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BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 161
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Damage to St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square. The tower has collapsed, exposing its structure. The building's roof has been weather proofed with plywood.
Nic Johns and Mark Osborne WEMO Photograph 122
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing on a pile of bricks from an earthquake-damaged building in the Christchurch central city.
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 006
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The buildings of the former Wards Brewery, also known as Crichton Cobbers, further damaged in the 23 December 2011 earthquake".
BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0526
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Detail of damage to a building on High Street. The photographer comments, "The support for the veranda has pulled part of the stone wall completely away".
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 005
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The buildings of the former Wards Brewery, also known as Crichton Cobbers, further damaged in the 23 December 2011 earthquake".
Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 04
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A photograph of an earthquake damaged building in the Christchurch central city. Some of the windows have broken and have been covered with plastic and tape.
WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 163
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of emergency management personnel inspecting a room inside an earthquake-damaged building. In the centre of the room a chimney and fireplace have collapsed.
Nic Johns and Mark Osborne WEMO Photograph 121
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing on a pile of bricks from an earthquake-damaged building in the Christchurch central city.
BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0525
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Detail of damage to a building on High Street. The photographer comments, "The support for the veranda has pulled part of the stone wall completely away".
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 008
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The buildings of the former Wards Brewery, also known as Crichton Cobbers, further damaged in the 23 December 2011 earthquake".
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 007
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The buildings of the former Wards Brewery, also known as Crichton Cobbers, further damaged in the 23 December 2011 earthquake".
Central City Tour, 4 April 2011 - Photograph 30
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Damage to the backs of buildings on High Street, seen from St Asaph Street. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. St Asaph St".
Central City Tour, 4 April 2011 - Photograph 52
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Collapsed scaffolding beside the badly damaged Stone Chamber of the Provincial Council Buildings. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Provincial Chambers, Durham St".
Deb Robertson's Blog 07/06/2011: Finally this top is done....
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 7 June 2011 entitled, "Finally this top is done....".
A Value Case for Seismic Isolation of Residential Buildings
Research papers, University of Canterbury Library
Seismic isolation is an effective technology for significantly reducing damage to buildings and building contents. However, its application to light-frame wood buildings has so far been unable to overcome cost and technical barriers such as susceptibility to movement during high-wind loading. The precursor to research in the field of isolation of residential buildings was the 1994 Northridge Earthquake (6.7 MW) in the United States and the 1995 Kobe Earthquake (6.9 MW) in Japan. While only a small number of lives were lost in residential buildings in these events, the economic impact was significant with over half of earthquake recovery costs given to repair and reconstruction of residential building damage. A value case has been explored to highlight the benefits of seismically isolated residential buildings compared to a standard fixed-base dwellings for the Wellington region. Loss data generated by insurance claim information from the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake has been used by researchers to determine vulnerability functions for the current light-frame wood building stock. By further considering the loss attributed to drift and acceleration sensitive components, and a simplified single degree of freedom (SDOF) building model, a method for determining vulnerability functions for seismic isolated buildings was developed. Vulnerability functions were then applied directly in a loss assessment using the GNS developed software, RiskScape. Vulnerability was shown to dramatically reduce for isolated buildings compared to an equivalent fixed-base building and as a result, the monetary savings in a given earthquake scenario were significant. This work is expected to drive further interest for development of solutions for the seismic isolation of residential dwellings, of which one option is further considered and presented herein.
WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 97
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A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Stone Chamber of the Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings on Durham Street North. Large sections of the Chamber have collapsed and the masonry and other rubble has spilled onto the footpath in front. To the left scaffolding constructed up the side of the building has also collapsed and twisted out of shape. Wire fences have been placed along the side of the building as a cordon.
QuakeStory 557
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A story submitted by Rosie Belton to the QuakeStories website.
QuakeStory 416
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A story submitted by Lindsay McKenzie to the QuakeStories website.
Deb Robertson's Blog 10/02/2012: Thinking about February 22....
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 10 February 2012 entitled, "Thinking about February 22....".
Christchurch Earthquake Aftermath
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WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 66
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A photograph of emergency management personnel standing in a car park behind the Forsyth Barr building. In the background rubble from an earthquake-damaged building has been stacked in a pile. The rubble is mostly made up of concrete staircases.
WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 65
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A photograph of emergency management personnel standing in a car park behind the Forsyth Barr building. In the background rubble from an earthquake-damaged building has been stacked in a pile. The rubble is mostly made up of concrete staircases.
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0698
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Under the Red Verandah, Worcester Street, Linwood, has been rebuilt in another building on the site after extensive earthquake damage".
BeckerFraserPhotos June 2011 photograph 293
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Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and part of the brick wall is bowing outwards in danger of further collapse.
BeckerFraserPhotos June 2011 photograph 289
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Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and part of the brick wall is bowing outwards in danger of further collapse.
BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 566
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north east across High Street (lower centre). Badly damaged McKenzie & Willis building with the red containers at centre left".
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0697
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Under the Red Verandah, Worcester Street, Linwood, has been rebuilt in another building on the site after extensive earthquake damage".
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0696
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Under the Red Verandah, Worcester Street, Linwood, has been rebuilt in another building on the site after extensive earthquake damage".
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0695
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Under the Red Verandah, Worcester Street, Linwood, has been rebuilt in another building on the site after extensive earthquake damage".
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0693
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Under the Red Verandah, Worcester Street, Linwood, has been rebuilt in another building on the site after extensive earthquake damage".