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Traditional theories suggest that water ingress into soils under a pavement will over wet the natural subgrade to its soaked CBR state and therefore induce heaving or create a softened support for the pavement.
Wednesday, 6 June 2018 - 2:00pm
In the case of SR27a and SR30, south of Kaikoura, there was very little space between the cliff face and the rail and road corridor, meaning a rockfall protection solution had to be able to provide sufficient protection with very little runoff area.
Wednesday, 6 June 2018 - 1:45pm
Kaikoura is a coastal town in the North Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is a popular tourist destination known for its abundant wildlife and its year round sperm whale population. The region was badly affected by an earthquake in the November 2016. At the P1A site, the first of ten major slips north of Kaikoura, there was sufficient space to install a low maintenance landslide and rockfall protection solution in the form of a rockfilled face Green Terramesh Bund.
Friday, 25 May 2018 - 4:00pm
As part of this new residential development an overland flow path, stormwater basin and wetland area had to be protected against erosion as part of the development’s resource consents.
Friday, 25 May 2018 - 8:30am
A gabion lined water course / wetland flow path was required for 1 in 100-year storm events for this new residential development. The channel is designed to cope with high water flow in heavy rain events hence the need for protection of the channels side walls using genuine Maccaferri gabion baskets.
