Volume 2: The Performance of Christchurch CBD Buildings

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• Contents and Section 1 (.docx) 4.6 MB
  Contents
  Section 1: Approach to the representative sample of buildings

• Section 2: Pyne Gould Corporation building - Introduction - 2.2 (.docx) 1.7 MB
  Pyne Gould Corporation building fatalities
  2.1 Original construction of the PGC building
  2.2 Up until 4 September 2010 

• Section 2: Pyne Gould Corporation building - 2.3 - 2.9 (.docx) 2.5 MB
  2.3  The September earthquake
  2.4  Between the September earthquake and the Boxing Day aftershock
  2.5  From the Boxing Day aftershock to the February earthquake
  2.6  The February earthquake
  2.7  The collapse of the building
  2.8  Discussion
  2.9  Conclusions  

• Section 3: Hotel Grand Chancellor - Introduction (.docx) 2.5 MB

• Section 3: Hotel Grand Chancellor - 3.1 (.docx) 236 KB
  3.1 Original construction of the HGC building

• Section 3: Hotel Grand Chancellor - 3.2  (.docx) 1.8 MB
  3.2 Up until 4 September 2010
  3.3 The earthquakes
  3.4. Investigations
  3.5 Discussion
  3.6 Discussion
  Appendix A: Simplified model assumptions

• Section 4: Forsyth Barr building (.docx) 2.6 MB
  Introduction
  4.1 Original construction of the Forsyth Barr building
  4.2 Up until 4 September 2010
  4.3 The September earthquake
  4.4 Between the September and February earthquakes
  4.5 The February earthquake
  4.6 The Beca investigation
  4.7 DBH Expert Panel review
  4.8 Discussion

• Section 5: General observations of damage (.docx) 488 KB
  5.1  Damage to the primary structure 
  5.2  Building damage that is not part of the primary structure

• Section 6: Individual buildings not causing death - 6.1- 6.1.2 (.docx) 488 KB
  6.1     Buildings designed prior to the introduction of Loadings Code NZS 4203:1976
  6.1.1  48 Hereford Street: Christchurch Central Police Station 
  6.1.2  53 Hereford Street: Christchurch City Council Civic Offices

• Section 6: Individual buildings not causing death - 6.1.3 - 6.2.1 (.docx) 887 KB
  6.1.3  100 Kilmore Street: Christchurch Town Hall 
  6.2     1976 to 1984: Buildings designed to Loadings Code NZS 4203:1976 
  6.2.1  166 Cashel Street: Canterbury Centre/Westpac Tower building 

• Section 6: Individual buildings not causing death -  6.2.1 (continued) (.docx) 887 KB
  6.2.1  166 Cashel Street: Canterbury Centre/Westpac Tower building 

• Section 6: Individual buildings not causing death -  6.3 - 6.3.2 (.docx) 749 KB
  6.3    1984 to 1992: Buildings designed to Loadings Code NZS 4203:1984 
  6.3.1  90 Armagh Street: Craigs Investment House building 
  6.3.2  20 Bedford Row: Bedford Row Public Car park building 

• Section 6: Individual buildings not causing death -  6.3.3 (.docx) 565 KB
  6.3.3  79 Cambridge Terrace: Bradley Nuttall House building 

• Section 6: Individual buildings not causing death -  6.3.4 (.docx) 284 KB 
   6.3.4  151 Worcester Street building 

• Section 6: Individual buildings not causing death -  6.3.5 (.docx) 785 KB
  6.3.5  78 Worcester Street: Clarendon Tower building

• Section 6: Individual buildings not causing death -  6.4 (.docx) 303 KB
  6.4     1992 to 2008: Buildings designed to Loadings Standard NZS 4203:1992
  6.4.1  100 Armagh Street: Victoria Square apartment building

• Section 6: Individual buildings not causing death -  6.5 - 6.5.1 (.docx) 824 KB
  6.5     2004 to 2011: Buildings designed to Earthquake Actions Standard NZS 1170.5:2004
  6.5.1  62 Gloucester Street: Gallery Apartments building 

• Section 6: Individual buildings not causing death -  6.5.2 - 6.5.3 (.docx) 1 MB
  6.5.2  2 Riccarton Avenue: Christchurch Women’s Hospital building 
  6.5.3  224 Cashel Street: IRD building 

• Section 6: Individual buildings not causing death -  6.5.4 - 6.5.5 (.docx) 240 KB
  6.5.4  166 Gloucester Street: Pacific Tower building 

• Section 6: Individual buildings not causing death -  6.5.5 - 6.5.5 (.docx) 498 KB
  6.5.5  52 Cathedral Square: Novotel Hotel building
  6.6     Representative sample references

• Section 7: Cost implications of changing the seismic hazard factor (.docx) 167 KB
  7.1 Background
  7.2 Introduction
  7.3 Cost implications study
  7.4 Discussion
  7.5 Conclusion

• Section 8: Discussion of representative sample issues (.docx) 841 MB
  8.1 Introduction
  8.2 Performance of reinforced concrete buildings
  8.3 Performance of structural steel buildings
  8.4 Application of basic concepts in seismic design
  References

• Section 9: Conclusions and recommendations  (.docx) 72 KB
  9.1 Recommendations related to the Earthquake Actions Standard, NZS 1170.5
  9.2 Recommendations related to the Concrete Structures Standard, NZS 3101:2006
  9.3 Issues related to the Structural Steel Standard, NZS 3404:2009
  9.4 General issues related to structural design
  9.5 Particular issues relating to assessment of existing buildings
  9.6 Issues raised in our Interim Report related to structural design-means of egress
  9.7 Building elements that are not part of the primary structure
  References