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- Fairfax Video, October 2013 (5)
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- Aerial footage of a site in Avondale where several liquefaction remediation options are being tested. Gelignite explosives have been buried throughout the site. These will be set off to simulate liquefaction caused by an earthquake. The result, if successful, will help EQC protect people's houses from future earthquakes, and settle land claims. The video was recorded using a drone aircraft.
- Date
- 7:44am 18th October 2013
- Tags
- drone, UAV, research, liquefaction, Avondale, EQC, red zone, residential red zone, explosion, Media, Communications and Journalism
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- Fairfax Video, November 2011 (1)
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- A video about field trials conducted by the Department of Building and Housing at Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch. Fifty kilograms of explosives are being used to simulate a magnitude-4 earthquake at a distance of 10 kilometres. The aim of the trials is to test soil-strengthening techniques that could be used to repair damaged land in Christchurch.
- Creator(s)
- Daniel Williams, Daniel Tobin
- Date
- 5:00am 2nd November 2011
- Tags
- Department of Building and Housing, QEII, Queen Elizabeth II Park, explosive, explosion, soil strengthening, land, spoil, Media, Communications and Journalism
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- Fairfax Video, May 2011 (2)
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- A video of the controlled explosion of a 40-tonne boulder above the Summit Road. The boulder is being removed using explosives after an assessment by United Research Services found that the rocks supporting the boulder have become unsafe.
- Date
- 2:51am 11th May 2011
- Tags
- boulder, Summit Road, explosion, Media, Communications and Journalism
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- Fairfax Video, June 2013 (1)
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- A video of an interview with Andy Cole, site supervisor at Geovert, about the procedure for blasting rocks in Hillsborough. The rock-blasting work was paid for by two Christchurch couples whose properties were red-zoned and red-stickered. The couples hope that the blasting work will encourage CERA to change their land zoning from red to green, allowing them to rebuild their homes on the same sites.
- Creator(s)
- Daniel Tobin
- Date
- 4:56am 11th June 2013
- Tags
- rock fall, explosion, Geovert, Andy Cole, Hillsborough, residential red zone, red zone, red sticker, CERA, Media, Communications and Journalism