Category Archives: TC3 Land

TC3 Foundations – Clickhere to read ‘ Rebuilding TC3 properties from the ground up’ – an article in Monday’s Press outlining DBH’s three different foundation and floor types to be used n TC3 houses with foundation damage. It’s easy to … Continue reading →

Earthquake Recovery and Rebuild Update 1st May 2012… Nicky Wagner MP for Christchurch Central. **   TC3 Green – Blue Foundations Update   ** The Department of Building & Housing has just released its guidelines for repairing and rebuilding foundations in Christchurch’s … Continue reading →

EQC have updated their FAQ on Green/Blue TC3 land (here).

Speaker of the Month: Di Lucas                                                                         Thursday, 19 April 2012. 10.30am Meeting Room, South Library, 66 Colombo Street Tickets $6, Friends Members $3. Cash sales at the door. Students with ID free Landscape architect Di Lucas speaks about The … Continue reading →

From Avonside Blog. Posted on April 13, 2012by Lawrence EQC have updated their FAQ on Green/Blue TC3 land (here). A new introduction has been added, along with a diagram of how the land claims process for TC3 operates, and clarification … Continue reading →

The Earthquake Commission (EQC) says there is no freeze on maximum payments to green-blue zone homeowners despite some Christchurch residents claiming otherwise. Residents living in areas classed by the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) as technical category 3 (TC3), or … Continue reading →

More info on TC3 geotechnical assessments  Last month we advised that geotechnical assessment for the building claims on TC3 properties with foundation damage begins this month. The assessment, which involves on-site testing and off-site geotechnical analysis, is to get the … Continue reading →

– © Fairfax NZ News Valuers says homes in the green-blue zones have been unfairly stigmatised, and panicked owners are selling too cheaply. About 28,000 homes are in the Government’s TC3 green-blue zones, where a greater risk of liquefaction means … Continue reading →

Green-blue trapped This is a really tough one. The ability to sell a home on green-blue land (Technical Category 3 or ‘TC3’) could be very difficult. It all hinges on the actions of a number of groups of professionals; EQC, … Continue reading →

(4th November 2011) Three new categories for residential foundation design required for repairing and rebuilding homes in Canterbury following the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 was announced on Friday 28th October 2011. The full media release can be read here http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-foundationdesign-categories-canterbury. … Continue reading →

TC3 INFORMATION – A small group met with the CERA Communications Team this week to discuss TC3 information needs. The overriding sentiment was that residents expect CERA to pull together all of the information and make sense of it in … Continue reading →