Students from CPIT on the site of the demolished JetSet lounge. They are building a 1950s style bowling alley for the community to use. They have been photographed from beside the Passing Time sculpture on Wilson Reserve.
A photograph of the rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings on Colombo, near the intersection of St Asaph Streets. A damaged vehicle is sitting on top of the rubble. Wire fencing has been placed across the street as a cordon.
A photograph of the rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings on Colombo, near the intersection of St Asaph Streets. A damaged vehicle is sitting on top of the rubble. Wire fencing has been placed across the street as a cordon.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the Cranmer Courts on the corner of Kilmore and Montreal Streets. Masonry and other rubble is sitting on the footpath in front. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of emergency management personnel examining a building on New Regent Street. Pavers on either side of the tramline have risen and shifted out of place. Many tables and chairs from cafes and restaurants are still sitting outside.
A photograph of street art on the side of an electricity substation on St Asaph Street. The artwork includes a Maori heimatau (fish hook) motif. Search and rescue codes have been spray-painted on the door of the building.
A photograph of a block of earthquake-damaged buildings on Manchester Street. The outer wall of the second storey has collapsed, the bricks and other rubble spilling onto the footpath. Several cars have been crushed by the falling rubble.
In order to provide information related to seismic vulnerability of non-ductile reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings, and as a complementary investigation on innovative feasible retrofit solutions developed in the past six years at the University of Canterbury on pre-19170 reinforced concrete buildings, a frame building representative of older construction practice was tested on the shake table. The specimen, 1/2.5 scale, consists of two 3-storey 2-bay asymmetric frames in parallel, one interior and one exterior, jointed together by transverse beams and floor slabs. The as-built (benchmark) specimen was first tested under increasing ground motion amplitudes using records from Loma Prieta Earthquake (California, 1989) and suffered significant damage at the upper floor, most of it due to lap splices failure. As a consequence, in a second stage, the specimen was repaired and modified by removing the concrete in the lap splice region, welding the column longitudinal bars, replacing the removed concrete with structural mortar, and injecting cracks with epoxy resin. The modified as-built specimen was then tested using data recorded during Darfield (New Zealand, 2010) and Maule (Chile, 2010) Earthquakes, with whom the specimen showed remarkably different responses attributed to the main variation in frequency content and duration. In this contribution, the seismic performance of the three series of experiments are presented and compared.
Members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue team wearing face masks and safety goggles while working on the site of the CTV Building. In the background, a member of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue guides a digger.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Octagon Live Restaurant on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets. The masonry around the gable has crumbled, falling onto the footpath in front. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
The Ground Culinary Centre on the corner of London and Canterbury Streets. One of the side walls has crumbled, bricks lying on the footpath where they fell. Tape and cones have been used to create a cordon around the building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road. The wall of the gable has crumbled, the bricks spilling onto the lawn below. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road. The gable wall has crumbled, the bricks and window frame falling onto the ground. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on Gloucester Street. Many of the windows have broken, and the glass litters the footpath in front. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the door of the Kosco Asian Supermarket.
A photograph looking west down Armagh Street towards the intersection with Colombo Street. In the background, a crane is parked on the road next to the Forsyth Barr Building. In the foreground, the pavement has risen near the tram tracks.
A photograph of the first page of a copy of a Level 1 Rapid Assessment Form. The form was used by the Civil Defence to document the earthquake damage to buildings in central Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Winnie Bagoes on Colombo Street. The closest section of the building has collapsed, the bricks spilling onto the footpath and damaging the awning. Wire fencing has been placed around the footpath as a cordon.
A photograph of the second page of a copy of a Level 2 Rapid Assessment Form. The form was used by the Civil Defence to document the earthquake damage to buildings in central Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of the third page of a copy of a Level 2 Rapid Assessment Form. The form was used by the Civil Defence to document the earthquake damage to buildings in central Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble from several earthquake-damaged buildings on Manchester Street. In the foreground a member of an emergency management team is watching on. Several other emergency management personnel can also be seen in the distance.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team and the Red Cross, standing on the corner of Lichfield and High Streets. In the background large piles of rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings line the street.
A photograph of the first page of a copy of a Level 2 Rapid Assessment Form. The form was used by the Civil Defence to document the earthquake damage to buildings in central Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A pile of bricks which have crumbled from a wall and landed on a digger at a demolition on Lichfield Street. This is a result of the 23 December 2011 earthquake".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Poplar Street taken from Tuam Street shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The road is completely covered by loose bricks and a car has been crushed. To the left, the corner of a building has collapsed, rubble falling into the street.
A photograph looking south down Manchester Street from the intersection with Armagh Street. The buildings along the left side of the street have been cordoned off with wire fencing. In the distance, the Rendezvous Hotel and Hotel Grand Chancellor can be seen.
A photograph of a room inside a flat on Poplar Street taken during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes. The building's outer wall has crumbled leaving the room exposed.
A photograph of a room inside a flat on Poplar Street taken during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes. The building's outer wall has crumbled leaving the room exposed.
A photograph of a room inside a flat on Poplar Street taken during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes. The building's outer wall has crumbled leaving the room exposed.
Damaged shops on Manchester Street. The front wall of the top storey of these buildings has crumbled onto the street, crushing vehicles. Emergency personnel have spray painted the word "Clear" on the cars to indicate that they have been checked for trapped or injured people.
Damaged shops on Manchester Street. The front wall of the top storey of these buildings has crumbled onto the street, crushing vehicles. Emergency personnel have spray painted the word "Clear" on the cars to indicate that they have been checked for trapped or injured people.