Repairing Christchurch City Council Owned Retaining Walls Damaged by the C…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A paper which outlines SCIRT's approach to asset assessment, design and repair of damaged retaining walls, and presents a case study of a retaining wall rebuild, on Cunningham Terrace, Lyttelton.

Retaining Wall Assessment and Prioritisation Paper

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A paper which shares the process followed for the assessment and prioritisation of the retaining walls within the Port Hills in Christchurch.

Observed Earthquake Damage to Christchurch City Council-Owned Retaining Wa…

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A paper which outlines the observed damage to Christchurch City Council-owned retaining walls and the repair solutions developed.

Retaining Wall Assessment and Prioritisation IPWEA Presentation

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A presentation to the IPWEA conference of a paper which shares the process followed for the assessment and prioritisation of the retaining walls within the Port Hills in Christchurch.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:27 12:50:07)

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A photograph of tags on a wall near the Durham Street overbridge. The wall runs beside the railway line.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:27 12:50:06)

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A photograph of tags on a wall near the Durham Street overbridge. The wall runs beside the railway line.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:30 17:13:11)

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A photograph of a stepladder resting on a wall. Artwork on the wall shows kowhai flowers and other native plants. There are broken windows on the wall to the side of the ladder.

Recent research to improve the seismic performance of lightly reinforced a…

Research papers, The University of Auckland Library

The Canterbury earthquakes in New Zealand caused significant damage to a number of reinforced concrete (RC) walls and subsequent research that has been conducted to investigate the design provisions for lightly reinforced RC walls and precast concrete wall connection details is presented. A combination of numerical modelling and large-scale tests were conducted to investigate the seismic behaviour of lightly RC walls. The model and test results confirmed the observed behaviour of an RC wall building in Christchurch that exhibited a single flexural crack and also raised questions regarding the ability of current minimum reinforcement requirements to prevent the concentration of inelastic deformation at a small number of flexural cracks. These findings have led to changes to the minimum vertical reinforcement limits for RC walls in in the Concrete Structures Standard (NZS 3101:2006), with increased vertical reinforcement required in the end region of ductile RC walls. An additional series of wall tests were conducted to investigate the seismic behaviour of panel-to-foundation connections in singly reinforced precast concrete panels that often lack robustness. Both in-plane and out-of-plane panel tests were conducted to assess both grouted connections and dowel connections that use shallow embedded inserts. The initial test results have confirmed some of the previously identified vulnerabilities and tests are ongoing to refine the connection designs. http://www.aees.org.au/downloads/conference-papers/2015-2/

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:29 13:22:40)

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A photograph of street art. The artwork is on the wall surrounding Waltham Pool and faces towards Waltham Park.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:27 12:52:56)

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A photograph of a tag on a wall made of concrete blocks. The wall is near the railway tracks which run under the Durham Street over bridge. The tag reads, "JFK".

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:22 14:10:50)

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A photograph of street art on a wall near Brighton Mall.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:22 14:37:35)

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A photograph of a section of a piece of street art on the wall of a building between Brighton Mall and Hawke Street. In this section, the artist has painted an alcove in the wall to look like a fireplace.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:28 13:32:47)

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A photograph of street art on a wall of the Wunderbar in Lyttelton.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:02:20 13:37:00)

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A photograph of the interior of the partially-demolished Odeon Theatre. The top of the walls have been demolished and a nearby building on Manchester Street is visible in the background. Elephants have been painted on the wall of this building.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:02:20 13:38:08)

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A photograph of the interior of the partially-demolished Odeon Theatre. The top of the walls have been demolished, and a nearby building on Manchester Street is visible in the background. Elephants have been painted on the closest wall of this building.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:02:20 13:35:25)

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A photograph of street art on the partially-demolished walls of the Odeon Theatre.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:02:20 13:50:45)

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A photograph of street art on St Asaph Street. The artwork was created by Christchurch artist Rob Hood in January 2014, and is titled "This Wall Can't Talk". It was funded by the Ministry of Justice and commissioned by Christchurch City Council.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:02:20 13:50:49)

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A photograph of street art on St Asaph Street. The artwork was created by Christchurch artist Rob Hood in January 2014, and is titled "This Wall Can't Talk". It was funded by the Ministry of Justice and commissioned by Christchurch City Council.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:22 14:23:30)

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A photograph of street art on a wall in New Brighton. The artwork is signed 'Porta'.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:27 12:35:54)

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A photograph of street art on a wall of the Southcore Limited building on Isabella Place.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:27 12:35:33)

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A photograph of street art on a wall of the Southcore Limited building on Isabella Place.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:22 14:23:27)

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A photograph of street art on a wall in New Brighton. The artwork is signed 'Porta'.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:30 17:13:06)

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A photograph of street art painted on a wall. The artwork shows a tui and kowhai flowers.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:21 12:18:13)

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A photograph of tag writing and street art on the wall of a building on Fitzgerald Avenue.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:21 12:18:27)

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A photograph of tag writing and street art on the wall of a building on Fitzgerald Avenue.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:22 14:34:57)

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A photograph of street art on the wall of a building between Brighton Mall and Hawke Street.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:02:20 14:08:05)

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A photograph of street art by the DTR crew on the wall at the Waltham Park and Pool. The artwork depicts tag writing in shades of purple and yellow, in a setting of ferns and other foliage. There is also a fantail perched on a branch. A pukeko is painted on a wall to the right.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:29 13:24:20)

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A photograph of street art. The artwork is on the wall surrounding Waltham Pool and faces towards Waltham Park. Written on the wall to the left of the artwork is, "Ironlak presents 'King of Kings' graffiti artwork competition, 24th Feb 2008. Thanks to the local community, Embassy Skate Store, Project Legit".

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:21 12:18:19)

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A photograph of tag writing and street art on the wall of a building located on Fitzgerald Avenue.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:21 12:18:24)

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A photograph of tag writing and street art on the wall of a building located on Fitzgerald Avenue.