Rural House Site on slopes near fault

This project involved assessing the suitability of a rural property in steep hill country for subdivision. The site was located within both the Tasman District Council’s slope hazard and active fault hazard overlays.

We carried out a series of deep trenches to identify the location of an active fault and helped position the proposed building platform safely away from it. Large-scale earthworks were required to create a level building pad, involving several metres of engineered fill and significant unretained cuts.

We supervised the earthworks throughout, provided compaction certification, and completed the geotechnical sign-off needed to finalise the subdivision and allow new titles to be issued.