
Blog of Sandy Lees, a genealogist, taphophiliac, and ephemera collector. Reflects her interest in Canterbury history. Includes a section on the insurance woes the blogger had after the Christchurch earthquakes.
Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has backed off on his threats to the Christchurch City Council and one of the New Zealand Greenpeace activists is freed from a Russian detention centre.
A photograph of temporary artwork in front of the badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. The artworks were created by Chris Heaphy and Sarah Hughes as part of the Transitional Cathedral Square works.
A string quartet from Christchurch Girls High School plays on the riverbank before the River of Flowers event held in Riccarton Bush, commemorating the second anniversary of the 22 February earthquake.
Painted lines and planters on Colombo Street, seen through the cordon fence. The decorations were part of a Christchurch City Council Transitional City project, in preparation for Colombo Street's re-opening.
A photograph of temporary artwork in front of the badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. The artworks were created by Chris Heaphy and Sarah Hughes as part of the Transitional Cathedral Square works.
A string quartet from Christchurch Girls High School play on the riverbank before the River of Flowers event held in Riccarton Bush, commemorating the second anniversary of the 22 February earthquake.
Painted lines and planters on Colombo Street, seen through the cordon fence. The decorations were part of a Christchurch City Council Transitional City project, in preparation for Colombo Street's re-opening.
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The Christchurch City Council has received a strong warning from the Earthquake Recovery Minister to speed up its processing of building consents or lose its power to authorise consents.
An aerial photograph looking north-east over the Christchurch CBD. The brightly coloured roofs of the Re:Start mall can be seen in the bottom centre of the photograph.
A message in a bottle, hidden under the floor of a Christchurch home for over fifty years, has been discovered during earthquake repairs and its writer's been tracked down.
A photograph of crowds gathered in Cathedral Square for a performance, during Canterbury Tales. Canterbury Tales was a carnivalesque procession and the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of a group of young people speaking at a Canterbury Tales event at Re:START mall. Canterbury Tales was a carnivalesque procession and the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of people gathered on Cashel Street for the Canterbury Tales procession, which was the main event of FESTA 2013.
A manual which informs SCIRT AutoCAD users of all tools, utilities, keyboard shortcuts, and tips available within the SCIRT CAD System.
A design guideline which provides guidance to designers on how to carry out a whole of life evaluation of rebuild options.
A manual which provides SCIRT AutoCAD users with general guidance about how to use AutoCAD.
A designer's guideline which explains the role of Technical Leads at SCIRT.
A document which details the structure, roles and terms of reference for the Client Governance Group (CGG).
A plan which details how in 2013 SCIRT planned to engage its workforce in training.
A guideline which defined the process and ownership of templates used by the design team and the management of the design team electronic library.
A PDF copy of a publication promoting fashions for the autumn and winter of 2013.
A document which contains a set of procedures for the "best practice" mark out and recording of subsurface utilities.
A copy of the award application for the New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards 2013.
This document describes the tool developed for capturing the abandoned and removed assets using the SCIRT GIS viewer.
An example of a tool SCIRT has used to communicate its projects to the business community.
A guideline created for SCIRT Delivery Teams which outlines the requirements for working around heritage items.
A plan which describes the framework, principles and process for determining project prioritisation and the sequence in which those projects are carried out. The first version of this plan was produced on 23 September 2011.
A design guideline which provides information about how to use the SCIRT Asset Assessment Spreadsheet.