The damaged Carlton Hotel with scaffolding on one side supporting the walls. On the other side, the wall has crumbled, exposing the interior, and leaving a pile of building rubble on the footpath.
Damage to a house on Peterborough Street. The wall of the house has crumpled revealing the inside of the building. Fencing has been placed along the footpath to contain the building rubble.
The intersection on the corner of Colombo and Bealey Avenue. In the background, the demolition site where the Bealey Pharmacy was. A damaged car sits on top of the pile of building rubble.
Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and bricks are scattered on the ground below. The building is cordoned off with security fencing.
Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and bricks are scattered on the ground below. The building is cordoned off with security fencing.
A news item titled, "Lyttelton Tunnel", published on the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre's website on Thursday, 29 September 2011.
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 12 August 2011
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 5 November 2011
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 2 September 2011
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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.
A photograph of damaged buildings on Tuam Street. USAR codes can be seen spray-painted on the glass and a ground-level window has been boarded up with plywood.
A Civil Defence staff member completing a Level 1 Rapid Assessment inspection on a damaged house. The brickwork and window have collapsed from the outer wall of the property.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) standing on the edge of the Smiths City car park, which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Damage to Knox Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street. Bricks and stonework have fallen from the gables of the church, exposing the wooden framework beneath.
Damage to the brickwork of a house on Avonside Drive. Cracks can be seen around the edge of the doorframe, and mortar has come away leaving several bricks loose.
A photograph of the damaged Englefield Lodge. The garden is overgrown with weeds. A pile of bricks and a road cone are placed against the wall of the house.
A footpath on Robson Avenue in Avonside showing cracks as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The road beside it has also been damaged by the earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St Luke's Church on Kilmore Street. The south apse wall was further damaged during the 13 June 2011 earthquake, exposing the pipe organ".
A photograph of people walking past the Convention Centre on Kilmore Street. Wire fencing has been placed along the street to keep people away from the damaged Town Hall.
A photograph of the rubble from and earthquake-damaged building on Cashel Street. The rubble has landed in a seating area and is piled near the tables and chairs.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a fence on Park Terrace. The fence has crumbled, spilling bricks onto the pavement. Some of the bricks have been stacked behind.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark Christison, CCC's Water and Waste Unit Manager, in the earthquake-damaged water pumping station on the corner of New Brighton Road and Palmers Road".