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Presented by David Buxton (Northland Geotechnical Specialists) on 2 June 2020. This NZGS video presentation outlines landslip observations from various sites across the North Island in NZ  within challenging geological settings. The link to the video can be found here A copy of the presentation…

On 21 November 2018 Dr. Martin Larisch presented to the Wellington Branch on the management of risk for deep foundations. His presentation slides are attached. Abstract The design of deep foundation elements like piles or permanent basement walls, require the comprehensive understanding of the required performance criteria…

Presentation by Dave Petley. Dave is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. His blog provides a commentary on landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.

Wellington Branch Presentation 26 March 2015 Dr David Oliveira

Pseudostatic slope stability procedures can be employed in a straightforward manner, and thus, their use in engineering practice is appealing. The magnitude of the seismic coefficient that is applied to the potential sliding mass to represent the destabilizing effect of the earthquake shaking is a…

Engineering geology has a long and rich heritage and the United Kingdom has been in the vanguard of the development of the subject as a distinct discipline with the first book on the subject being published in London in 1880. Since then engineering geology has been applied to projects…