BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 168

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "66 Oxford Terrace awaiting its future. Note the slumping in the footpath".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 598

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Radio Network House, 155 Worcester Street. Described as 'Being discussed - still with owner about its future'".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 643

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Town Hall. Described as 'Council deciding on the future of this building, hoping to save it'".

BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 214

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road. The steeple was removed after the September earthquake. The future of church is unclear, but the church hall has been demolished".

BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 209

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road. The steeple was removed after the September earthquake. The future of church is unclear, but the church hall has been demolished".

Behaviour of tilt-up precast concrete buildings during the 2010/2011 Chris…

Research papers, The University of Auckland Library

The Christchurch region of New Zealand experienced a series of major earthquakes and aftershocks between September 2010 and June 2011 which caused severe damage to the city’s infrastructure. The performance of tilt-up precast concrete buildings was investigated and initial observations are presented here. In general, tilt-up buildings performed well during all three major earthquakes, with mostly only minor, repairable damage occurring. For the in-plane loading direction, both loadbearing and cladding panels behaved exceptionally well, with no significant damage or failure observed in panels and their connections. A limited number of connection failures occurred due to large out-of-plane panel inertia forces. In several buildings, the connections between the panel and the internal structural frame appeared to be the weakest link, lacking in both strength and ductility. This weakness in the out-of-plane load path should be prevented in future designs.