North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR) State Highway 1, Peketā Key words: Rockfall, Canopy, Construction, NCTIR, Kaikōura Abstract The Rockfall Canopy (SCC-500) installed above State Highway 1 (SH1), south of Kaikōura extends for 104m in length and is the first of its kind in the Southern…
Geotechnical Slope Hazard Design Team Keywords: Lessons Learned, NCTIR, Natural Hazards, Disaster Response, Kaikōura Introduction This paper captures the lessons learnt from the Geotechnical Slope Hazards Design Team over the approximate four-year duration of the NCTIR (North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery) project. The paper is…
ABSTRACT The Magnitude (Mw) 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake struck the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand in November 2016, resulting in widespread damage to the slopes along the Kaikōura coast. Many of the subsequent remediation measures relied on rock anchors, and a significant…
ABSTRACT Following the M7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake GeoStabilization NZ Ltd (formerly Hiway GeoStabilization Ltd) were awarded the North Face Ohau Point Scaling and High Tensile Mesh Installation contract. The original design to mitigate rockfall hazards included a pinned high tensile steel wire mesh. The ground…
Abstract The Ward to Cheviot section of State Highway 1 is a key lifeline transportation route that runs through the Kaikōura township. Its strategic importance on the national state highway connecting the North Island via the Wellington-Picton ferry to the city of Christchurch in the…
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…
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…
Comments and opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of Waka Kotahi Slope Assessed Risk Level Course(s) The Waka Kotahi/NZTA ARL slope assessment courses previously detailed in the June 2020 Geomechanics News, have been delayed by Covid-19 due to the international travel restrictions…
Prepared for the 69th Highway Geology Symposium, September, 2018 ABSTRACT The November 2016 M7.8 Kaikoura earthquake resulted in excess of 40 landslides that directly impacted the key road and rail corridor on New Zealand’s South Island. Within two months, the New Zealand Government formed the…
