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Geologic Hazards
Geovert Video Highlights Kaikōura Earthquake Recovery From the Contractor’s Perspective
I came across this video from Geovert documenting its role in the recovery following the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake in New Zealand. It provides a compelling look at the scale and urgency of the […]
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Landslide Emoji Coming to iOS 26.4
Geo-engineers rejoice: The landslide emoji is coming in the next major iOS update! The emoji showing a mountain with several rocks falling down it was one of a handful of new emojis announced by Apple […]
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Rockfall Protection Installation Video
Geovert, a specialty design-build geotechnical contractor in New Zealand and Australia has released a video showing the construction of a challenging rockfall protection project. From their YouTube description:
Stockton Coal Mine is situated on the rugged west coast of New Zealand’s South Island, near Westport. Geovert, a design-build contractor specializing in difficult access rockfall mitigation projects, were retained to provide a turnkey solution combining slope protection and stabilisation measures, to manage the rockfall hazard and protect the surrounding environment with a world class design build rockfall protection solution. The barrier was 1.7 kilometres long and follows a ridgeline escarpment, making this the longest rockfall protection barrier in the southern hemisphere. This was one of the largest and most challenging rockfall construction projects completed to date anywhere in the world.
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