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This website is dedicated to the recovery of St Albans and its city, Christchurch following a devastating series of earthquakes in 2010 and 2011. This service by the St Albans Residents’ Association (SARA) offers relevant local information. If you are from an organisation or a business and have essential information you would like to share with the community, then please get in touch by email to sara@stalbans.gen.nz and we will endeavour to publish it here.Translations
Monthly Archives: November 2011
EQC information
EQC is nearly finished with assessing claims and is spending a lot of time now looking forward to preparing Fletchers for 2012. They have recently focused attention of the Fletchers EQR Hubs making sure the right people are in the … Continue reading
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More TC3 foundation information
Evan Smith and Mike Coleman got the following responses to questions from AMI and Arrow International who believe the responses are universal across all insurers. TC3 Foundation spec’s are likely to add $100M to AMI’s total liability (tens of thousands more … Continue reading
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Burns Supper Saturday 28th January 2012
Join the members of the Scottish Society of New Zealand, Christchurch in celebrating Robbie Burns birthday. This is an evening of song, poetry and high spirits. Bruce Lyford will present the Immortal Memory to Burns and a traditional supper of … Continue reading
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Size matters at St Albans School
Like many schools in Christchurch, St Albans is having to watch its budget closely. Reduced role numbers next year as a result of this year’s earthquakes means a drop in available funding. At the same time as funding drops many … Continue reading
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Blue Zone Blues
Blue zone blues #1 Being zoned green is not the end of uncertainty, especially when large chunks of my electorate are now coded blue, meaning the most expensive foundation work is now required to meet the new building code. We … Continue reading
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Children’s winning visions for the rebuild
Congratulations to St Albans Catholic School on winning the Jewelled Gecko Award for environmental excellence in schools for 2011. The children were asked to describe, draw, and create their visions for the future of Christchurch and the rebuild of our … Continue reading
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How do the new DBH technical categories for the Green Zone affect my EQC claim?
For homeowners whose property is in the green zone and in Technical Categories 1 or 2 (TC1 or TC2) with foundations that require repairing or rebuilding, a range of standard options are available for the repair and rebuilding of foundations. … Continue reading
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Residental Green Zone technical category information from CERA
Land in the green zone has been divided into three technical categories. These categories describe how the land in expected to perform in future earthquakes. The technical categories – TC1 (grey), TC2 (yellow) and TC3 (blue) describe the foundation systems … Continue reading
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New foundation design categories for Canterbury
http://www.landcheck.org.nz/ http://cera.govt.nz/land-information/maps Gerry Brownlee, Maurice Williamson 28 October, 2011 New foundation design categories for Canterbury Three new categories for residential foundation design have been developed and will be required for repairing and rebuilding homes in Canterbury following the earthquakes of … Continue reading
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