Wooden beams and bolts secure a Cranmer Court window.
Wooden beams and bolts secure a Cranmer Court window.
A photograph of the Arts Centre taken from Worcester Street. Three workers in hard hats and high-visibility jackets can be seen in front as well as planks of wood and other equipment. The gable of the tower above has been reinforced with wooden bracing.
A young girl rides her wooden bike through Hagley park.
Wooden pallets and windows among the rubble outside Cranmer Court.
Wooden pallets and windows among the rubble outside Cranmer Courts.
A photograph of the Cranmer Courts on the corner of Kilmore and Montreal Streets. The gable to the left has crumbled, and there is damage to the tip of the gable in the foreground. Wooden bracing has been placed on both walls to limit further damage from aftershocks.
The damaged Rangiora Freemasons lodge supported by wooden bracing and scaffolding.
Bricks are stacked onto wooden pallets at St Mary's Catholic Church.
Damage to a wooden house at the top of a cliff.
A photograph of recovered wooden booth seats sitting on the road.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Christchurch Club, 154 Worcester Street".
Straps and wooden bracing protect against further damage to the Cranmer Courts.
New Zealand has a long tradition of using light timber frame for construction of its domestic dwellings. After the most recent earthquakes (e.g. Canterbury earthquakes sequence), wooden residential houses showed satisfactory life safety performance which aligns with New Zealand design codes requirements. However, poor performance was reported in terms of their seismic resilience that can be generally associated with community demands. Future expectations of the seismic performance of wooden-framed houses by homeowners were assessed in this research. Homeowners in the Wellington region were asked in a survey about the levels of safety and expected possible damage in their houses after a seismic event. Findings bring questions about whether New Zealand code requirements are good enough to satisfy community demands. Also, questions whether available information of strengthening techniques to structurally prepare wooden-framed houses to face future major earthquakes can help to make homeowners feel safer at home during major seismic events.
The Town Hall, with broken windows covered in sheeting and wooden battens.
A cluster of bricks remain lodged between a pipe and wooden framework.
Steel and wooden structures protect Our City O-Tautahi from further damage.
A photograph of wooden planks from the house at 116 Centaurus Road.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Significant lean on this wooden building".
Bricks are piled onto wooden pallets along Montreal Street outside Cranmer Court.
A photograph of wooden beams reinforcing a facade of the Cranmer Courts building.
A photograph of large wooden flowers erected on an empty site in Kaiapoi.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Wooden buildings don't always fare well".
Damage to Wharetiki House. Wooden beams are all that remain of the roof.
A photograph of large wooden flowers erected on an empty site in Kaiapoi.
A photograph of two bottles sitting on a wooden pallet on Hereford Street.
A photograph of wooden bracing on an earthquake-damaged building on Tuam Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Wooden buildings don't always fare well".
Bricks are stacked onto wooden pallets at St Mary's Catholic Church in Richmond.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the a gable of the Cranmer Courts on the corner of Kilmore and Montreal Street. Wooden bracing has been used to hold the rest of the stones together, and neon tape has been wrapped around the other gables to help keep them secure during aftershocks.