Site visit information day examples
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A document created in 2012 that provides a range of ideas and examples successfully used by SCIRT to manage a site visit information day.
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Site visit information day staff briefing
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
An example of a briefing provided to support staff hosting an event so they fully understood their roles and the focus of the event. The document was created in 2012.
Door to door community contact
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A document illustrating elements of door to door contact, which is an initiative to help communities affected by nearby disruptive SCIRT works to understand what is happening.
Communication Leadership Group - How we operate
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A document providing an overview of the SCIRT Communication Team, including its purpose, objectives and decision-making processes.
Communication Leadership Group - Charter
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A document that outlines objectives and ways of working collaboratively, which team members signed to show their commitment.
Face-to-face survey questions
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A document containing the research questions asked by Opinions Market Research Ltd when carrying out face-to-face surveys about SCIRT work.
Jennifer Middendorf's Blog 17/10/2010: Face ache
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 17 October 2010 entitled, "Face ache".
Business support pack
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A document containing examples of items provided in a folder for businesses. These are taken to the initial face-to-face meeting with business owners to discuss the impact and disruption of upcoming SCIRT rebuild works.
Queen Elizabeth sends personal message to Christchurch on earthquake anniv…
Articles, Videos, TV3
"You displayed great fortitude in the face of sudden, overwhelming loss."
The changing face of a 19th century farmstead
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
We have published previously on the importance of buildings, be they residential or commercial, as an artefact in understanding 19th century culture in New Zealand. While it’s easy to overlook the humble cottage as a source of archaeological data, houses … Continue reading →
Car-sized rock removed after quake shifting
Articles, TV3
Engineers have removed a rock the size of a car from a cliff face in Christchurch after it shifted during an earthquake.
Contractor Magazine April 2014 Article: SCIRT - changing the face of train…
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A magazine article which describes SCIRT's approach to training.
Why owners of vacant land in Christchurch CBD may face a massive rates hike
Articles, Videos, TV3
The city still has big swathes of empty land after the earthquakes - but critics say fast-forwarding development is the wrong approach.
Bridge of Remembrance Seismic Strengthening - New Zealand Concrete Industr…
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A paper presented at the New Zealand Concrete Industry Conference 2015 about the design and construction challenges faced when strengthening the Memorial Arch.
St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Kilmore and Manchester Street corner
Articles, Lost Christchurch
The wooden church of St Luke the Evangelist, stood in Manchester Street, just north of the Avon, from 1858 until it was pulled down in 1908 to make way for a larger stone and brick structure, faced…
Frequently asked questions #2
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Continuing on from our last FAQ post, here are the answers to a few more of the questions we face regularly here in Christchurch. 1) Are you doing this for a school project? Yes, seriously. This gets asked more often … Continue reading →
A Brief Foray into Romano-British Archaeology
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Archaeologists are often faced with the question of what happens to artefacts after an excavation is complete? As is the case for a lot of excavations, artefacts can find themselves housed in museums. This centuries old institution found its beginning … Continue reading →
Dallington 6
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph captioned, "Nobody’s trained for this, you go to your lawyer and they can’t give you an answer because they've never faced this before, so yeah, even they are scratching around trying to find out".
The Strengthening of Heritage Bridges - Construction Challenges
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A conference paper prepared for the 4th Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference which outlines the challenges faced by SCIRT when repairing the Armagh Bridge, Colombo Bridge and Antigua Bridge.
A matter of perspective
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Early photographs are the best. They encompass everything from the utterly absurd to the momentous to the mundane. They provide us with a window into the past that is rare and wonderful (especially from an archaeological perspective), putting faces to … Continue reading →
The Big House in a little town
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
“The degree of civilisation in a society can be judged by entering its prisons” – Fyodor Dostoevsky One of the challenges faced by any new colony is what to do with the non-conformists, renegades, and criminals. The ideal, of course, … Continue reading →
The spice of life
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
We’ve talked about food in the 19th century before on the blog, but we’ve mostly focused on the weird and wonderful (because, let’s face it, therein lies the fun stuff). In reality, a lot of food in the 19th century … Continue reading →
Public faces and private spaces: domestic pride and hygiene in the 19th ce…
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Today’s post continues the theme of the last one (a little), in terms of exploring the relationship between products and industries in the past and their connection with our lives today. It’s easy to scoff at some of the things … Continue reading →
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