Terry Binding WEMO Photograph 01

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of the Edgeware Law and South of the Border building on Colombo Street with a severely damaged top storey. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2011 photograph 537

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site of Ferry Road Law Centre".

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 0180

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Community Law Canterbury building at 281 Madras Street".

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 070

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The tower of the Ferry Road Law Centre building in Woolston with steel bracing on its corners.

Deb Robertson's Blog 11/06/2011: A quilt for my sister-in-law

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 11 June 2011 entitled, "A quilt for my sister-in-law".

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 247

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office sticking a yellow sticker notice on the door of Community Law Canterbury on Madras Street. The notice indicates that entrance to the building is restricted.

Regulating Seismic Risk for Existing Multi-Storey Buildings in New Zealand

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

This paper presents the preliminary conclusions of the first stage of Wellington Case Study project (Regulating For Resilience in an Earthquake Vulnerable City) being undertaken by the Disaster Law Research Group at the University of Canterbury Law School. This research aims to map the current regulatory environment around improving the seismic resilience of the urban built environment. This work provides the basis for the second stage of the project which will map the regulatory tools onto the reality of the current building stock in Wellington. Using a socio-legal methodology, the current research examines the regulatory framework around seismic resilience for existing buildings in New Zealand, with a particularly focus on multi-storey in the Wellington CBD. The work focusses both on the operation and impact of the formal seismic regulatory tools open to public regulators (under the amended Building Act) as other non-seismic regulatory tools. As well as examining the formal regulatory frame, the work also provides an assessment of the interactions between other non-building acts (such as Health and Safety at Work Act 2015) on the requirements of seismic resilience. Other soft-law developments (particularly around informal building standards) are also examined. The final output of this work will presents this regulatory map in a clear and easily accessible manner and provide an assessment of the suitability of this at times confusing and patchy legal environment as Wellington moves towards becoming a resilient city. The final conclusion of this work will be used to specifically examine the ability of Wellington to make this transition under the current regulatory environment as phase two of the Wellington Case Study project.

UC Restarts - Photograph 11

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Students sit outside the InTentCity 6.3 Cafe, which was set up in a tent in the Law car park while University of Canterbury buildings were closed for structural testing. The photographer comments, "The University restarts its teaching, and the techies in e-learning move out of NZi3".

UC Restarts - Photograph 13

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The InTentCity 6.3 Cafe, which was set up in a tent in the Law car park while University of Canterbury buildings were closed for structural testing. The photographer comments, "The University restarts its teaching, and the techies in e-learning move out of NZi3. New cafe - InTentCity. (Get it...?)".

UC Restarts - Photograph 12

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Students sit outside the InTentCity 6.3 Cafe, which was set up in a tent in the Law car park while University of Canterbury buildings were closed for structural testing. The photographer comments, "The University restarts its teaching, and the techies in e-learning move out of NZi3. The cafe has an outside seating area under the trees".