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Published: 2011-06-14 04:47:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 821; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 25
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Following the Magnitude 6.3 (MM8) of June 13th 2011 this new building ended up with a tilt.This building was built to replace the original which was destroyed in the September 4th 2010 (Magnitude 7.1).
The construction method here in New Zealand is called Tilt-Slab where the walls etc. are pre-cast in conrete on the floor and then 'tilted' or lifted into position. As you can see the building now resembles a parallelogram rather than a rectangle due to the sideways movement of the earth during yesterday's earthquake
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Do they plan to retilt it back or just start from scratch again?
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Hiya Joseph... Sorry I've been away for so long from this site.
That building was demolished along with so many others in the city.
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Nah, it's ok! I actually haven't been that active either until I got back from the cruise.
Ah, I see. Yeah, I think that is safer.
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So they use the tilt-slab method of construction so that in event of another earthquake the building can withstand it more? And turn out more slanted like this rather than as a pile of rubble?
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I think there might be some questions asked as to why it went this shape... but essentially it's safer than a pile of bricks which is what happened to her first shop. Tilt slab is cheaper and faster than traditional construction - the concrete and reinforcing is made on the ground and then lifted/fastened together.
The first building was a double brick shop or converted house that would have been built in the early 1900s. This was flattened immediately following the Sept 2010 earthquake and construction started pretty soon after that. The February quake - which caused most of the building collapses in Christchurch - caused a few more issues on the site but it was completed just recently - and then yesterday, this happened.
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