The case study will show site photographs of the washout event, photographs taken during construction and the finished repair as it stands now. The engineering properties of the pumice and the causes of the washout event will be described followed by the design of the wall that was adopted to reinstate the damaged waterfront.
This case study describes the design and construction of an MSE (Mechanically Stabilised Earth) wall in the geological environment of the Taupō Pumice Formation, a non-welded ignimbrite and reworked deposits from the 181 AD Taupō eruption.
