Cracks in the concrete structure of the Lichfield Street car parking building.
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.
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.
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.
A digger breaking up concrete in the old bike stand area under the library.
Workers pouring concrete into the foundations for the temporary classrooms on the Ilam Oval.
Workers pouring concrete into the foundations for the temporary classrooms on the Ilam Oval.
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 stands area under the library.
A digger breaking up concrete in the old bike stand area under the library.
Volunteers compacting concrete for the foundations of Gap Filler's Community Chess Board in Sydenham.
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.
A photograph looking into the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. Rolls of carpet and chairs are sitting in a pool of water. To the left there is damage to one of the concrete beams. A section of the concrete has crumbled, exposing the steel reinforcement underneath.