The new Gisborne Police Station building was built on a soft site occupied by a historical retail building. The façade of the historical building had to be retained, and the building demolished. Based on complex geotechnical investigations and consideration of various foundation options, Opus recommended that a piled…
This paper presents an application of a bubble model (a non-linear multi-surface kinematic hardening soil model), implemented in the FLAC software, to simulate the stress-strain behaviour measured in an undrained triaxial compression of Auckland residual clay. The workings of the model are explained in a qualitative…
AMETI Panmure Phase 1 Project involves construction of three bridges and a covered box in Auckland Volcanic Field consisting of a thin basalt cover underlain by tuff and Puketoka Formation alluvium. Kaawa Formation “bedrock” is at approximately 40 m depth. The Serviceability Limit State (SLS)…
This paper aims at creating and assessing the feasibility of OpenSees-based finite element (FE) model used to simulate the response of a pile foundation in liquefying ground. A range of sources has been adopted in the definition of model components of which its validity is…
This paper presents a brief case study investigating the performance of the Kalamata quay wall that exhibited permanent displacement following a Mw 5.9 earthquake. The aim of the investigation was to attempt to predict the observed damage to the wall using available analysis techniques – chiefly simplified analytical…