Jacobs Ladder – A Case-History of Debris Flow in a Post-Seismic Environment T.R. Justice NCTIR/ENGEO, Christchurch. ABSTRACT An increase in debris flows, and other slope stability events, over the short to medium term following significant seismic events is well recorded in international literature. The 2018…
Current and future geological hazard resilience in the Porirua City Council region. K.E. Jones, G.A. Cassidy & G.R. Crisp ENGEO, Wellington. F. Fleming, K. Cushing 41 South, Wellington. D. Statham Porirua City Council, Wellington. ABSTRACT Widespread slope instability occurred in the Porirua region after the…
New resilient bridge on liquefiable ground over the Ōpaoa River, Blenheim H.A. Hendrickson, G. J. Saul & P. Brabhaharan WSP, New Zealand. ABSTRACT A 190 m long, 2-lane bridge has been constructed over the Ōpaoa River on SH1, Blenheim. The bridge is in an area of…
A case study in earthquake recovery and resilient design, Slip NRP5, Kaikōura J.R. Grindley1, M. Engel2, G. J. Saul1 1 WSP, Christchurch; 2 RDA Consulting, Christchurch ABSTRACT The NRP5 Mass Movement is one of the 10 Primary slope failures that affected the Transport corridor North…
Kaikoura Earthquake 2016: Case Study for the design and installation of a 2000kJ rockfall barrier at Ohau Point P. Aynsley Riley Consultants Ltd (NCTIR Geotechnical Engineer), Christchurch. M. McCallion WSP (NCTIR Engineering Geologist), Christchurch. E. Ewe Geofabrics NZ Ltd, Auckland. ABSTRACT Significant damage was caused…
Good Grounds for the Future The 21st New Zealand Geomechanics Symposium was held in Dunedin on 24 – 26 March 2021. A link to the proceedings can be found here: NZGS Symposium 2021 Proceedings_ Uploading of these proceedings to the NZGS website was sponsored by…
The opening ceremony for the NZGS Dunedin 2021 Symposium (24th – 26th March 2021) followed by Sissy Nikolaou, Leader, Earthquake Engineering Group, United States National Institute of Standards and Technology with her Presentation “Functional Recovery – Design Uptopia or Elective Reality followed by an address…
Modeling Slope Instability Due to Undrained Creep Presented by Ross W Boulanger, Distinguished Professor University of California. From the NZGS 21st Symposium in Dunedin 25 March 2021 Special thanks to Rocscience for sponsoring the upload of this video to the NZGS Website
presented by George Gazetas, National Technical University of Athens, Greece at the NZGS 21st Symposium in Dunedin 26th March 2021 Special thanks to Rocscience for sponsoring the upload of this video to the NZGS Website
Temporary Support of Deep Excavations in Rock Presented by Chris Haberfield at the NZGS 21st Symposium, Dunedin, 26th March 2021 Special thanks to Rocscience for sponsoring the upload of this video to the NZGS Website