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The Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Practice Series (the Modules), published jointly by MBIE and NZGS during 2016 and 2017, is currently being updated. Feedback from users is now being incorporated and new research and information is being incorporated to continue to assist design professionals to improve…

Abstract Until 2017 there was no standard template in New Zealand to assist in the specification and procurement of ground investigations, and so consequently specifications varied significantly from project to project and between organisations. This caused numerous problems: (1) Long project specific specifications were unlikely…