Umut Akguzel Photograph 122

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A photograph of earthquake damage to a wall in a stairwell.

Report: steps taken to strengthen buildings with stairwells

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The first report into the damage done to three large buildings in the Christchurch earthquake is recommending urgent steps be taken around the country to strengthen buildings with stairwells.

Photograph number UC 11-0105-82

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The walls in the stairwell, repaired by injecting glue into the cracks.

BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 1248

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking into a collapsed stairwell in the Hotel Grand Chancellor".

BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 1246

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking into a collapsed stairwell in the Hotel Grand Chancellor".

BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 1250

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking into a collapsed stairwell in the Hotel Grand Chancellor".

BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 1247

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking into a collapsed stairwell in the Hotel Grand Chancellor".

BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 1249

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking into a collapsed stairwell in the Hotel Grand Chancellor".

Fairfax Video, November 2011 (3)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of a media tour inside the earthquake-damaged Hotel Grand Chancellor. The video includes footage of the eastern side of the ground floor of the hotel, the stairwells, some of the rooms, and the view through an opening in the side of the building. It also includes an interview with Jack Harris from Fletchers Construction about the work that is being done to support the structure.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 76

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A photograph of a hallway in a building in the Christchurch city centre. Concrete blocks and other rubble fill the stairwell on the left-hand side of the hallway.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 656

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The site of the CTV Building on Madras Street where 118 people died. All that remains is the elevator shaft and stairwell to the right".

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 205

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team descending the stairs in the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Pieces of plaster and paint have crumbled from the walls.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 194

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a stairwell in the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets. Large sections of the concrete wall behind the stair rail have broken away to reveal the steel reinforcement underneath.