management Plan

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A plan which details how SCIRT managed its construction work and ensured a consistent best-practice approach across the approximately 700 projects in the rebuild programme.

Design Management Plan

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A plan which describes how SCIRT will carry out design work. The first version of this plan was produced on 1 September 2011.

Best Practice for Cyclists - Christchurch

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A best practice traffic management guideline, produced in February 2014, which helps traffic management team members manage cyclists through road work sites safely.

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Look through the cordon fence, a worker supervising the demoliton work on the Amuri Courts. Another worker and a digger can be seen in the background.

Diabetes Centre Photograph 056

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A photograph of an office in the Diabetes Centre. The office furniture has been pushed together to prepare the room for earthquake repair work.

Photograph number UC 10-0496-39

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Sam Johnson, Student Volunteer Army Organiser and Opshop's Jason Jerrison at an event held at NZi3 to thank the volunteers for the work being done.

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More damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church following the 22 February earthquake. The church already had its spire removed so restoration work can be carried out.

Photograph number UC 11-0091-13

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Vice Chancellor Rod Carr preparing to enter and retrieve his work from the 6th floor of the Registry Building, with an emergency and security staff member.

UC Restarts - Photograph 02

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At a meeting in a tent, Vice-Chancellor Rod Carr speaks to staff about their return to work after the February 2011 earthquake. The photographer comments, "Staff briefing".

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More damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church following the 22 February earthquake. The church already had its spire removed so restoration work can be carried out.

St Albans

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Tiler at work on the steps of Ambrose Heal. File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0376 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

Kim Wright WEMO Photograph 064

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A photograph of the entrance to Cowles Stadium on Pages Road. The stadium was set up by Civil Defence to serve as temporary accommodation for people displaced by the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Signs on the door read, "Civil Defence", "If you are unwwell with flu or cold, please go to the doctor and not enter" and "Welcome to Cowles Stadium. Earthquake affected people only - you must register with Red Cross to receive help. Other help go to Winz office, 154 Aldwins Road, Linwood. Please, no alcohol, no drugs on site. Food and drinks only in designated areas".

Bicycle: Johnson's Grocery

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One black Phillips brand bicycle with a large basket on the front, and a sign reading ‘Johnson's’ hanging from the frame. The front wheel is smaller than the back wheel.

Time Capsule: Copper

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One cylindrical copper time capsule with soldered ends containing rolled copies of the Christchurch Times and The Press from 25 March 1931, along with a document detailing the placement of the time capsule by the then North Canterbury Hospital Board; one end of the capsule has been removed to allow access. The North Canterbury Hospital Board pl...

Sign: Cokers Hotel

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One metal backed plastic sign, circa 1970s, for Cokers Hotel, Manchester Street, Christchurch detailing hotel services and featuring a map of the central city. The Cokers Hotel was located in central Christchurch at 52 Manchester Street. First licensed by John Etherdan (Jack) Coker in 1867, in 1890 the lease was taken over by Captain Popham, wh...