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Research Report 078 Seismic testing and behaviour of a 1936-designed reinforced-concrete bridge

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The laboratory testing and inelastic computer analysis are described for a 1936-designed bridge which is typical of many of the older, reinforced-concrete, multi-span bridges in New Zealand.

Research Report 077 Seismic evaluation and retrofit technology for bridges

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Despite recent progress by the structural engineering profession in addressing bridge seismic risks, several areas exist where improvements in bridge evaluation and retrofit practices are needed.

Research Report 355 Engineering lifelines and transport – should New Zealand be doing it better?

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This project examined New Zealand engineering lifelines activity, its level of integration in road controlling authority management practices, and its relationship to the resilience of roading networks to natural hazards.

Research Report 276 Developing a hazard risk assessment framework for the New Zealand state highway network

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The New Zealand Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Act (2002) requires all lifelines, including the road network, to be able to function to the fullest possible extent during and after an emergency, and that lifeline providers have plans for s…

Research Report 208 Progressive underslip stabilisation using gravel columns

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This report presents the findings of the monitoring programme undertaken by GHD at Snake Hill (SH1 RP 144/11.34), a road slip site which was stabilised using graded gravel column drains.

Research Report 159 The effect of link reliability on benefit/cost ratios

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This report develops project evaluation procedures to incorporate risk assessment of road link reliabilities.

Research Report 148 Risk assessment methods in road network evaluation

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This study, carried out in 1998, investigates hazards that have the potential to close the Desert Road, which traverses for some 60 km the Central Volcanic Plateau of the North Island, New Zealand, at around 1000 m altitude.