A damaged concrete tilt-slab building. The slabs have separated and tilted, and are supported by steel bracing. The photographer comments, "This house in Christchurch was made by bolting 4 slabs of concrete together. A fantastic idea in a country prone to earthquakes".
A private driveway in Halswell Junction Road with cracking in the concrete.
Concrete blocks form a temporary retaining wall on Dublin Street in Lyttelton.
A collapsed concrete block fence in front of a house in Redcliffs.
Concrete blocks that have been placed beside the road on Avonside Drive.
Cracks in the concrete structure of the Lichfield Street car parking building.
Damaged buildings on Madras Street cordoned off by fencing and concrete barriers.
Cracks in the concrete structure of the Lichfield Street car parking building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south along Tramway Lane and Tattersalls Lane with the Hotel Grand Chancellor at the end (note the concrete truck delivering concrete being pumped into the ground floor of the hotel)".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on Oxford Terrace. The wall to the right has collapsed, the concrete blocks spilling onto the footpath in front. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the ground at the entrance of the building.
A photograph of emergency management personnel standing in a car park behind the Forsyth Barr building. In the background rubble from an earthquake-damaged building has been stacked in a pile. The rubble is mostly made up of concrete staircases.
A photograph of emergency management personnel standing in a car park behind the Forsyth Barr building. In the background rubble from an earthquake-damaged building has been stacked in a pile. The rubble is mostly made up of concrete staircases.
A photograph of "Concrete Propositions" by Melbourne-based artist Ash Keating. It is located on Manchester Street, between Gloucester Street and Worcester Street. An advertisement for Fortis Construction covers part of the work.
A photograph of a detail of "Concrete Propositions" by Melbourne-based artist Ash Keating. It is located on Manchester Street, between Gloucester Street and Worcester Street. There is an excavator in the foreground.
Diggers breaking up concrete in the old bike stands area under the library.
Damage to the Lyttelton Port. A concrete slab has lifted, breaking the asphalt.
Diggers breaking up concrete in the old bike stands area under the library.
A crack in the concrete wall of a block of shops in Kaiapoi.
A crack in the concrete wall of a block of shops in Kaiapoi.
Diggers breaking up concrete in the old bike stands area under the library.
A photograph of some simple street art on a concrete wall. The artwork depicts a masked boy with red hair, nestled between the colourful letters of tag writing. An excavator from Mount Grey Downs Limited and some stacked concrete slabs are in the foreground.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of buildings in central Christchurch. The basement of the buildings have collapsed and the concrete blocks have spilled into the car park. Large cracks have also formed in between the blocks in the walls of the building to the left.
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.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "178 Cashel Street (corner of Manchester Street)".
A digger breaking up concrete in the old bike stand area under the library.
A digger breaking up concrete in the old bike stands area under the library.
A digger breaking up concrete in the old bike stand area under the library.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This is a pile of munched concrete rubble".
A digger breaking up concrete in the old bike stand area under the library.
A digger breaking up concrete in the old bike stands area under the library.
