Geohazards such as earthquakes, landslides, soil liquefaction, rockfall, and subsidence are common in New Zealand, and they can pose significant risks to people and infrastructure. Therefore, it is essential to identify and mitigate these hazards to ensure that new developments are safe and resilient.
SOIL-ENG are proficient in assessing a site’s geological and geotechnical conditions, including the soil and rock properties, groundwater conditions, and seismic hazards. We can use this knowledge to identify potential geohazards and design appropriate measures to mitigate them.
Councils in New Zealand require geo-professionals to identify geohazards for areas under development to ensure that the development complies with building codes and regulations and to protect public safety. Failure to identify and mitigate geohazards can lead to costly and potentially dangerous consequences, including structural damage, injury, and loss of life.
Soil Eng provides comprehensive and efficient services across the full breadth of geotechnical engineering, including investigation, analysis, design, and reporting.
Geo-hazards are ground-related risks that can affect a development, including liquefaction, slope instability and landslides, ground subsidence, erosion, expansive soils and fault or seismic hazards. New Zealand’s active geology makes identifying them essential.
Because of New Zealand’s seismic activity and varied terrain, councils require geohazards to be identified so development is not exposed to unacceptable risk and foundations and site works are designed to manage the hazards present.
Through a combination of desk study, site walkover, intrusive investigation and analysis, reviewing geology and hazard data, then confirming conditions on site with sampling and testing to assess likelihood and consequence.
Across the central and lower North Island, liquefaction, slope instability, soft and compressible soils, and seismic hazards are common considerations. Soil Eng’s local knowledge helps target the assessment to each site.
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