Adjustable height steel pier: ABI Piers
“How much money are we wasting on substandard EQC Repairs?” This is a question Nigel Colenso’s, Director and inventor for ABI Piers’ adjustable base isolation system asked – and answered with the company’s new product, the adjustable height steel pier. The ABI Piers Adjustable Height Steel Pier is affordable, incredibly durable, easy […]
Thinking inside the square: Regenerate Christchurch
Regenerate Christchurch has released its vision for Cathedral Square, emphasising that a return to its original purpose as a gathering place for local people and visitors must be front and centre. Chief Executive Ivan Iafeta says while the vision for the physical regeneration of the Square is aspirational in terms of design, the […]
Investigating Infrastructural Investment: Mayor Lianne Dalziel’s recommendations
Mayor Lianne Dalziel is recommending Christchurch City Council puts extra money in its budget for improving the city’s core infrastructure. Council has met to begin finalising its Long Term Plan (LTP) – the document that maps out the council’s work programme and priorities for the next 10 years and how it proposes to […]
Grandiose Identities: Canterbury Architecture
Like great homes, great cities too are works in progress; their forms nurtured over time, built upon by generations like layers of geological strata, which has resulted in an urban environment that is rich in character. It is after all, what made the post-Victorian city of Christchurch such a striking one. As the […]
Apartments, Christchurch’s inner-city secret: Harcourts Redwood
Back before cell phones, social media, email, fax machines and talking over the fence to neighbours, the history of multi-level attached living within the inner city was the hip way of living without gardens and lawns, minimal maintenance and a strong sense of community belonging. Today’s apartments are designed to meet stringent building […]
Goodbye Chlorine! – Maxwell Plumbing
Maxwell Plumbing is bringing back the clean taste and benefits of good old Christchurch water, consistent, fresh and pure – without the strong odour of chlorine. With Christchurch’s chlorinated water supply not going away any time soon, hands-on local owner Stephen Whittaker has met the increasing customer demand to install quality water filters. […]
The Influencers Column: Dr Megan Woods
One of the priorities for me as the Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration is ensuring that we are well placed to learn from the Canterbury Earthquakes sequence going ahead. We know that there are valuable lessons to be learned from such an unprecedented event that will enable us to make sure our communities […]
The Influencers Column: Matt Harris
Prior to the devastating earthquake events of 2010/2011, the public generally didn’t know a geotechnical engineer from a civil engineer; with much of an engineer’s work often being hidden. Indeed, if it works and continues to do so, then an engineer’s work is often buried in the ground, or hidden behind building finishes, […]
The Influencers Column: Ivan Iafeta
After five weeks, our Red Zone Futures exhibition has ended and we are now assessing the feedback provided by everyone who visited the Cashel Mall site, engaged with our travelling exhibition and commented via the online exhibition. This information, as well as the findings of qualitative research carried out during the exhibition […]
The Influencers Column: Amy Carter
Irecently had the pleasure of attending a presentation from four millennials talking about social enterprises here in Christchurch. The future leaders were excited to share their findings with the baby boomers and gen Xers. After all, in their minds, social enterprise is a relatively new concept, largely driven by their generation. Those […]
