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Managing Risk for Workers on Slopes Following the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake

Managing Risk for Workers on Slopes Following the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake

Abstract Disaster recovery takes place in an abnormal environment. A defining tension exists between the need to rebuild quickly, but with careful deliberation. This tension poses risks for the health and safety of workers involved, at a time when risk levels are higher than normally…

Clifton Hill and Moa Bone Point Rockfall Protection

During the Christchurch Earthquakes in 2011, the cliffs at Clifton Hill and Moa Bone Point experienced significant ground shaking and as a result a large amount of material was lost from cliff collapse and mass movement. The sites at Clifton Hill and Moa Bone Point…

Rockfall Protection – LDS Church, Dunedin

A disused 35m high quarry face bounds the access road and associated carpark for the LDS Church and the Frances Hodgkins retirement village. The access road has been affected by rockfalls from the basalt, breccia and volcanic ash layered cliff face, typically as a result…