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Picking up the pieces after the Christchurch earthquake
The beautiful town of Christchurch on New Zealand’s south island was severely damaged by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake last month. The earthquake was considered to be an aftershock from last September's even larger magnitude 7.1 quake, which resulted in extensive building and infrastructure damage but few injuries and no deaths.
The latest quake was centred within 10km of the city of Christchurch and at a shallow depth of 5km during the middle of a working day, resulted in destruction, injuries and deaths. The final death toll is expected to reach about 200.
Along with the tragic deaths and injuries, Christchurch has suffered extensive damage to buildings, streets and virtually all services infrastructure. Power, water and sewage systems were disrupted, and some areas are still without one or more of these services. Approximately 70,000 people (out of a population of 300,000) have left the city, and at least 10,000 homes will have to be demolished.
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State of the art Zone Substation, Transmission & Distribution NetworkSenior Caravel personnel are working closely with NSW’s largest energy distributor to help deliver the next generation of substations. Caravel is working with its client to specify the requirements for a state of the art Zone Substation and to develop the program of work to deliver the next generation of substations.
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