Search

Protecting the past - Restoring heritage bridges

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document which describes the processes that SCIRT took when repairing some of Christchurch's heritage bridges.

Gloucester Street bridge, Christchurch - report on archaeological monitori…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A report which details the archaeological monitoring carried out during the course of SCIRT project 11136, repairs to the Gloucester Street bridge.

Best in show: Retain and gain for Sumner Road

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document which describes the process that SCIRT took to repair the Sumner Road retaining wall - stage 4.

Setting national standards for utilities coordination and protection - SCI…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document which describes how SCIRT led the co-ordination of its huge repair programme with those of other utilities.

Christchurch rebuild offers training for Pasifika peoples

Six years after Christchurch's destructive 6.3 magnitude earthquake the rebuild programme is now being used to provide training for workers from the Pacific. Twenty-four workers from Fiji, Tonga and Samoa are helping rebuild the city while learning new skills and earning money they can send home.

The genesis of SCIRT - new era in disaster recovery

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document which describes the formation of SCIRT.

Business systems power rebuild

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document which describes SCIRT's approach to creating business systems to aid the rebuild of horizontal infrastructure.

Chch rebuild offers training opportunity for Pasifika peoples

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Six years after Christchurch's destructive 6.3 magnitude earthquake the rebuild programme is now being used to provide training for workers from the region.

Rebuild actual start date map

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A map showing the actual construction start dates.

What is SCIRT?

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

An article that explains the innovative work of SCIRT in a post-disaster environment.

Post-Earthquake Real Estate Decision-Making : Repair or Replace?

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

Many buildings with relatively low damage from the 2010-2011 Canterbury were deemed uneconomic to repair and were replaced [1,2]. Factors that affected commercial building owners’ decisions to replace rather than repair, included capital availability, uncertainty with regards to regional recovery, local market conditions and ability to generate cash flow, and repair delays due to limited property access (cordon). This poster provides a framework for modeling decision-making in a case where repair is feasible but replacement might offer greater economic value – a situation not currently modeled in engineering risk analysis.

20170918_6084_7D2-41 Demolition still happening (260/365)

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

20170918_6084_7D2-41 Demolition still happening (260/365) Six ½ years after the earthquakes there are still a few demolitions taking place. This one is a block of council owned flats. Whether the whole complex is being demolished or not I don't know., but here the centre block of three is being demolished. The green grass is what was sections...

Repairs underway for quake-damaged statue of Antarctica's Scott

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The statue of the Antarctic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott, that toppled from its plinth and snapped at its ankles in the Christchurch earthquake is being repaired. all going well it will be reinstated later this year, just in time for the Antarctic summer.

The governance of SCIRT - the exercise of control

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document which describes how SCIRT's governance structure was set up and developed in response to the many challenges of the horizontal infrastructure rebuild.

SCIRT work holds back the tides

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document which describes how the new Beachville Road seawall was built.

Sorensens Place, Christchurch: report on Archaeological Monitoring

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A report which details the archaeological investigations carried out during the course of SCIRT project 11232, wastewater renewal work in Sorensens Place.

Numbers add up in communication and engagement

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document which describes SCIRT's approach to quantifying the impact of its communications and community engagement activities.

Having a blast in the past

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document which describes SCIRT's discoveries and processes regarding archaeological finds on worksites.

Tramway, Tuam Street: A Report on Archaeological Investigations

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A report which details the archaeological investigations carried out during the course of SCIRT project 10952, wastewater renewal work on Tuam Street.