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

1. 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
      
2. 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 
      
3. 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 - Rolando
   • Others studies 
     • (NZTA/GNS?) – Stuart Finland
     • Liquefaction hazard mapping studies in New Zealand - Sjoerd
     • EQC catastrophe liquefaction loss modelling – Minerva - Sjoerd
        
4.  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 – 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
      
5. NZTA / EQC / MBIE perspectives on the current liquefaction research projects and perceived future research needed (Stuart Finland – NZTA, Richard Smith - EQC, John Scott - MBIE)
    
6.  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
      
7.  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
          

          Group 2- QuakeCoRE researchers (Sarah and Mark)

• • Perceived gaps from current researchers
  • Suggestions for the next RFP