Post Disaster Operating and Renewal Costs - an Untold Story
Annual Conference
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Many papers and presentations have been made regarding the damage and post disaster rebuild projects associated with Christchurch City’s Infrastructure post the 2010-2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence (CES). Little has been told regarding the large impact the CES has had on infrastructure operating budgets and the likely impact on operating and renewal budgets post the completion of the Infrastructure Rebuild by the SCIRT Alliance in December 2016.
This paper describes the additional operational costs incurred by Christchurch City Council following the September 2010 earthquake. The importance of cost tracking and cost engineering in the operations area is illustrated along with the value this provides in developing methodologies for valuing resilience in capital investment models.
The completion of the Infrastructure Rebuild will leave a legacy for Christchurch City to manage into the future. The paper looks at the renewal modeling that has been undertaken to forecast capital and operating cost impacts in Christchurch’s current LTP and 30 year Infrastructure Management Plan and how it is planned to manage these challenges into the future.