Keywords Liquefaction, risk assessment, planning, regional New Zealand 1. Introduction Since the Canterbury Earthquake Sequences (CES), liquefaction and its effects have been a focus for engineers and councils. There has been a significant amount learnt from these events in New Zealand due to the disproportionate…
Key words – light-weight fill, gravel raft, settlements, numerical modelling Abstract The use of Mainmark’s Terefil as an alternative to reinforced gravel raft for liquefaction mitigation and to minimise total static settlements and foundation differential performance under the building loads over soft cohesive and loose…
Our research programmes are advancing the science and implementation pathways of earthquake resilience through system-level science with highly integrated collaborations coordinated across the physical, engineering and social sciences and across multiple research institutions. The research is principally organised into Disciplinary Themes, Inter-disciplinary Programmes and Coordination…
NZGS Research Scholarship A rupture of the Wellington Fault is widely considered to be the greatest seismic risk to Aotearoa. A MW 7.5 earthquake has been posited on the Wellington-Hutt Valley segment of the fault, with an estimated probability of 10-15% occurrence in the next…
This Year’s Student Poster awards as ever had the judges facing a difficult decision, however with winners from around the country placed in the top three, congratulations go to: 1st place Katharine Vincent: Identifying internal instability type with soil microstructure (PhD Student, University of Auckland) …
Commissions Much of the important work of the IAEG is carried by its commissions. Two notable developments in recent times have been: These are available on the IAEG website, and the NZGS management committee is working with key authors of the C25 Guidelines on engineering…
ISRM Australasian Vice President Our current ISRM VP for Australasia Sevda Dehkhoda will come to the end of her term this year. The Australasian VP role is for a four-year term and is rotated between our two countries, with Australia taking two terms followed by…
Auckland The Auckland Branch finished 2022 on a high note, with a great mini-symposium where we heard from speakers about a range of interesting technical developments and projects occurring across the Auckland and Northland regions. As always, the event led on to an evening with…
The 2023 extreme weather events The beginning of the year was marked with the significant weather events that affected many areas across the upper North Island. Rainfall recorded over the summer of 2023 in parts of the North Island broke all-time records, with the February…
2023 is off to a great start and we have some exciting opportunities for YGP’s to get involved coming up. Regional Symposia Our four regional symposia planning are underway. Current dates are Look out for the call for abstracts in the NZGS newsletter and get…