Scope and Contents Negatives from inspections of properties by the Building Inspectors from the Buildings Division of the City Works and Planning Department at Christchurch City Council up until end of 1989. From 1989 this became part of the Building Control Unit. The negatives are in labelled envelopes which include the film number, total number of photographs taken, location of the property pictured, date and which inspector took the photographs. Some descroptions include details of why the inspection was...

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Bound volumes and loose maps, many cloth backed, hand painted and hand annotated of streets across Christchurch.

Includes some maps from the Department of Land and Survey.

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Annual reports of the Christchurch City Council City Engineer's Department. Also includes a report titled Cecil Street Housing (1974) and two publications from the City Engineer's Department from December 1980, Organisation and Responsibilities and Works In Hand and Work Projected.

Content Description Files from the Christchurch City Council City Engineer's Department, later known as the City Works and Planning Department.Files are from the City Architect and relate to the design and construction of various public and residential buildings under Council control. Includes files on abattoirs, Christchurch Airport, Botanic Gardens, Bridge of Remembrance, retirement villages, Canterbury Public Library, Civic Offices, Town Hall, Municipal Electricity Building, McDougall...

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Files created by the Christchurch City Council Technical Services department on a wide range of subjects, listed alphabetically.

Includes those on Abattoirs, Airport, Bridges, Buildings, Contracts, Council Departments, River and Drainage Works, Emergencies, Mechanical Services, Parks, Quarries, Roads, Sea and Coast Works, Staff, Swimming pools, Traffic, Waterworks and Yards.

Scope and Contents Registered Town Planning files from the Christchurch City Council City Engineer's Department, later known as the City Works and Planning department. The functions of this department became the Environmental Administration Unit, part of the Development Group in 1992.Files are on a range of subjects including statistical research, reserves and open spaces, commercial and retail, district scheme, master transport plan, historic buildings, urban renewal, Port Hills, Estuary and...

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Christchurch City Council Engineers Department annual reports and planning reports 1933-1989. Also includes publications and reports created by the City Engineer's Department, later City Works and Planning Department.

Includes annual reports for the Traffic Department, traffic management incluing cycleways, car parking and the Master Transportation Plan 1960s.

Also includes some Christchurch Drainage Board employee agreements.

Scope and Contents Maps and plans of bridges in the central city and suburbs.Includes Christchurch Drainage Board plans 1879-1936; Aerial photographs 1930-1952; Bound volume of Block Plans 1879-1937; Plans for Queen Elizabeth II Park 1972-1988. Also includes a folder of Benchmarks. Benchmarks are levelled survey points located across the city, referred to as the Christchurch Drainage Datum (CDD). The benchmarks are used to establish the site level control for civil construction works...

Scope and Contents Records created by Human Resources at Christchurch City Council. Includes:Slide carousels and boxes of slides of training programmes for different units within Christchurch City Council administered by the Human Resources Department. Includes training slides for City Works and Planning, McDougall Art Gallery, Libraries, Parks and Recreation and the Health Department.Booklet from the Human Resources Directorate at Christchurch City Council titled Roles and...

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Title deeds relating to Christchurch City Council property transactions. Includes early titles of properties in central Christchurch and surrounding suburbs.