Sunday 20 December 2015

The Christchurh Art Gallery, New Zealand

Earthquakes can cause liquefaction of soil. As a resultant, excessive settlement of soil can occur. An example is given in the image.

Now an art gallery in New Zealand which had similar issues in the 2011 earthquake has recently been rehabilitated in an interesting and challenging way. For more details, visit:

http://www.newcivilengineer.com/features/video-computer-grouting-technique-lifts-6500-sq-m-new-zealand-art-gallery/8691419.article

[P.S: Img Src: http://mail.colonial.net/~hkaiter/earthquakes.html]