An Update Introduction MBIE and the New Zealand Geotechnical Society have produced six Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Guideline Modules covering a range of geotechnical topics. However, these do not specifically address slope stability. In 2019 the NZGS management committee agreed to start work on a seventh…
ABSTRACT Within an 18 month period the Tairāwhiti region was hit with 3 heavy rainfall events and 2 cyclones. This resulted in over 5,200 recorded road faults across its 2,238 km network. The extent of the damage at any site ranged from minor culvert blockages…
1. Abstract On November 14th 2016, a Magnitude 7.8 (Mw) earthquake occurred in the South Island of New Zealand, centred approximately 60km south-west of the coastal town of Kaikōura. The complex sequence of ruptures resulted in significant damage to a number of major roads and…
1. Introduction More than 20 faults are inferred to have moved in the M7.8 November 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake, which resulted in extensive damage to the coastal slopes and caused uplift at several locations. Between Clarence and Oaro, the transport corridor is located on a narrow…
During both March and July, 2007 the Far North district of the North Island in New Zealand was hit by a series of severe storm events, which caused over 60 large slope failures along the roading network. Faced with the challenge of remediating such a large number…
On 16 July 2007, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred with an epicentre off the west coast of Niigata Prefecture (Japan), causing widespread damage to buildings and other types of civil engineering structures due to ground shaking and earthquake-induced ground failures. This paper briefly presents…
