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dc.title: Offsite health and safety
dc.description: This case study looks at CERA's offsite health and safety responsibilities. It discusses the risks of working inside and around earthquake-damaged buildings and demolishing residential red zone properties. It also identifies key lessons from CERA's health and safety programme.
Creator(s): CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
Tags: Built Environment, Demolitions and Operations, Human Resources

dc.title: Christchurch's heritage buildings after the earthquakes
dc.description: This case study outlines the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's approach to heritage buildings after the earthquakes. It includes the development of the Heritage Buildings and Places Recovery Programme and describes the relationship between CERA and its heritage stakeholders.
Creator(s): CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
Tags: Built Environment, Cultural Recovery Environment, Christchurch Central City, Collaboration and Partnership, Demolitions and Operations, Land Use Planning, Legal, Recovery Strategy for Greater Christchurch

dc.title: Guidelines for a cordon
dc.description: Implementing a cordon after a natural disaster is a challenging and critical task which requires careful planning and coordination. The attached guidelines were compiled by the team who managed the CERA cordon in Christchurch's central city.
Creator(s): CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
Tags: Built Environment, Christchurch Central City, Communicating in Recovery, Demolitions and Operations, Act

dc.title: Contractor safety inside the cordon
dc.description: CERA took over the management of Christchurch's central city cordon two months after the February 2011 earthquake. During its peak the cordon area represented the largest construction site in the southern hemisphere. This constantly changing, high-risk environment required strict health and safety processes including regular, compulsory contractors meetings and the enforcement of stringent cordon rules. The low number of health and safety incidents over the cordon's lifespan has been directly attributed to these sustained and thorough processes.
Creator(s): CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
Tags: Built Environment, Christchurch Central City, Demolitions and Operations, Act

dc.title: Cordon access: An overview
dc.description: Following the February 2011 earthquake, a cordon closed off most of Christchurch's central city. A monitored pass system was implemented by CERA to provide limited, safe access to business owners, tenants and residents. The cordon was regulated by the New Zealand Defence Force with support from the New Zealand Police. As dangerous buildings were demolished or made safe, and aftershocks decreased, controlled access was allowed for the general public. This was considered to be an important step in the city's psycho-social recovery.
Creator(s): CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
Tags: Built Environment, Christchurch Central City, Communicating in Recovery, Demolitions and Operations

dc.title: Demolitions and Operations: An overview of the CERA Operations team
dc.description: Formed in late March 2011, the Operations team managed the structural demolition work in the central business district red zone, residential red zone and Port Hills red zone. Identifying unstable buildings and hazards was prioritised so the recovery of these areas could begin. Whilst being responsible for management, security and reduction of all red zone cordons in the city, the team also oversaw land clearance and disposal of debris and hazardous material.
Creator(s): CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
Tags: Built Environment, Christchurch Central City, Demolitions and Operations, Human Resources

dc.title: The Significant Buildings Unit
dc.description: Immediately after the February earthquake, Civil Defence established a Critical Buildings Unit that was responsible for badly damaged, large buildings in the city. This team became the Significant Buildings Unit when CERA was established. The Significant Buildings Unit had oversight of the critically damaged buildings identified during the Civil Defence phase, all buildings over five storeys, and buildings of a significant size such as the Town Hall, AMI Stadium and CBS Arena.
Creator(s): CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
Tags: Built Environment, Christchurch Central City, Demolitions and Operations

dc.title: Challenging demolitions: The Hotel Grand Chancellor
dc.description: Christchurch's 26-storey Hotel Grand Chancellor was badly damaged in the earthquake of 22 February 2011. The building was on a visible lean and fears that the building would collapse at first hampered Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) work in the area. USAR teams worked quickly to stabilise the Grand Chancellor in the first instance and it needed further stabilisation before it was deconstructed. Later, Fletcher Construction carried out the deconstruction over 11 months under the supervision of CERA's Significant Buildings Unit.
Creator(s): CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
Tags: Built Environment, Christchurch Central City, Demolitions and Operations

dc.title: Cordon rules - Christchurch central city red zone 2013
dc.description: This document outlines the rules that applied to Christchurch's central city 'red zone' cordon.
Creator(s): CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
Tags: Built Environment, Leadership and Governance, Christchurch Central City, Demolitions and Operations

dc.title: Reflections on recovery: Episode 3
dc.description: In this interview excerpt, Development Director John O'Hagan describes witnessing the damage caused by the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Creator(s): CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
Tags: Built Environment, Christchurch Central City, Demolitions and Operations, Human Resources

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Tour of central Christchurch red zone

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A PDF copy of a page on the EQ Recovery Learning site which linked to a YouTube video.

After the February 2011 earthquake, Christchurch's central city was cordoned off for over 800 days. In this video from August 2012, Brenden Winder of CERA gives Christchurch residents a rare glimpse behind the cordon to see the damage caused, and progress being made, inside the central city red zone.

Creator(s)

CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)

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Built Environment, Christchurch Central City, Demolitions and Operations

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