Volume 6: Canterbury Television Building (CTV)
(with foreign language translations)

Cover image of Volume 6 Canterbury Television Building (CTV)

Download a PDF version of Volume 6 in five parts or follow the links below for .docx versions of this document, by section.

Volume 6 - Word (.docx) versions

Contents and Section 1: The building (.docx) 1.3 MB
Introduction
Section 1: The building
1.1 General description
1.2 Structure of the building

Section 2: The CTV building from 1986 until September 2010 (.docx) 7.7MB
2.1 Engineering design of the CTV building
2.2 The building permit
2.3 Construction
2.4 Drag bar retrofit
2.5 From 1991 to 4 September 2010

Section 3: From the September earthquake to the February earthquake (.docx) 5.8MB
3.1 The Canterbury earthquakes
3.2 The September earthquake
3.3 Observations of damage between the September and Boxing Day earthquakes
3.4 Post–September earthquake rapid assessments
3.5 Engineer’s assessment of the building
3.6 Boxing Day earthquake
3.7 Demolition of the neighbouring building
3.8 The Clinic tenancy

Section 4: The February earthquake (.docx) 276KB
4.1 Description of the February earthquake
4.2 Description of collapse by eyewitnesses

Section 5: Post-collapse investigations 5-5.1.3.1 (.docx) 8.7MB
5.1 Post-collapse examinations of building debris
5.2 Technical investigations by the former Department of Building and Housing
5.3 Technical investigations instigated by the Royal Commission

Section 5: Post-collapse investigations 5.1.3.2 - 5.1.3.5 (.docx) 1.1MB
5.3 Technical investigations instigated by the Royal Commission

Section 5: Post-collapse investigations 5.1.3.6 - 5.5 (.docx) 4.5MB
5.3 Technical investigations instigated by the Royal Commission
5.4 Technical investigation reports by others
5.5 The nature of the land associated with the CTV building

Section 6: Technical discussions on structure (.docx) 6.8MB
6.1 Design earthquake loading and analysis of the CTV building
6.2 Landsborough House
6.3 The structural system of the CTV building

Section 7: The collapse (.docx) 1.6MB
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Possible scenarios
7.3 Contributors to collapse
7.4 Most likely collapse scenario

Section 8: Compliance (.docx) 394KB
8.1 Compliance with legal requirements
8.2 Best-practice requirements

Section 9: Summary of conclusions and recommendations (.docx) 125KB
(This document is also available in PDF in the following languages: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai)
9.1 Structure of the CTV building
9.2 Engineering design of the building
9.3 Building permit
9.4 Construction
9.5 Building retrofit
9.6 The building from 1991 to the September 2010 earthquake
9.7 The September 2010 earthquake and post-earthquake assessments
9.8 The building from the September 2010 earthquake to 22 February 2011
9.9 The collapse of the CTV building on 22 February 2011
9.10 Reasons for the collapse
9.11 Issues with the structural system
9.12 Compliance with legal requirements
9.13 Compliance with best-practice requirements
9.14 The assessment of other buildings with potential structural weaknesses
9.15 Conclusion

Appendices (.docx) 103KB
Appendix 1: List of people mentioned in this Volume
Appendix 2: Chronology