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Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Module 5a – Specification for Ground Improvement

This document has been produced in response to the Canterbury earthquake sequence that started on 4 September 2010 with the Darfield earthquake. The intention of this document is to provide guidance on what should be included in a technical specification when designing and constructing ground improvement (for liquefaction mitigation purposes)…

AGS4 NZ Electronic transfer of data

The concept of transferring geotechnical data between all industry parties in electronic format is widely used internationally. As computer technology has become an integral component of the geotechnical industry, producers and users of geotechnical information have adopted digital database systems to store, manage, analyse and present their data. Currently,…

Planning and engineering guidance for potentially liquefaction-prone land

Planning and engineering guidance for potentially liquefaction-prone land

This document provides guidance for a risk-based process to manage liquefaction related risk in land use planning and development decision-making. While this guidance specifically focuses on liquefaction and its consequences, it is part of a broader objective that buildings and infrastructure be located and built with appropriate consideration of all aspects of…

Rockfall: Design considerations for passive protection structures

Introduction Guidance on the design of passive rockfall protection structures, such as rockfall fences and embankments, which act as barriers to intercept and capture or divert falling rock to prevent it from impacting a critical structure. Contents This joint guidance has been published as Building…

Field description of soil and rock

Guideline for the field classification and description of soil and rock for engineering purposes. The overall aim of a method of soil and rock description is to reduce the subjective nature and variability of descriptions of materials encountered during the investigation, design and construction of an engineering project….