A panel being lowered by a crane during the deconstruction of the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A panel being lowered by a crane during the deconstruction of the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A panel being lowered by a crane during the deconstruction of the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
View down Hereford Street, looking west from Madras Street. Road work signs and a crane can be seen in the distance.
A panel being lowered by a crane during the deconstruction of the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A photograph looking east down Cashel Street from the intersection with Colombo. In the distance, a large crane towers above the buildings.
A photograph of a crane parked next to the Knox Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cranes dominating the sky in the central city".
A photograph of a crane parked next to the Knox Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street.
A crane parked on Gloucester Street, outside Cathedral Junction.
Part of a crane in front of Cranmer Court.
A photograph of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Building taken from the Manchester Street bridge. To the right, a crane is towering above the city.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from Tuam Street over the old Bus Exchange to a forest of cranes in Cashel and Hereford Streets".
A photograph of the west side of the of the badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. A crane can be seen in the background.
A photograph of workers in a crane-raised platform above the Knox Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street.
A crane with a wrecking ball demolishing St Elmo Courts on Hereford Street. Behind it is the Christchurch City Council Building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Detail of Hotel Grand Chancellor, Westpac Building, Holiday Inn, and their cranes".
A photograph of workers suspended from a crane in a basket above the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
A photograph looking across a cleared building site in Cathedral Square towards the old Post Office building. A crane can be seen on the right.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking down Worcester Boulevard towards the Museum there's a plethora of cranes".
A photograph of workers in a crane-raised platform above the Knox Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street.
A photograph looking north along Oxford Terrace towards Gloucester Street. The road has been fenced off ahead and a crane can be seen in the distance.
A photograph of an excavator on an empty building site between Cashel Street and Hereford Street. Two cranes can be seen in the distance.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Ross Becker and the crane working on Clarendon Tower, Oxford Terrace".
A photograph of an excavator on an empty building site between Cashel Street and Hereford Street. Two cranes can be seen in the distance.
A photograph of the Avon River taken from Cambridge Terrace. A crane can be seen in front of the Forsyth Barr building across the river.
A photograph of workers suspended in a crane basket beside a partially-deconstructed building at 728 Colombo Street.
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A video of Bill Robinson from Nikau Demolition Ltd talking about the demolition equipment the company is using in the Christchurch central city Red Zone. Robinson explains the need to check the welds of the crane arms each day, and the need for larger jaws on some demolition projects. He also explains the crane controls.
A photograph of a crane arm lying in Cashel Street.