Hearings About Individual Buildings (Except CTV & PGC) Whose Failure Resulted in Loss of Life (week 1)

The week beginning 12 December 2011, the Commission held public hearings about the following individual buildings whose failure resulted in loss of life:

• 593 Colombo Street;
• 90 Coleridge Street;
• 617-625 Colombo Street; 
• 7 Riccarton Road; and
• 391/391A Worcester Street

Timetable

Date	Time	Building	Description	Presenter
12 December	10am			Opening Statement by Mark Zarifeh, Counsel Assisting the Commission
	10.10am	593 Colombo Street		593 Colombo Street hearing summary by Mark Zarifeh
			Two-storey unreinforced masonry building situated on the corner of St Asaph Street and Colombo Streets tenanted by Southern Ink	Peter Smith, Spencer Holmes, structural engineer
	11.30am			Steve McCarthy, Environmental Policy and Approvals Manager, Christchurch City Council
	1.10pm			LUNCH
	1.45pm			Simon Wall, structural engineer
	2.10pm			Christopher Chapman, property manager, NAI Harcourts Commercial
	4.30pm			Alistair Boys, structural engineer, Holmes Consulting
	5pm			HEARING COMPLETE
13 December	9.30am	593 Colombo Street (continued)		Richard Seville, structural engineer, Holmes Consulting
	11am			Mark Ryburn, structural engineer, Opus Consultants
	11.40am			BREAK
	11.45am			Matthew Parkin, Southern Ink, tenant of 593B Colombo Street.
	12.15pm			Christopher Chapman, property manager, NAI Harcourts Commercial (continued)
	12.30pm	90 Coleridge Street	Free standing wall at Classique Furniture	90 Coleridge Street hearing summary by Mark Zarifeh, counsel assisting the Commission.
	12.35pm			Peter Smith, structural engineer, Spencer Holmes
	1pm			Tania Cochrane, bereaved family member
	1.05pm			Graeme Dreaver, business owner, Classique Furniture
	1.30pm			Marc Hobson, eye witness, Classique Furniture
	1.35pm			LUNCH
	2.20pm	617-625 Colombo Street	A series of two-storey unreinforced masonry buildings on the north-west corner of Tuam and Colombo Streets	Peter Smith, structural engineer, Spencer Holmes
	2.45pm			Steve McCarthy, Environmental Policy and Approvals Manager, Christchurch City Council
	3.15pm			Mark Humphrey & Jonathan Barnett, structural engineers, Beca
	3.45pm			David Ehlers, representative of building owners (by video link)
	4.15pm			Mark Humphrey & Jonathan Barnett, structural engineers, Beca (continued)
	4.25pm			HEARING COMPLETE
14 December	9.30am	7 Riccarton Road	A two-storey stand-alone unreinforced masonry building, housing a second-hand bookshop	7 Riccarton Road hearing summary by Mark Zarifeh, counsel assisting the Commission.
	9.40am			Peter Smith, structural engineer, Spencer Holmes
	10.35am			Nigel Harwood, structural engineer inspected on 6/9/2010
	10.55am			David Elliott, structural engineer, Aurecon
	11.30am			BREAK
	11.45am			David Elliott, structural engineer, Aurecon (continued)
	1pm			LUNCH
	2pm			Russell Officer, a Christchurch City Council inspector who inspected the building on 11/9/2010
	2.20pm			Vaughan McMillan, a structural engineer who inspected the building on 11/9/2010
	2.35pm			Fritz Muller, loss adjuster, Cunningham and Lindsay
	3.05pm			Steve McCarthy, Environmental Policy and Approvals Manager, Christchurch City Council
	3.30pm			BREAK
	3.45pm			Steve McCarthy, Environmental Policy and Approvals Manager, Christchurch City Council (continued)
	4.35pm			David Yan, one of the building owners
	5.05pm			Morris North, tenant
	5.30pm			ADJOURNMENT
15 December	9.30am	7 Riccarton Road (continued)		Morris North, tenant (continued)
	9.50am			Robert Ling, structural engineer
	10.35am			HEARING COMPLETE
	10.45am	391/391A Worcester Street	A two-storey row unreinforced masonry building adjacent to Wicks Fish Shop	391/391A Worcester Street hearing summary by Mark Zarifeh, counsel assisting the Commission.
	10.50am			Peter Smith, structural engineer, Spencer Holmes
	11.35am			BREAK
	11.55am			Gary McGill, Contract Construction
	12.20pm			Tim Gwatkin, structural engineer, TM Consultants
	12.45pm			David Whyte, registered builder, Whyte Construction
	1pm			LUNCH
	2pm			Pak Loke, building owner
	3.25pm			BREAK
	3.45pm			Steve McCarthy, Environmental Policy and Approvals Manager, Christchurch City Council
	3.55pm			Earthquake Commission (EQC)Chief Executive Ian Simpson
	4.45pm			Earthquake Commission Customer Services General Manager Bruce Emson
	4.50pm			Earthquake Commission Canterbury Event Manager Reid Stiven
	5pm			Geoffrey Hadfield, neighbouring tenant and bereaved family member (written statement only)
	5.10pm			HEARING COMPLETE

 

Counsel Appearing

Counsel assisting the Commission

593 Colombo 

• Duncan Laing and Nadine Daines for Christchurch City Council
• Daniel McLellan for Opus Consultants 
• Phillip Rzepecky for NAI Harcourts Commercial
• John Hannan for Holmes Consulting Group
• Willie Palmer representing Simon Wall

90 Coleridge

• No lawyers

617-625 Colombo

• Duncan Laing and Nadine Daines for Christchurch City Council 

7 Riccarton Road

• Duncan Laing and Nadine Daines for Christchurch City Council

382 Colombo

• Duncan Laing and Nadine Daines for Christchurch City Council
• Daniel McLellan for Opus Consultants 

391 Worcester

• Daniel McLellan for Opus Consultants  
• Geoff Carter of Chapman Tripp for EQC