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Building woes

Number of staff, visitors, patients at Christchur­ch Hospital each day: about 4000

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Christchur­ch Women’s Hospital

Number of staff and patients: 1100 Repair work completed: Mainly resin injection to cracks Repairs not done: Crack injection has not been completed in some areas

Parkside building

Repair work completed:

Heavy ceiling tiles removed in clinical areas

Seismic gaps replaced Staircase upgrades complete Crack injection to key areas around shear walls and floors Roof bolt repairs completed Basement slab repaired Repairs not done:

Replacemen­t of slab to lower ground floor area

Upgrading of external precast concrete panels

Food Service building

Repair work completed:

External concrete panels removed

Heavy ceiling replaced External crack repairs Repairs not done:

Additional concrete panel removal

Repairs to suspended concrete slab in kitchen

Riverside building

Repair work completed: Heavy ceiling tiles removed

5 th floor columns upgraded (Riverside Central) Cracks in Terrazzo panels repaired (Central/East) Lower Ground Floor corridor permanentl­y propped Cracks epoxy injected to shear wall (West)

Seismic joint installed in CSB lower ground floor plant room Repairs not done: Shear walls and columns

Extensive global strengthen­ing would be required to improve Riverside to greater than 67% NBS (IL3)

Replacemen­t of building recommende­d in indicative business case

Clinical Services building

Repair work completed:

Relocation of CHOC to lower ground floor, which included localised structural upgrades in line with the 100% IL3 upgrade strategy

Heavy ceiling tile removal and seismic gap replacemen­t to a number of areas, with these works ongoing

Installati­on of a seismic gap between CSB and the LGF plant room of Riverside

Crack repairs to terrazzo fac¸ade panels

Crack injections to concrete walls and floors in the basement area Repairs not completed: 3 rd floor plant room floor extension and roof connection upgrades above Nuclear Medicine, along with removal of the last of the heavy ceiling tiles

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