A road sign on the corner of Bracken Street and Avonside Drive in Avonside.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Durham Street Methodist Church".
A footpath on Charles Street in Kaiapoi. Some tiles have come off from the tiled section.
A photograph of collapsed scaffolding outside a building on Manchester Street.
On 22 February 2011, Canterbury and its largest city Christchurch experienced its second major earthquake within six months. The region is facing major economic and organisational challenges in the aftermath of these events. Approximately 25% of all buildings in the Christchurch CBD have been “red tagged” or deemed unsafe to enter. The New Zealand Treasury estimates that the combined cost of the February earthquake and the September earthquake is approximately NZ$15 billion[2]. This paper examines the national and regional economic climate prior to the event, discusses the immediate economic implications of this event, and the challenges and opportunities faced by organisations affected by this event. In order to facilitate recovery of the Christchurch area, organisations must adjust to a new norm; finding ways not only to continue functioning, but to grow in the months and years following these earthquakes. Some organisations relocated within days to areas that have been less affected by the earthquakes. Others are taking advantage of government subsidised aid packages to help retain their employees until they can make long-term decisions about the future of their organisation. This paper is framed as a “report from the field” in order to provide insight into the early recovery scenario as it applies to organisations affected by the February 2011 earthquake. It is intended both to inform and facilitate discussion about how organisations can and should pursue recovery in Canterbury, and how organisations can become more resilient in the face of the next crisis.
A graffiti-style recruitment advertisement for the NZ Police, depicting police officer Nao Yoshimizu comforting the grieving relative of an earthquake victim. The image has been further graffitied to hide the officer's uniform, and the original advertisement text ("You too can do something extraordinary. Become a cop.") altered to read "You too can do something ordinary. Become a human".
This paper presents preliminary field observations on the performance of selected steel structures in Christchurch during the earthquake series of 2010 to 2011. This comprises 6 damaging earthquakes, on 4 September and 26 December 2010, February 22, June 6 and two on June 13, 2011. Most notable of these was the 4 September event, at Ms7.1 and MM7 (MM as observed in the Christchurch CBD) and most intense was the 22 February event at Ms6.3 and MM9-10 within the CBD. Focus is on performance of concentrically braced frames, eccentrically braced frames, moment resisting frames and industrial storage racks. With a few notable exceptions, steel structures performed well during this earthquake series, to the extent that inelastic deformations were less than what would have been expected given the severity of the recorded strong motions. Some hypotheses are formulated to explain this satisfactory performance. http://db.nzsee.org.nz/SpecialIssue/44%284%290297.pdf
The top section of the A and T Burt building's facade. Bricks from this section have crumbled away.
The tower of the Ferry Road Law Centre building in Woolston with steel bracing on its corners.
A view from the corner of Manchester Street and Hereford Street to an excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts.
A view from the corner of Manchester Street and Hereford Street to an excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts.
A collapsed section of kerb marked by a road cone on Acland Avenue in Avonside.
Damage to an old building on Ferry Road in Woolston. Bricks have collapsed from the building's walls.
Red emergency tape covering the front doors of the damaged Riverside Christian Fellowship office on Charles Street in Kaiapoi.
Houses on Kilmore Street. A ladder can be seen leaning against the wall of one.
A sign outside St Luke the Evangelist Church on Manchester Street reading, "St. Luke's Anglican Church".
An excavator working on the demolition of the Hillary and Marshall Limited building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of a pile of bricks. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "580 Ferry Road".
Safety fences enclosing a vacant site on Williams Street in Kaiapoi where a building has been demolished.
Looks at the earthquake experience in Christchurch from the world of the web and Panelist Gary Moore's own experience.
A review of the week's news with extensive coverage of this week's devastating earthquake in Christchurch
The letter box of a house on Avonside Drive. Someone has written EQC on it.
Cracks in the ceiling and wall inside the Durham Street Methodist Church.
The remaining stump of the collapsed chimney of a house on Maling Street in Avonside.
A footpath on Galbraith Avenue in Avonside showing cracking from the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A house on Avonside Drive that has moved off its foundations.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This house has moved substantially off the foundations".
Cracks in the plaster on the ceiling of the Durham Street Methodist Church.
Cracking in the plaster around a doorway inside the Durham Street Methodist Church.
A section of road on Avonside Drive showing damage from the 4 September 2010 earthquake.