Report for New Zealand – June 2022 You will recall from our last update that NZGS is bidding to host the 16th ISRM International Congress in 2027. This is ISRM’s flagship event and occurs every four years. A little like the Olympic Games, potential host…
Abstract The Christchurch Northern Corridor is a scheme involving the construction of a new 4-lane highway connecting the City of Christchurch to the Northern Arterial Motorway. The scheme’s site is predominantly underlain by up to 15m of alluvial deposits including very weak, highly compressible peat…
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Abstract In the paper on cantilever pole walls presented in the June 2021 issue of NZ Geomechanics News (NZGN) a summary was presented of analysis methods for determining the lateral load capacity of the embedded pole foundations (Wood, 2021). The testing of rigid timber poles…
Abstract An issue faced by young geotechnical professionals is when to terminate the Standard Penetration Tests (SPT) when advancing a borehole during a geotechnical investigation. This issue commonly arises in the soil-rock interface zone where the ground mass is transitioning from a soil to a…
Abstract A multifaceted desktop and field based geotechnical survey and geohazard mapping project was completed for over 25,000 ha of mixed rural and urban land identified for potential future urban growth and development within the Kaipara District in Northland, New Zealand. The project included desktop…
Abstract A residential development in the northern Waikato requires the excavation and placement of 700,000m3 of earth fill to generate suitable building platforms for domestic dwellings and associated infrastructure. During the first season of earthwork operations the highly variable and sensitive nature of the volcanically…
Abstract The geotechnical behaviour of natural pumiceous soil deposits is highly dependent on the percentage of highly crushable pumice particles to hard-grained sands, within the soils matrix. There is currently no standardised method to quantify the pumice content of a given soil sample. The research…
19 June 1943 – 15 December 2021 Michael John Pender, or Mick to his friends, colleagues, and students, obtained his BE(Hons) and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Canterbury in 1966 and 1971, respectively. In 1972, he received a post-doctoral fellowship at the…
As usual we had many entries to this year’s poster competition. The standard was high and we would like to thank everyone who entered. We are pleased to announce the winning posters for 2022: Congratulations to you all. 1st Place Dion Dow Development of a…
