Christchurch 1996 Quake Doco - why buildings collapse
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- Опубликовано: 4 мар 2011
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At 8.30pm on 11th July 1996 an 'Inside New Zealand' documentary was transmitted on TV3 called; 'Earthquakes!'
Part of it reviewed Christchurch's quake readiness and shows that many of its current building problems were foreseen, including a possible explanation as to why some buildings collapsed catastrophically.
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Gosh...this doco was like a prophecy. To see some of those buildings and to know now what actually happened to them. Even seeing the Grand Chancellor, with it's roof half off...must have been actually building or renovating it. The problem is that back in 1996, this doco would have been seen as scare-mongering, even 7 months ago I would have believed that too. Thanks for putting this on...advertise it, more people need to see it.
I see the irony, on the eve of the 6th anniversary of the 2011 quake, the guy standing on Manchester St at 4mins on in the video. Those buildings there collapsed & killed people.... RIP to the 185 that died.
@WeAndWeR1 Actually the video does mention older brick buildings, Bryan Bluck, CCC Building Control Manager was very concerned about them ... more so in the full doco. The video also foresaw sewerage spilling into the Heathkit & Avon Rivers, broken pipes and roads, and it taking up to 2 years before toilets are fully functional again (we'll see how long it takes ...), as well it foretold of tipping tall buildings because of liquefaction, and buildings being destroyed because of soil resonance.
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Wow, thanks for uploading!.
To be fair they were talking of the damage from a 7.5 rupture on the Nth Canterbury or Alpine faults. That is 4 x the energy of the 7.1 quake- and hence less frequent. They didn't know about the much closer Darfield/Chch fault system that is revealing itself with this series, and hence the probability of smaller, but much closer quakes.
Of course in 1996 most of New Zealand was preoccupied less with earthquakes than with the massive eruption of Mt. Ruapehu happening at the time!
Woop! Thats great you reached 100,000!!!
I hope that people now look at experts' warnings about other main centres around the country and actually start doing something about it ASAP.
Yes, it's quite apparent that the Council has long known about the soil problems, but I guess nobody was going to run for office on a policy of doubling rates to make buildings safe ... sadly it's going to cost a lot more now ...
Eerie watching this & knowing what would happen within the next 15 years.
@nztramper New structures are designed for life safety. That is, no one is killed during the earthquake, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the structure will not be heavily damaged. This was relatively well achieved, considering just 2 actually collapsed during the earthquake itself out of hundreds. There are a lot of heritage buildings which have been significantly damaged, but we don't hear of it as the death toll in one specific location is not as high.
Very interesting thanks
I can't be the only one watching this in utter disbelief...
@redpictures, Chch womans hospital was levelled a couple years ago and all services were integrated with the main hospital by Hagley Park. The rubble was used in the new southern motorway.
hey, thanks for posting. It will be interesting to see how the modern earthquake-resistant buildings actually stood up to the shaking.
wow, everything they stated... happened. how scary
Disturbingly prophetic. Hopefully NZ can learn from this, there really aren't too many places in the country that are truly safe from eq's and other forms of seismic events, say tsunamis on the coast or even volcanoes in the Nth Island. It's always been a matter of when not if, if you live in Welly', create your emergency supply list and action plan that's for sure.
@mattnz1000 Hi :) can u post the shake zone maps u have ?? or links on how to procure them please
@redpictures Chch womans hospital was levelled a couple years ago and all services were integrated with the main hospital by Hagley Park. The rubble was used in the new southern motorway.
where does somebody get a copy of the full doco?
Somehow the comments made agree Gerry Brownlee's opinion that some of the buildings would have to come down (at 5:33) as they became weaker and weaker as each earthquake happen. Like all the aftershocks that are happening right now. Losing part of history is really tragic but looking to the future is not really that bad at all.
so freaky! the building he's talking when on lichfield/high/manchester st about having strengthening being done properly is our office building (which didn't crumble) unlike the other ones ..
Which building was it they were strengthening at 4:18 ?, I'm curious if it survived. I know they were rebuilding another triangular building on st asaph & madras a year after this doco as I was living opposite it in 1997. That one caught fire during rebuilding, and was replaced with a new building.
From memory it largely survived but was soon demolished, so I guess the strengthening did its job.
Where is the rest of the documentary please?
@kiwivikings It wasn't the same building shown in the Doco it had since been renovated and in some parts re built
lol at the building graphics of the resonance clip
And now they say the alpine fault will definitely go of in the next 50 years it could happen today Xd
Anyone seen the doco on the Japanese earthquakes and buildings recently ? real interesting concepts and what not on prevention, unlucky with the tsunami doubling up the problem tho
The producer must be nostradamus 14-15 years later what seemed to be a hypothetical scenario came true, with tragic consequences.
Omg, Bob Park, I knew him my whole life Rip Bob
well....they think 2 years just for infrastructure , hate to think how long it will be till family life is back to normal
It is sad how it takes a disaster to make change. New Zealand building codes need to be looked at seriously we have the leaky home syndrome now shody up-keep. When will the government realise that regulation actually protects people from greedy people that don't have peoples safety and best interests in mind
it was also on stuff since yesterday
lol i loaded this video at around 6pm refreshed at 6.30pm and there was an extra 11k views. Apparently it was mentioned on news
Holy shit ...
@Taiakun Correct loss of property not life
Yes, that was taken from another doco I made at this time ... it would really bankrupt NZ if that happened!
moving home after 16 years .. where is safe to live .. well "safer" I mean .. I'm from Canterbury and lived in Mackenzie country (the alps)
The greatest death toll was from a building put up in the 1980s. And the second highest was from one built in the 1960s and extensively remodelled in the 80s. And what about Bob Jones's 1980s Forsyth-Barr building. Who signed off that stairway as adequate? Also there are half a dozen high-rise towers built since the 1980s that are tipping over. Chrischurch's biggest problem is with its newer buildings, not its old heritage (they're easily and relatively cheaply repaired.)
I lived in an apartment in the Christchurch Arts Centre, the original university, which had earthquake-strengthening. No deaths there. Despite it being a lunchtime weekday. My office however, was next to the 1980's CTV building- which says a lot..
this shit's intense!
Interesting everyone blames only the council...look at 4:38
David Sargent (CEO - Insurance Council of NZ)referring to older buildings that need to be strengthened for the safety of the tenants - "insurers essentially wont touch them" I wonder how many live could have been saved if insurers had been more proactive. Of course they only worry about avoiding extra cost of mending things on the cheap...now they have to pay more...and they still risk our lives for it!
It is obvious from this video that the Chch council was aware that things could go devastatingly wrong in asevere quake but went ahead with the subdivision at Bexley which is just a few mwtres above sealevel and on very soft soil. I hope they show some sense anddo not alow any rebuilding on the Bexley site. There may never be another major quale in the city but a 4.4 yesterday is not a good sign!!!
Dang. Hate to say he told you so...
@Longbayman in that case i WOULD move to auzzy.
wow that give me the heeby jeebys got goose bumps now...
Christchurch is and always will be pretty :) Love it there.
@sublocal LOL yeah but back then we wouldn't have known any better :P
the 90s were an ugly time in new zealand haha, buzzy to see the womans hospital standing!
@arrowmint12 They have to say something to the people ...
@georgellabus - Christchurch is actually below sea level...
I'm so awesome geography man!
@paulthebassguy ... right on Paul, think I will move to another country
You can make a car 100% safe where no one will ever die but they will probably cost $5 million each.
Its always about cost /risk. and the risks were known. California has similar problems in certain areas and even there they don't have the money to do what some are suggesting in these comments.
The one big positive from all this, Christchurch will emerge a ton stronger. New buildings will use technologies developed in the last 10-20 years.
New Zealand will learn from these events
@orsumincc 90's bro.
The Turitea wind farm in Palmerston North has just been approved. Too bad its right next to the Pahiatua fault line. Why isn't the media picking this up??
goneski, all those old buildings are rubble now...
Watching people stand next to those buildings actually made me quite edgy haha
And it was none of the documentaries identified faults that caused the disaster
The point Mark was 'a' fault somewhere will cause a distructive earthquake. Those highlighted were only examples.
mad 80s vibes, nice
Crikey.....if this level of knowledge existed about Christchurch, where is the same level of information for the rest of this fragile little country?
campbell live
I find it interesting that the so-called success stories, were badly damaged in the September earthquake such as the Normal School.
WE DIDN'T LISTEN!!!!
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"moral obligation" ............. "money" .......... yea good one lmao
@proudkiwi21 NZ didnt split the atom... a NZer working in GB with British labs did.
Will we wake up now and take more personal responsibility? I don't buy the 'we don't listen' and 'the government should do something' themes here. When I bought a house (in Wellington) it was a requirement that it wasn't brick, tile roof, on poles, under a cliff, on top of a cliff, in a shake zone, or at sea level. I got the council shake zone maps. And I have turned down a job because the building was crap.
lol cant say we didnt know maybe we didnt care
even John Key said it was a made man quake this video is rubbish
Woop! Thats great you reached 100,000!!!
Interesting everyone blames only the council...look at 4:38
David Sargent (CEO - Insurance Council of NZ)referring to older buildings that need to be strengthened for the safety of the tenants - "insurers essentially wont touch them" I wonder how many lives could have been saved if insurers had been more proactive. Of course they only worry about avoiding extra cost and mending things on the cheap...now they have to pay more...and they still risk our lives for it!