A photograph of a partially-demolished building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "131 Peterborough Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rubble from the demolished Hannifin's Building on the corner of Hereford and High Streets".
Wood and bricks on Canterbury Street in Lyttelton. This construction material has been stripped from the house behind. To the right is a digger.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "129 and 131 Peterborough Street".
The remains of the Cranmer Centre.
The timeliness and quality of recovery activities are impacted by the organisation and human resourcing of the physical works. This research addresses the suitability of different resourcing strategies on post-disaster demolition and debris management programmes. This qualitative analysis primarily draws on five international case studies including 2010 Canterbury earthquake, 2009 L’Aquila earthquake, 2009 Samoan Tsunami, 2009 Victorian Bushfires and 2005 Hurricane Katrina. The implementation strategies are divided into two categories: collectively and individually facilitated works. The impacts of the implementation strategies chosen are assessed for all disaster waste management activities including demolition, waste collection, transportation, treatment and waste disposal. The impacts assessed include: timeliness, completeness of projects; and environmental, economic and social impacts. Generally, the case studies demonstrate that detritus waste removal and debris from major repair work is managed at an individual property level. Debris collection, demolition and disposal are generally and most effectively carried out as a collective activity. However, implementation strategies are affected by contextual factors (such as funding and legal constraints) and the nature of the disaster waste (degree of hazardous waste, geographical spread of waste etc.) and need to be designed accordingly. Community involvement in recovery activities such as demolition and debris removal is shown to contribute positively to psychosocial recovery.
A view down Manchester Street to an excavator working on the demolition of the Hillary and Marshall Limited building on Manchester Street.
An exposed brick wall left after the demolition of the adjoining building. The internal wooden structure and cabling can now be seen.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "164-170 Hereford Street with the tell-tale gravel spread on the roadway signalling imminent demolition".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "164-170 Hereford Street with the tell-tale gravel spread on the roadway signalling imminent demolition".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Nearly everyone in the vicinity of the Hotel Grand Chancellor is focused upon the demolition activities".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A cheery demolition site on the corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road in Lyttelton".
A vacant site left after the demolition of a building. The adjoining building, which was part of Piko Wholefoods is still intact.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of the Strategy Building on Victoria Street. In the background is the Victoria Clock Tower.
The port of Lyttelton viewed from Norwich Quay.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "198 Hereford Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Manchester Street and Southwark Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Manchester Street and Southwark Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Manchester Street and Southwark Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Manchester Street and Southwark Street".
Clearing a site on Norwich Quay in Lyttelton.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Manchester Street and Southwark Street".
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 27 April 2011 showing the demolition of the Royal Hotel on the corner of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street. The hotel building shown in this photograph was the third on the site since 1851. It was built in 1916 as a replacement for the first Royal Hotel. The Royal Hotel was established in 1870 a...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 April 2011 showing the demolition of the Empire Hotel on London Street. The photograph shows the façade of the hotel supported by the framework installed to brace the building after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. A crane is being used to enable the east wall to be demolished by hand to avoid...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 11 June 2011 showing the demolition of the old Lyttelton Library, Council Chambers and Magistrates' Court on the corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road. The photograph shows the upper floor of the building being demolished with a high reach digger. At the time of the 22 February 2011 Earthquake...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 May 2011 showing the partial demolition of the old Lyttelton Harbour Board Offices on the corner of Oxford Street and Norwich Quay. The photograph shows the upper floor of the original part of the building being removed and a temporary roof being constructed over the ground floor. At the time o...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 11 June 2011 showing the demolition of the old Lyttelton Library, Council Chambers and Magistrates' Court on the corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road. The photograph shows the upper floor of the building being demolished with a high reach digger and a jet of water being played on the building ...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 16 June 2011 showing the partial demolition of the old Lyttelton Harbour Board Offices on the corner of Oxford Street and Norwich Quay. The photograph shows the temporary roof being constructed over the original ground floor of the building. At the time of the 22 February 2011 earthquake the build...
Hotel Grand Chancellor - Leaning 1m to the east, demolition will start about mid June and is expected to take 10 months to complete at a cost of approx NZ$10m. It will be the biggest & tallest demolition project in New Zealand. Taken during a scenic flight over Christchurch, New Zealand, 3 months after the deadly earthquake of 22 February, ...
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lyttelton Bakery operating temporarily from a portacom on a demolition site on Norwich Quay in Lyttelton".