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Project Update from the KiwiRail Geotechnical Team

Project Update from the KiwiRail Geotechnical Team

It is an exciting time for rail in New Zealand. KiwiRail is in a transformational phase in terms of processes, systems, and asset renewals. The KiwiRail Civil Engineering team has gone through a rapid expansion in the last few years. Currently our Civil Engineering team…

Cyclone Gabrielle

Key words: Cyclone Gabrielle, KiwiRail, geotechnical, civil 1. Introduction As with a large portion of the North Island’s transport infrastructure, KiwiRail’s network was heavily impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle that occurred in February 2023. The Palmerston North to Gisborne Line (PNGL) was the most severely affected,…

The invaluable use of drone imagery as a tool in landslide assessments

Keywords  Drone, landslide, cyclone, global, imagery Abstract The interpretation of aerial photographs has long been a valuable tool in terrain evaluation and identification of geomorphological features at a site. Publicly available aerial images for some parts of New Zealand date back to 1936 (such as…