- Hearing - Roles and Responsiblities Beginning 11 September 2012
- Hearing - Engineering Profession Beginning 10 September 2012
- Hearing - Building Management After Earthquakes Beginning 3 September 2012
- Hearing CTV Building Beginning 25 June 2012
- Hearing New Building Technologies Beginning 12 March 2012
- Hearing Srecko Cvetanov Submission 6 March 2012
- Hearing Forsyth Barr Beginning 23 February 2012
- Hearings About Other Buildings Whose Failure Resulted in Loss of Life Week 5
- Hearings About Other Buildings Whose Failure Resulted in Loss of Life Week 4
- Hearings About Other Buildings Whose Failure Resulted in Loss of Life Week 3 Beginning 30 January 2012
- Hearings Other Buildings Whose Failure Resulted in Loss of Life Week 2 Beginning 23 January 2012
- Hearings Other Buildings Whose Failure Resulted in Loss of Life Week 1 Beginning 12 December 2011
- Hearing Hotel Grand Chancellor Beginning 17 January 2012
- Hearing PGC Building Beginning 28 November 2011
- Hearing Unreinforced Masonry Buildings
Beginning 7 November 2011 - Hearing Soils Beginning 25 October 2011
- Hearing Seismicity Beginning 17 October 2011
Hearing About Soils and Ground Conditions
In the week beginning 25 October 2011 the Commission conducted a public hearing in which we considered evidence and submissions on:
- geotechnical knowledge and its implications for foundation types; and
- conditions likely to give rise to liquefaction.
Timetable
| Date | Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
|
25 October |
10am | Opening | Mark Zarifeh, Counsel Assisting the Commission |
| Geotechnical Considerations: Foundations on Deep Alluvial Soils | Associate Professor Misko Cubrinovski, University of Canterbury | ||
| BREAK | |||
| 12 noon | International peer review of Geotechnical Considerations: Foundations on Deep Alluvial Soils | Dr Jonathan Bray, J D Bray Consultants, California (video conference) | |
| BREAK | |||
| Expert panel discussion | Associate Professor Cubrinovski, Ian McCahon geotechnical consultant engineer and Dr Jonathan Bray. | ||
| Questioning of experts | Commissioners and Counsel Assisting | ||
| Submission | Interested Party Kevin McManus |
Submissions
Related Reports
Geotechnical Considerations: Foundations on Deep Alluvial Soils, Associate Professor Misko Cubrinovski, University of Canterbury and Ian McCahon, Principal, Geotech Consulting Ltd.
Review of the August 2011 Technical Report by M.Cubrinovski & I. McCahon titled Foundations on Deep Alluvial Soils, Dr Jonathan Bray, J D Bray Consultants, California
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