Auckland Branch
Auckland Branch Co-ordinators
YGP Representative – Erica Cammack
Erica is an Engineering Geologist with Beca Infrastructure Ltd, based in Auckland. She graduated from Canterbury University in 2002 with a BSc Honours degree in Environmental Science. After graduating Erica worked as a ranger for 4 years with the Department of Conservation based mainly on offshore islands. She joined Beca in 2006 and has since worked on a variety of projects involving engineering geology and hydrogeology throughout New Zealand.
Email: erica.cammack@beca.com
Pierre Malan
Pierre is a Geotechnical Engineer with Tonkin & Taylor Auckland. Pierre graduated from the University of Canterbury with a M.Eng and has subsequently worked around Auckland and throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. He has worked on major infrastructure work, design and build contracts as well as a range of small to medium projects.
Phone: (09) 355 0759
Email: pmalan@tonkin.co.nz
Luke Storie
Luke is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Auckland on the earthquake resistant design of foundations. He is investigating the response of a number of buildings in the Christchurch CBD following the 2010/2011 earthquakes and is following on from research that has been undertaken under the supervision of Professor Michael Pender. Previously, following his graduation from the University of Auckland with a BE(hons) and BA conjoint degree in 2009, Luke was a Geotechnical Engineer at Coffey Geotechnics (NZ) Limited where he worked on a range of small to large scale projects in New Zealand and Australia.
Phone: 021 666 118
Email: luke.storie@gmail.com
Upcoming Branch meetings
Tuesday, 14 February, 2012 at 5:30 pm
The Ambuklao Plug by Grant Murray
For the last five years Grant has acted as the lead Civil / Geotechnical Engineer for SKM in their role as Independent Engineer for the international lending agency IFC on the Ambuklao and Binga Hydro schemes in the Philippines. This presentation will attempt to describe the construction processes and the unique tunnelling and underground construction [...]
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Previous Branch Meetings
Professor Peter Robertson: “Use of the CPT to evaluate liquefaction & cyclic softening”
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Recording of Peter Robertson’s Lecture on 5th January 2012
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Auckland Branch Christmas Event
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Recent Developments in Finite Element Analysis by Denis Waterman
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2011 Student Awards
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Joint ICE and NZGS Presentation of the 2009 BGA Rankine Lecture
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Auckland Branch Presentation – John Hawley
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2011 Geomechanics Lecture
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Auckland’s Tsunami – Where will it come from and are we ready?
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“Live Streaming” – Martha Mine-Geotechnical Issues and Challenges
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Limestone Karstic Terrain for Beginners, with NZ examples of engineering issues and solutions
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Seismic Design of Pile Foundations
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Short Course and Christmas Party
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Earthquake Experiences in Christchurch, September 2010 – IPENZ
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2010 North Island Student Prize
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Victoria Park Tunnel Site Visit – ICE
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50th Rankine Lecture: Stiffness at small strain – Research and Practice
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Barriers to Achieving Improved Construction Productivity and how to overcome them
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Meet and listen to Crispin Hales of Hales & Gooch Ltd Forensic Engineers
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Design and construction of temporary support for low cover driven tunnels (CLEM7 Tunnel, Brisbane)
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An interlude into some challenges faced by collegues abroad
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The failure of Analcóllar Dam
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Notice for the AGM of NZGS
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Field mapping – Site Visit to Beachlands
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Field Mapping – Lecture
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Christmas Gathering
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NZGS – Deep Excavations Short Course, Auckland
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The Nicoll Highway Collapse in Singapore – A Technical Perspective (Auckland)
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45th Terzaghi Lecture 2009 – Uncertain Geotechnical Truth and Cost Effective High Rise Foundation
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NZGS Student Award 2009 – Northern Region
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Kawakawa Bay Landslide
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E H Davis Memorial Lecture Series and Nakheel (Tall) Tower, Auckland
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Tunnels – Experience from Hobson/Rosedale
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Site visit to New Lynn Rail Trench (II)
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Site visit to New Lynn Rail Trench (I)
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Ground Support Design and Dewatering at Bendigo Mining
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East Coast Landslides
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30 Years – Soil Reinforcement to Soil Confinement
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Lessons from Recent Geotechnical Disasters in Asia
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Pike River Mine Access Tunnel
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The New Lynn Rail Trench – Design of a Floating Box with a train on top
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Where does Soil Mechanics come from?
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