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The damaged Cranmer Courts on the corner of Kilmore and Montreal Streets. The corner of the building has crumbled onto the street, which is now littered with broken masonry. Wire fencing placed around the building after the 4 September 2010 earthquake has managed to keep the debris away from the road.

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A partially constructed tilt slab building on a site in the Christchurch central city.

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

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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.

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A photograph of a partially-constructed tilt-slab building on Kilmore Street.

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A damaged building on the corner of Montreal and Armagh Streets, near Cranmer Square. To the right, a new tilt-slab building is being constructed on the site of a demolished building and the damaged Cranmer Centre can be seen.

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A partially constructed tilt slab building on a site in the Christchurch central city.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor, 165 Cashel Street, has tilted on a lean".

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A tilted power pole on Avonside Drive. A portaloo and road cones can be seen in the distance.

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A badly damaged building on Lichfield Street. The lower storey is tilted to one side, while the upper storey appears intact.

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A partly constructed tilt slab building on the demolition site of 338 Montreal Street. In the background, a severely damaged B&B can be seen.

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A partly constructed tilt slab building on the demolition site of 338 Montreal Street. In the background, a severely damaged B&B can be seen.

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The damaged garden path of a house on Charles Street in Kaiapoi. The tilt of the path shows how the land it is built on has moved.

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The Windsor Hotel, on the corner of Montreal Street and Armagh Street. The building was red-stickered after the September 2010 earthquake and demolished after the February 2011 earthquake. Beside the hotel, construction has begun on a modern, tilt-slab building.