TC3 Foundation Guide from DBH

Department of Building & Housing have released the long-awaited guidelines for foundation repairs in the earthquake-hit green-blue zones. http://www.dbh.govt.nz/UserFiles/File/Publications/Building/Guidance-information/pdf/guidance-repairing-and-rebuilding-foundations.pdf

This is another step on the journey, but until the GeoTech testing is done and the state of the ground is determined this will establish which category each house falls into.

TC3 drilling underway in eastern suburbs

EQC announce their drilling progam for GeoTech - we ask where does Ferrymead Brookhaven fit into this? Possibly in Bromley Woolston TC3 drilling plan.  Read here

April Newsletter for Ferrymead Brookhaven Residents

We hope by now all resident will have received our latest newsletter delivered to your letter box this week. Copy Here

Topics covered

       Business Matters - Chairman - Incoming Committee - Subscriptions

      Area Happenings - January CERA Meeting - Red Cross Outreach, TC3 Overcap Payments,
                                     TC3 Geotech,  Coastal Hills Cluster / Accommodation

      Social and Other Information  - Wetlands and Dogs, Insurance Clusters, Our Community

We urge everyone to fill in the Survey attached. If you missed the flyer read here.

Insurance Clusters
Clusters/groups of homeowners associated with each of the insurance companies.
Each group will have an opportunity to share information with each other and receive news
concerning the latest developments with their particular Insurance company and their
respective Project Management Offices (PMO).
This initiative has received endorsement as a concept from the insurance companies, EQC,
elected representatives and Cera.

Works Notice – ground investigations, Main Road, McCormacks Bay

Stronger Christchurch are investigating the ground conditions of the Main Road Causeway to identify the best way to repair the road. Work will take place between Thursday 19 April and Friday 27 April.
Read Details Here

EQC denies payout freeze for TC3

Ferrymead-Brookhaven Residents' Association chairman David Stringer said 17 neighbours had contacted him frustrated at delays.

He was in the same position, he said, with a quake-damaged house that had been declared a rebuild and no reason for an EQC payment to be delayed.

"There's no valid reason for them to withhold the payment,'' he said.

"You ring up the settlements teams in Australia or Wellington and they tell you point-blank, 'No, you're not being paid until that [foundation design] work's been done'."

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