Bay of Plenty Branch Co-ordinator
Matthew works in the Tauranga office of Coffey Geotechnics (NZ) Limited as a Senior Engineering Geologist and trainee Geotechnical Engineer. He has completed a BSc degree in Earth Sciences at Waikato University and about 60% of a University of New South Wales Masters of Engineering Science, which he expects to complete in late 2012.
He has been with Coffey and its predecessor Foundation Engineering Consultants Limited since 2001 and has been based in Orewa, Auckland and now Tauranga, where he has been for over 6 years, to help establish an office and to diversify his project portfolio. His main areas of interest are analysis of soft ground conditions, soil-structure interaction and complex retaining structures.
Phone: (07) 571 6081
Email: matthew_packard@coffey.com
Bay of Plenty/Waikato Branch Activity Report – March 2010
Recent Activity
In late December 2010, Glen Buddon of Pile Tech and Adam Plimner of Foster Construction presented on various aspects of Screw Piling. This was a joint presentation with local IPENZ branch held at the Aecom Office, 121 Rostrevor Street, Hamilton.
Bay of Plenty/Waikato has seen some restructuring with Kori Lentfer now relocating to Hamilton and he will be assisting Ken Read in the western half of the branch. With Kori leaving Tauranga, Matt Packard from Coffey Geotechnics will be taking over running local events on the east coast.
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