Open AccessCashfields shopping centre: Christchurch
Author(s) -
John Taylor
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
bulletin of the new zealand society for earthquake engineering/nzsee quarterly bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.917
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2324-1543
pISSN - 1174-9857
DOI - 10.5459/bnzsee.16.2.172-174
Subject(s) - roof , ground floor , brick , masonry , basement , geology , block (permutation group theory) , ground level , reinforced concrete , structural engineering , forensic engineering , civil engineering , engineering , geometry , mathematics
The building was originally designed as a department store for the D. I. C. Limited and was constructed in three stages commencing in the early 1890's. It is of 3 storeys with a basement over part of the area. Walls are of brick masonry, and floors and roof are timber framed on steel beams and cast iron columns.
The general layout of the structure
is shown in fig. 1. The building extends the full depth of the city block - some
101m - with width 21m (approx.) at
Cashel Street, and 37m (approx.) at Lichfield Street. Storey heights are 5.5m ground
to first floor, 4.8m first to second and
4.0m second floor to roof. Parapets
are 1.2m high at side walls and up to
3.0m high at the street frontages,
The building was generally in sound condition, with no sign of any significant deterioration or movement in the main structural elements. Floor ties to the side walls could be observed externally
at all levels, although the spacing at
the second floor and roof was sparse
and irregular.