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People whose lives changed due to their involvement in the CTV building collapse during the February 2011 earthquake recount their stories.
It was a distraction and an outrage. The CTV building’s construction manager apparently stole the identity and qualifications of a former colleague and passed himself off as an engineer for years. As part of the
Collapse podcast series about the CTV building, MICHAEL WRIGHT revisits the strange case of Gerald Shirtcliff. It was an odd exchange. A bright spot in the middle of a very long, very detailed summary during the 2012 Canterbury earthquakes Royal Commission investigation into the collapse of the CTV building. The six-storey office block had pancaked in the February 2011 earthquake, killing 115 people.