BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 1007

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "One of the many the tributes left on Colombo Street between St Asaph and Tuam Streets where 13 people died on 22 February 2011".

Photo by Jennifer Middendorf 055

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Filing cabinets shaken open in the English department office after the 23 December 2011 earthquake. The filing cabinets were secured to the floor following February's earthquake, so did not tip over.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 1005

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "One of the many the tributes left on Colombo Street between St Asaph and Tuam Streets where 13 people died on 22 February 2011".

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0307

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A photograph of a shop window with large letters stating, "Yes we are open". The window also bears a red sticker and spray painted notes from 26 February 2011 stating "Rear collapsed".

Kirkwood Village University of Canterbury Photograph 6

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A photograph of students outside one of the "pods" of temporary classrooms and offices at Kirkwood Village. The pods were constructed at the University of Canterbury campus following the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0926

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An aerial photograph of the central city. Seats set up in Latimer Square in preparation for the commemoration of the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake can be seen on the left.

Horseshoe Lake 13

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A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. Image looks south down Kingsford street. Port hills on the horizon with potholes in the foreground that progressively got worse after the Feburary 2011 earthquake.

Performance of earthquake strengthened URM buildings in the 2010/2011 Chri…

Research papers, The University of Auckland Library

Following the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake a comprehensive damage survey of the unreinforced masonry (URM) building stock of Christchurch city, New Zealand was undertaken. Because of the large number of aftershocks associated with both the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and the earlier 4 September 2010 Darfield earthquake, and the close proximity of their epicentres to Christchurch city, this earthquake sequence presented a unique opportunity to assess the performance of URM buildings and the various strengthening methods used in New Zealand to increase the performance of these buildings in earthquakes. Because of the extent of data that was collected, a decision was made to initially focus exclusively on the earthquake performance of URM buildings located in the central business district (CBD) of Christchurch city. The main objectives of the data collection exercise were to document building characteristics and any seismic strengthening methods encountered, and correlate these attributes with observed earthquake damage. In total 370 URM buildings in the CBD were surveyed. Of the surveyed buildings, 62% of all URM buildings had received some form of earthquake strengthening and there was clear evidence that installed earthquake strengthening techniques in general had led to reduced damage levels. The procedure used to collect and process information associated with earthquake damage, general analysis and interpretation of the available survey data for the 370 URM buildings, the performance of earthquake strengthening techniques, and the influence of earthquake strengthening levels on observed damage are reported within. http://15ibmac.com/home/

Video of Sarah Shaw's earthquake story

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Video of Sarah Shaw's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2012 photograph 110

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "the Edmonds Clock Tower heavily braced. (time stopped at 12:51, the moment of the Feb 22, 2011 earthquake) (the tower has subsequently been partly deconstructed for repair )".

The Gap Filler Shadow Board (2)

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A Gap Filler project, Wayne Youle's "I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour " (2011), is a shadowboard mural on an empty wall in Sydenham which depicts things lost during the earthquake.

The Gap Filler Shadow Board (5)

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A Gap Filler project, Wayne Youle's "I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour " (2011), is a shadowboard mural on an empty wall in Sydenham which depicts things lost during the earthquake.

The Gap Filler Shadow Board

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A Gap Filler project, Wayne Youle's "I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour " (2011), is a shadowboard mural on an empty wall in Sydenham which depicts things lost during the earthquake.

The Gap Filler Shadow Board (3)

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A Gap Filler project, Wayne Youle's "I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour " (2011), is a shadowboard mural on an empty wall in Sydenham which depicts things lost during the earthquake.

The Gap Filler Shadow Board (4)

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A Gap Filler project, Wayne Youle's "I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour " (2011), is a shadowboard mural on an empty wall in Sydenham which depicts things lost during the earthquake.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0927

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An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Latimer Square". Seats set up in Latimer Square in preparation for the commemoration of the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake can be seen on the right.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 1001

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A passer-by looks at some of the many the tributes left on Colombo Street between St Asaph and Tuam Streets where 13 people died on 22 February 2011".

Observed performance of residential masonry veneer construction in the 201…

Research papers, The University of Auckland Library

Following the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes a detailed campaign of door to door assessments was conducted in a variety of areas of Christchurch to establish the earthquake performance of residential dwellings having masonry veneer as an external cladding attached to a lightweight timber framing system. Specifically, care was taken to include regions of Christchurch which experienced different levels of earthquake shaking in order to allow comparison between the performance of different systems and different shaking intensities. At the time of the inspections the buildings in the Christchurch region had been repeatedly subjected to large earthquakes, presenting an opportunity for insight into the seismic performance of masonry veneer cladding. In total just under 1100 residential dwellings were inspected throughout the wider Christchurch area, of which 24% were constructed using the older nail-on veneer tie system (prior to 1996) and 76% were constructed using screw fixed ties to comply with the new 1996 standards revision (post-1996), with 30% of all inspected houses being of two storey construction. Of the inspected dwellings 27% had some evidence of liquefaction, ground settlement or lateral spreading. Data such as damage level, damage type, crack widths, level of repair required and other parameters were collected during the survey. A description of the data collection processes and a snapshot of the analysis results are presented within. http://15ibmac.com/home/

Seismic Performance of Masonry Buildings in the Christchurch Earthquakes 2…

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Following the Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011 a number of researchers were sent to Christchurch, New Zealand to document the damage to masonry buildings as part of “Project Masonry”. Coordinated by the Universities of Auckland and Adelaide, researchers came from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Italy, Portugal and the US. The types of masonry investigated were unreinforced clay brick masonry, unreinforced stone masonry, reinforced concrete masonry, residential masonry veneer and churches; masonry infill was not part of this study. This paper focuses on the progress of the unreinforced masonry (URM) component of Project Masonry. To date the research team has completed raw data collection on over 600 URM buildings in the Christchurch area. The results from this study will be extremely relevant to Australian cities since URM buildings in New Zealand are similar to those in Australia.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0354

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A photograph of the ChristChurch Cathedral showing the damage to the west wall and steel bracing. In the foreground is the plinth where a statue of John Robert Godley stood prior to the February 2011 earthquake.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 266

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A photograph of a wreath and flowers tied to a lamppost on Colombo Street. They were placed there by Red Bus in memory of the bus driver and passengers who died in one of their busses during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A sign behind the wreath reads, "In remembrance of the tragic events during the 22 February 2011 earthquake in Colombo Street where our bus driver and his passengers Jayden Andrews-Howland, Phillip Coppeard, Joseph Routledge, Pelesa Sanft, Beverly May Stick and Earl Niche died, and Ann Brower was seriously injured".

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 1011

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Tributes left on Colombo Street at the bus stop between St Asaph and Tuam Streets where nine people died on the bus and four on the pavement on 22 February 2011".

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 252

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The west wall of the Christ Church Cathedral where the rose window fell during the 23 December 2011 earthquake. Steel bracing has been used to hold up the front of the church".

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 246

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The west wall of the Christ Church Cathedral where the rose window fell during the 23 December 2011 earthquake. Steel bracing has been used to hold up the front of the church".

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 245

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The west wall of the Christ Church Cathedral where the rose window fell during the 23 December 2011 earthquake. Steel bracing has been used to hold up the front of the church".

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 1012

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A tribute left on the Colombo Street bus stop between St Asaph and Tuam Streets where nine people died on the bus and four on the pavement on 22 February 2011".

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 258

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A photograph of a flower in a road cone. On the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake, people were encouraged to place flowers in road cones as a way of honouring those who lost their lives during the earthquake.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0928

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An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CTV site, IRD building and Latimer Square". Seats set up in Latimer Square in preparation for the commemoration of the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake can be seen on the left.

Central Plinth

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Avonhead Park Cemetery Interment Site. Central plinth. Inscription reads: "Etched in our City’s memory, never to be forgotten. The City of Christchurch" in Spanish. File reference: CCL-2012-02-27-AvonheadParkCemeteryIntermentSite-February-2012 DSC_026.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

Central Plinth

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Avonhead Park Cemetery Interment Site. Central plinth. Inscription reads: "Etched in our City’s memory, never to be forgotten. The City of Christchurch". File reference: CCL-2012-02-27-AvonheadParkCemeteryIntermentSite-February-2012 DSC_027.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.