Course Overview

Landslides are natural or human-induced geological events that cause slope failure, leading to the movement of soil, rock, and debris. These events can result in significant damage to infrastructure, loss of life, and environmental degradation.

Addressing landslides involves two key processes: reinstatement and mitigation. Reinstatement focuses on restoring affected areas to ensure functionality and stability after a landslide. Mitigation involves implementing proactive measures to prevent or reduce the risk of future occurrences.

There are multiple approaches to the solutions depending on the scale of the problems, importance of infrastructures and location of the landslides among others. This presentation focuses on Geofabrics solutions and some completed case studies.

Speaker

Eric Ewe is a specialist engineer with more than 27 years of experience. He is the Slope and Walls Technical BDM for Geofabrics, specialising in the design of reinforced soil slopes and walls, slope reinstatement works, slope stability analysis, embankment over soft ground, pavement stabilisation and rockfall protection structures. Eric has industry experience working in Malaysia, New Zealand and Australia. One of his assignments in New Zealand includes being part of the panel for the “MBIE Rockfall Protection Structures Design Considerations Guideline”. 

Learning Outcome:

• Understand the different types of landslides and their common causes
• Learn about the various approaches for reinstatement and stabilisation
• Explore key mitigation strategies
• Recognise the essential parameters for slope stability analysis