The Wild West:EQ Repair Standards

In every western there is The Sheriff

The Cowboys

The Townsfolk

The Mayor

The Posse

Posse comitatus is the common-law or statute law authority of a county sheriff, or other law officer, to conscript any able-bodied man to assist him in keeping the peace

PRE QUAKE POSSE

• Extract from EQC 2010 Annual Report:

Ian Simpson – EQC CEO

The Post EQ Posse

The New Posse: EAG

Who’s in the Posse?

So what was the EAG’s brief?Foundations, their Assessment, and their repair

How they met their brief:

The aim of the Guidance?

Legal Guidance?:

1. Assessment - “the Gateway”eg. BRANZ/EAG Foundation Assessments

2. Improvement of Foundationseg. BRANZ/EAG/HNZ Repair Trials

Two Aims of Guidance :

1. Assessment of the GatewayBigger and armed posse

After Sept 2010 EQ

Technical Conclusion from BRANZ (on behalf of EAG):

After Feb 2011 EQ

The “Gate” slams closed on thousands of foundation rebuilds and revels

Rubble Foundations = Cosmetic Damage

2. Improving Foundations:Posse on Horse Back and Armed Now!

Purpose?

The “New and Innovative Methods “Trialled”(a) Type B - Jack and Pack(b) Type C - Screw Pile Mechanical Lift(c) Type B - Mechanical Lift(d) Type C - Engineered Resin Lift(e) Type C - Concrete Slab Crack Repair

How many new houses are built like this?

How many new houses are built like this?

BRANZ Rubberstamp?:

NIC SAID THIS –

THEY SAID THIS –

BRANZ contract with the EAG:

FULL CONTRATUAL INDEMNITY PROVIDED BY MBIE TO EAG

MEMBERS

We have seen this elsewhere.....

How are the Sheriff and his Posse getting away with it?:

Fletchers state their people are not capable.

Purpose of MBIE Survey?Remember it’s all about

the Brief:

The REAL Cowboys:

WHY? WHY? WHY?

The Mayor

Summary:

1. It’s all about the Brief/Instruction. Ensure it references the EQC Act or Insurance Policy Standard not the The Posse’s “Guidiance”

Summary:

2. Ignore the Guidance for EQC/Insurer:

(a) Assessment; and(b) Foundation Repair

Method (Different for Foundation Rebuild or if you have been cash settled)

Summary:

3. Don’t expect or wait any Government “Survey” to deal with the real issues.

The Posse

The Mayor

The Cowboys

The Townsfolk

YOU

YOU

The Sheriff