ABSTRACT Standard penetration test (SPT), cone penetration test (CPT) and vane shear test (VST) are the most common in-situ tests around the world due to their high capabilities in soil characterisation and estimation of shear strength parameters of soil. Screw Driving Sounding (SDS) is…
ABSTRACT The City Rail Link project connects the existing Britomart rail terminus in Auckland’s CBD with the Mt Eden Station on the North Auckland Line. The c.3km-long route traverses a wide range of geology and ground conditions. Most of the tunnelling will be within…
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…