Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
A Frews excavator cleaning up the site of a demolished building on Cashel Street. Behind it the Les Mills building can be seen.
An excavator sits on top of a partially demolished building. The concrete posts have been kept intact by the reinforcement cable which runs through them.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "PWC, Copthorne and Forsyth Barr, central city".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "PWC, Copthorne and Forsyth Barr, central city".
An excavator sits on top of a partially demolished building. The concrete posts have been kept intact by the reinforcement cable which runs through them.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "PWC, Copthorne and Forsyth Barr, central city".
A photograph of a construction site near the intersection of Black Street and Raven Quay in Kaiapoi.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged buildings and rubble on Colombo Street near the intersection of St Asaph Street. The walls of the top storey of the buildings to the left have crumbled, and bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the footpath and road below. Wire fencing and police tape have been placed across the street as a cordon. An excavator from Daniel Smith Industries Ltd is parked in front of the fence.
Fire Service vehicles along Madras Street combating the fire at the Canterbury Television building. Behind them excavators can be seen digging through the rubble.
A photograph looking north-west along Raven Quay in Kaiapoi. The road is unsealed and the intersection with Black Street is undergoing construction.
Part of the Harvey Norman Centre, the one storey extension previously housing Vast Furniture and Freedom Interiors, has been demolished. Various excavators can be seen on site.
Part of the Harvey Norman Centre, the one storey extension previously housing Vast Furniture and Freedom Interiors, has been demolished. Various excavators can be seen on site.
Part of the Harvey Norman Centre, the one storey extension previously housing Vast Furniture and Freedom Interiors, has been demolished. Various excavators can be seen on site.
Part of the Harvey Norman Centre, the one storey extension previously housing Vast Furniture and Freedom Interiors, has been demolished. Various excavators can be seen on site.
A photograph of the Spicers Building on Durham Street. In the foreground, an excavator and skip are sitting on the site of a demolished building.
An excavator bunching up scrap metal as part of efforts to clear the site of the demolished Hillary and Marshall Limited building on Manchester Street.
A time-lapse video of the demolition of the Terrace on the Park apartment complex.
A photograph of the south end of Latimer Square near Hereford Street. A generator has been hooked up to a power board which has several power plugs attached to it. A crate of supplies is sitting behind the power board. Wire fencing has been set up in the background as a cordon, and emergency tape has been draped between the trees. Behind this there are earthquake-damaged buildings, excavators and their parts, and rubble on Madras Street.
Two excavators in front of the Terrace on the Park apartment complex. Two buildings in the complex required urgent demolition, and the other buildings in the complex will eventually be demolished.
Two excavators in front of the Terrace on the Park apartment complex. Two buildings in the complex required urgent demolition, and the other buildings in the complex will eventually be demolished.
Two excavators in front of the Terrace on the Park apartment complex. Two buildings in the complex required urgent demolition, and the other buildings in the complex will eventually be demolished.
A hydraulically powered claw, or grapple, to attach to a digger or excavator. The orange painted iron claw has two opposing levers to pinch materials for demolition or construction.
A photograph of road works on a residential street in Christchurch. A digger is filling a skip while a worker in a high-visibility vest and hard hat is directing traffic along one lane.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A chandelier is recovered by a Southern Demolition excavator operator from a damaged shop, Shrimpton Radcliffe Design on Victoria Street, following the Canterbury earthquakes".
Two excavators and building rubble beside the Terrace on the Park apartment complex. Two buildings in the complex required urgent demolition, and the other buildings in the complex will eventually be demolished.
A time-lapse video of the demolition of the Crowne Plaza hotel, taken from the roof of the Christchurch Casino.
A digitally manipulated of a digger's tread and bucket. The photographer comments, "There is nothing more excitable than a grown man with a big, big toy".