Deborah Fitchett's Dreamwidth Blog 7/5/2014: In which she submits her hatr…

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An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 7 May 2014, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which she submits her hatred of Riccarton Road".The entry was downloaded on 14 April 2015.

Townsend Telescope: Interview with Chris Whitty

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An interview with Chris Whitty, Site Manager at the Christchurch Arts Centre, about the recovery of the Townsend Telescope from the rubble of the Observatory tower. The interview was conducted by Sebastian Wilberforce.

Safety Initiative: Early warning system of ground and structural movement

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A document describing the early warning system to alert team members of ground and structural movement at the Arch.

Central City Implementation Plan

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A document outlining the methodology for rebuilding horizontal infrastructure in the central city, covering wastewater (local reticulation and trunk), wastewater pump stations, storm water (local reticulation and trunk), potable water, roads, and bridges.

Central City Delivery Management Plan

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A document outlining how the rebuild of wastewater, water supply, storm water and roading infrastructure was to be managed and coordinated with other programmes of work in the central city.

Central City Impact Dashboard

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A PDF copy of a spreadsheet used to identify the impacts of traffic management in the central city.

Central City Rebuild Summary Diagram

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A diagram illustrating how the rebuild of the three waters and roading infrastructure was to be managed and coordinated with other programmes of work in the central city.

Bill Perry Safety Award submission - Downer 2014 - CBD catchment

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A document which outlines several of Downer's safety initiatives, developed when working in the Central Business District.

SCIRT service strikes bowtie diagram

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A bowtie diagram which SCIRT used to evaluate the risks associated with and analyse the causal relationships associated with service strikes.

Driving Innovative Thinking in the New Zealand Construction Industry - pre…

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A pdf copy of a presentation delivered at Building a Better New Zealand (BBNZ 2014) Conference. The presentation examines the relationship between innovation and productivity improvement in the construction industry.

CTV News - SCIRT Women

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A video of a CTV News broadcast of a Ministry of Women's Affairs initiative to attract more women into trades and construction related jobs.

Evaluation of Whole of Life Costs for Rebuild Option Evaluation (Calculati…

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A pdf copy of a spreadsheet tool used by designers to undertake a whole of life evaluation of rebuild options.

February 2014 Board Paper - SCIRT Support to Civil Trades Training

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A paper for the SCIRT Board which requests that the Board provide support to SCIRT's Training Team with assisting to develop a civil trade qualification.

February 2014 Board Presentation - SCIRT Support to Civil Trades Training

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A presentation for the SCIRT Board which outlines the process that SCIRT's Training Team intended to take towards assisting with developing a civil trade qualification.

Trial Anchors Through Existing Gabions

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A paper describing the procedure and challenges associated with installing anchors through gabion baskets.

Contractor Magazine April 2014 Article: SCIRT - changing the face of train…

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A magazine article which describes SCIRT's approach to training.

SCIRT Standard Details Combined

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A paper which indexes standard SCIRT details and CSS details including all SCIRT details.

Good driver behaviour flyer

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An example of a public flyer promoting good driver behaviour, handed out in areas of traffic detours or delays.

Brunel lecture locations

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A pdf copy of a PowerPoint presentation which illustrates the locations where Duncan Gibb presented his Brunel lecture.

Beca Heritage Week brochure - Central City

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A brochure created for Beca Heritage Week 2014, outlining SCIRT's repair work on heritage structures in the Central City. It was handed out to members of the public at SCIRT's walk and talk tours.

May 2014 St Martins School visit - presentation

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A presentation given to St Martin's primary school students about SCIRT work in Opawa and Hillsborough.

Safety Initiative: Use of a remotely operated hydraulic jaw crusher

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A document describing the use of a remotely operated hydraulic jaw crusher to avoid the need to make confined space entries.

Bridge of Remembrance Kids Zone attracts central city school pupils

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A web story about a site visit to the Bridge and Arch by local school pupils.

Safety Initiative: Confined spaces "dummy run

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A document describing the confined spaces "dummy run".

Environmental Initiative: bentonite splash fence

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A document describing Downer's approach to containing bentonite when drilling micro piles for the new Arch foundations.

Bridge of Remembrance Triumphal Arch rebuild involves city boys' school

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A web story about the model design work by Christ's College pupils.

Museums Aotearoa Conference 2014: Pecha Kucha presentation

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The text of a Pecha Kucha talk titled, "A working week in the Recovery Centre". The talk was given by Moya Sherrif, CCCRC Intern, at the Museums Aotearoa Conference on 4 April 2014.

Collectively we are stronger: Engineers generating collaborative solutions…

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A document made available to people attending Duncan Gibb's Brunel lecture.

Central City newsletters for businesses and residents

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A document containing examples of newsletters printed and distributed to the inner city businesses and residents, to prepare them for the upcoming SCIRT rebuild work and update them on the positive progress being made.

Business support programme examples

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A document containing examples of items and activities SCIRT implemented as part of the programme to support businesses affected and disrupted by SCIRT central city rebuild work.