The Earthquake Wild Wild West - Canterbury 2015
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The Wild West: EQ Repair Standards
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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
