2 CATHEDRAL SQUARE - 6 FLOORS - Page 2

metroman · February 8th, 2013, 03:41 PM

Christchurch was well on its way at one stage to possibly rivalling Wellington, there was that much construction on the drawing boards during the late 80s, when the stockmarket crash happened it, left what was only a small portion of developments actually coming to fruition.

honeybear · February 9th, 2013, 12:03 AM

yes it does cross the mind doesn't it.. would it have stood up and just swayed a little or would it have come twisting down! If it was the latter it would have substantially added to the loss of life given that the feb quake was around lunch time so the viewing platforms and cafeteria would have been busy..

And what was to be the construction type? does anyone know? would it have been designed/built to meet worst case earthquake scenario standards ( is there a standard "tower" construction method that is used around the world) or would it have been done on the cheap and be a risk to us all... does provide interesting thinking. I don't know of any viewing towers around the world that have been subject to earthquake damage

February 9th, 2013, 12:03 AM	#22
honeybear Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 100 Likes (Received): 4	tower.. yes it does cross the mind doesn't it.. would it have stood up and just swayed a little or would it have come twisting down! If it was the latter it would have substantially added to the loss of life given that the feb quake was around lunch time so the viewing platforms and cafeteria would have been busy.. And what was to be the construction type? does anyone know? would it have been designed/built to meet worst case earthquake scenario standards ( is there a standard "tower" construction method that is used around the world) or would it have been done on the cheap and be a risk to us all... does provide interesting thinking. I don't know of any viewing towers around the world that have been subject to earthquake damage

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February 8th, 2013, 03:41 PM	#21
metroman metroman Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 1,361 Likes (Received): 0	Christchurch was well on its way at one stage to possibly rivalling Wellington, there was that much construction on the drawing boards during the late 80s, when the stockmarket crash happened it, left what was only a small portion of developments actually coming to fruition.