BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 363

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of the former Sydenham Post Office".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of the former Sydenham Post Office".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 1854

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lane Walker Rudkins, post earthquake".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 1847

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lane Walker Rudkins, post earthquake".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 1851

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lane Walker Rudkins, post earthquake".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 1849

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lane Walker Rudkins, post earthquake".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 1856

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lane Walker Rudkins, post earthquake".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 1845

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lane Walker Rudkins, post earthquake".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 1840

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lane Walker Rudkins, post earthquake".

Scott, Thomas, 1947- :'A bit more warning would have been nice Gerry..' 20…

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Warwick Isaacs is director of planning and transition for Civil Defence and as such has issued demolition orders for 128 buildings, 37 in the city. Gerry Brownlee has chosen the Government's 'demolition man' Warwick Isaacs to head the rebuild of central Christchurch. The buildings were damaged in the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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A photograph of an empty site and badly-damaged buildings, taken from behind a fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.

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A photograph of an empty site and badly-damaged buildings taken from behind a fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.

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A photograph of an empty site on the corner of Tuam Street and Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.

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A close-up photograph of a wire fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.

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A photograph of an empty site and badly-damaged buildings taken from behind a fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.

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A photograph of an empty site and badly-damaged buildings taken from behind a fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0900

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An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Intersection of Colombo and Brougham Streets".

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 627

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Old Post Office in Cathedral Square with the Telecom exchange building behind, and Clarendon Tower under demolition".

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 361

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Wildflowers on the site of a demolished building in Sydenham".

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2383

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Demolition site in the CBD. The cordon fence is covered with banners and signs informing customer regarding businesses post-earthquake status.

Photo by Jennifer Middendorf 084

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A truck for carrying demolition rubble parked on Colombo Street, with the Forsyth Barr building visible in the background. Decorations from Christmas 2010 are still hanging from lamp posts.

Snapshot 7 - Cathedral Square

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Cathedral Square with the Christchurch Cathedral, the Post Office Building and the Chalice visible. The Holiday Inn has been demolished and the demolition of Clarendon Towers is almost complete.

Test Results for Extracted Wall-Diaphragm Anchors from Christchurch Unrein…

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Test results are presented for wall-diaphragm plate anchor connections that were axially loaded to rupture. These connection samples were extracted post-earthquake by sorting through the demolition debris from unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes. Unfortunately the number of samples available for testing was small due to the difficulties associated with sample collection in an environment of continuing aftershocks and extensive demolition activity, when personal safety combined with commercial activity involving large demolition machinery were imperatives that inhibited more extensive sample collection for research purposes. Nevertheless, the presented data is expected to be of assistance to structural engineers undertaking seismic assessment of URM buildings that have existing wall-diaphragm anchor plate connections installed, where it may be necessary to estimate the capacity of the existing connection as an important parameter linked with determining the current seismic capacity of the building and therefore influencing the decision regarding whether supplementary connections should be installed.