Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Moira Fraser posing beside the track of 'Twinkle Toes' on Cashel Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Temporary fence to close the track due to rockfall hazard, Taylors Mistake".
A photograph of a UC Geology student collecting a liquefaction sample from a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of a UC Geology student collecting a liquefaction sample from a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Shingle laid on Colombo Street to protect the street from digger tracks".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Shingle laid on Colombo Street to protect the street from digger tracks".
The track will open this week after being closed for nearly a year after the line suffered extensive damage in last November's earthquake.
A photograph of street art on the old railway goods B Shed near the Colombo Street overbridge.The photographer attributes the work to Fat.
"It can be years down the track that things pop up, you know, you just can't ask him a question."
A photograph of a "track closed" sign and cordon fence blocking off the start of the Bridle Path in Heathcote.
A photograph of a "track closed" sign and cordon fence blocking off the start of the Bridle Path in Heathcote.
A photograph of a "track closed" sign and cordon fence blocking off the start of the Bridle Path in Heathcote.
A photograph of a "track closed" sign and cordon fence blocking off the start of the Bridle Path in Heathcote.
Plastic red and black toy tractor branded as the Case IH Quadtrac 535. Tractor is articulated and runs on four track assemblies.
Gold Award, presented to Gina Scandrett (from Christchurch), the 'voice' of the Student volunteer army, co-ordinated and tracked all jobs, movements of entire organisation.
Gold Award, presented to Jade Rutherford (from Tauranga), the 'voice' of the Student volunteer army, co-ordinated and tracked all jobs, movements of entire organisation.
Damaged in the earthquakes, now with more bends and not level as it was before. Selected for Explore. #306 12/05/13
A plan to revitalise the centre of the small rural service town of Kaiapoi will be fast-tracked in the wake of the Canterbury earthquake.
A collapsed brick fence at Mona Vale. The fence has toppled backwards off its foundations. Behind, the railway track can be seen.
A collapsed brick fence at Mona Vale. The fence has toppled backwards off its foundations. To the right, the railway track can be seen.
A photograph of street art on the old railway goods B Shed near the Colombo Street overbridge.The photographer attributes the work to Fat and Draped Up.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. Track, fence and hedge showing horizontal displacement".
Parliament has unanimously supported legislation giving Government ministers the power to make exemptions to almost every law on the statute books, to help fast-track reconstruction efforts in Canterbury.
The High Court in Christchurch has ruled the Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee was wrong to use his special powers to fast track housing development following the earthquakes.
National's new deputy leader Gerry Brownlee discusses today's resignations from Nikki Kaye and Amy Adams, his track record in helping Christchurch earthquake claimants, and National's plans for the Auckland Central electorate.
A message in a bottle, hidden under the floor of a Christchurch home for over fifty years, has been discovered during earthquake repairs and its writer's been tracked down.
Damage to New Brighton Road. The photographer comments, "Would you believe that the up and down dirt track on the right is actually a main road?".
Gold Award presented to Jade Rutherford and Gina Scandrett, the 'voices' of the Student Volunteer Army, who co-ordinated and tracked all jobs and movements of the organisation. Jade is from Tauranga and Gina is from Christchurch.
Post-tensioned timber technology was originally developed and researched at the University of Canterbury (UC) in New Zealand in 2005. It can provide a low-damage seismic design solution for multi-storey mass timber buildings. Since mass timber products, such as cross-laminated timber (CLT), have high in-plane stiffness, a post-tensioned timber shear wall will deform mainly in a rocking mechanism. The moment capacity of the wall at the base is commonly determined using the elastic form of the Modified Monolithic Beam Analogy (MMBA). In the calculation of the moment capacity at the wall base, it is critical to accurately predict the location of the neutral axis and the timber compressive stress distribution. Three 2/3 scale 8.6m tall post-tensioned CLT walls were experimentally tested under quasi-static cyclic loading – both uni-directional and bi-directional- in this study. These specimens included a single wall, a coupled wall, and a C-shaped core-wall. The main objective was to develop post-tensioned C-shaped timber core-walls for tall timber buildings with enhanced lateral strength and stiffness. To better understand the timber compressive stress distributions at the wall base, particle tracking technology (PTT) technology was applied for the first time to investigate the behaviour of the compression toe. Previous post-tensioned timber testing primarily used the displacement measurements to determine the timber compressive behavior at the wall base or rocking interfaces. However, by using PTT technology, the timber strain measurements in the compression zone can be much more accurate as PTT is able to track the movement of many particles on the timber surface. This paper presents experimental testing results of post-tensioned CLT walls with a focus on capturing timber compressive behavior using PTT. The PTT measurements were able to better capture small base rotations which occurred at the onset of gap opening and capture unexpected phenomena in core-wall tests. The single wall test result herein presented indicates that while the MMBA could predict the moment rotation behavior with reasonable accuracy, the peak strain response was under predicted in the compression toe. Further detailed study is required to better understand the complex strain fields generated reflective of the inherent cross-thickness inhomogeneity and material variability of CLT.
Scaffolding and bracing on stores in New Regent Street. Plywood has been used to cover up the damaged windows. In front, the paving around the tram tracks has separated in places and liquefaction can be seen.