FP2 Annual Meeting workshop - 31 August
Goals of the QuakeCoRE Flagship Project 2 workshop:
- Provide an overview of major research on soil liquefaction and its impacts on infrastructure
- Determine how each of the existing individual projects fit together
- Improve collaborations between researchers, industry and stakeholders
- Identify the needs of end-users and industry, gaps in current research efforts, and develop project outlines to fill the gaps in future research
- Develop a prioritisation of the research needs/projects from various perspectives (industry/end-users/stakeholders/researchers)
- Discuss how the research findings from the Flagship Project 2 can be facilitated into updates of codes, guidelines and practice notes and incorporated into practice
AGENDA
- Introduction and background of the Flagship Project 2 (Misko / Sjoerd)
- 2015 FP2 workshop
- Three thrust areas in 2015 RfP (no proposals for one area)
- 2016 Projects
- Next year’s call for proposals – similar to previous round
- Emphasis on areas not covered so far
- Continuation of previous studies
- Purpose and goals of the workshop
- Overview of the current (2016) FP2 QuakeCoRE research projects
- Lateral Spreading - James / Sarah
- Whakatane case histories - Sarah / Nick
- Probabilistic assessment – Virginie
- Partial saturation – Baki / Misko
- Gravels – Gabrielle
- Undisturbed sampling of pumaceous soils – Mark
- In-situ characterisation of pumaceous soils – Rolando
- Overview of other major liquefaction based research projects currently being undertaken in New Zealand
- Characterization of Christchurch soils - Misko
- Silty soil project – Jon Bray
- VsVp project – Sjoerd
- Lateral spreading – Misko
- Case history based studies from 2010 – 2011 Canterbury Earthquakes
- Residential land and buildings - Sjoerd
- Pipe networks & bridges – Misko
- Pumaceous Soils (5 mins) - Rolando
- Others studies
- (NZTA/GNS?) – Stuart Finland
- Liquefaction hazard mapping studies in New Zealand - Sjoerd
- EQC catastrophe liquefaction loss modelling – Minerva - Sjoerd
- Characterization of Christchurch soils - Misko
- Overview of international contribution to New Zealand liquefaction research including research teams, capability, and funding sources
- Introduction - Misko
- Principal contributors
- Research teams and areas of research
- Research capability and funding contribution
- Liquefaction evaluation methods (3 mins) – Russell Green
- CBD buildings – Jon Bray
- Pipe networks – Tom O’Rourke
- Lateral spreading – Ellen Rathje
- US researchers comments on NZ research in relation to international activities and perspectives – Russell, Jon, Tom, Ellen
- Introduction - Misko
- NZTA / EQC / MBIE perspectives on the current liquefaction research projects and perceived future research needed (Stuart Finland – NZTA, Richard Smith - EQC, John Scott - MBIE)
- Discussion of linkages between projects followed by open floor discussion – Misko/Sjoerd
- Improved interaction and collaboration between research teams and projects
- Research gaps
- Prioritization for future research
- Other ideas
- Discussion and summary with smaller groups (parallel sessions)
Group 1 - Stakeholder-focus group (Sjoerd and Misko)- Establish the industry needs and associated gaps in the current liquefaction research projects:
- Perceived gaps from current researchers
- Perceived gaps from the industry and building regulators (i.e. NZTA, MBIE, EQC)
- Prioritization for future research
- Discuss how the research findings from the Flagship Project 2 can be facilitated into updates of codes, guidelines and practice notes and incorporated into practice
- Next steps
- Next round RFP emphasis
- Report / actions / deliverables
- Establish the industry needs and associated gaps in the current liquefaction research projects:
Group 2- QuakeCoRE researchers (Sarah and Mark)
- Perceived gaps from current researchers
- Suggestions for the next RFP