Critical Risk 5 Health and Safety Toolbox - trenches and excavations
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A document which outlines how to work safely in trenches and excavations, created to discuss with site staff at on-site "toolbox talks".
A document which outlines how to work safely in trenches and excavations, created to discuss with site staff at on-site "toolbox talks".
A formal guideline to dewatering.
An example of a resource consent for dewatering.
A paper which aims to establish consistency of dewatering practice.
A poster which outlines the dewatering process.
A document which describes best practice for dewatering guidelines.
A video of an interview with Andy Dodd, archaeologist at Underground Overground Archaeology, and Rewi Couch, representative for Te Hapu o Ngai Te Wheke, about the excavation of the site of the former Lyttelton Post Office on Norwich Quay. A Maori adze was found by the archaeologists deep beneath the concrete foundations of the building. The adze is a woodworking tool which indicates that early Maori settlers may have carved and launched waka on the site.