Christchurch Branch
Christchurch Branch Co-ordinators
Nick Harwood
Nick is a consulting Geotechnical Engineer who works for Coffey Geotechnics.
He graduated in 1990 with a BEng(Hons) degree in Engineering Geology & Geotechnics, followed by a MSc in Soil Mechanics & Engineering Seismology from Imperial College in 1994. Nick started out as a graduate working for British Waterways before moving onto Brown & Root (London) and Buro Happold (Bath) before finally escaping to New Zealand in 2002.He loves living and working in New Zealand, a place that combines sublime scenery and diverse assignments.
Phone: (03) 374 9600
Email: Nick_Harwood@coffey.com
Joyce Seale
Joyce is assisting Nick Harwood while he is out of the country. Joyce is an environmental scientist working for Pattle Delamore Partners Limited in Christchurch.
She graduated from the University of Canterbury in 2002 with a BSc in Geology followed by a MSc in Engineering Geology in 2006. This is Joyce’s “third” career, her first being a teacher and the second a mum. She is enjoying applying engineering geological principles to contaminated site investigations.
Phone: (03) 363 3117
Email: joyce.seale@pdp.co.nz
Upcoming Branch meetings
Wednesday, 4 August, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Eurocode 7 – Harmonising Geotechnical Design in Europe and Worldwide
By Dr. Trevor L.L. Orr, Director of the Graduate School of Professional Engineering Studies, Trinity College, Dublin
Eurocode 7, the new European standard for geotechnical design, and one of the set of Structural Eurocodes published by CEN was implemented on 31st March 2010 and has superseded the existing national standards in Europe.
The three major challenges in [...]
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Thursday, 26 August, 2010 at 5:30 pm
NZGS Cantebury branch evening presentation – Lessons learned from landslides
This power point presentation will be well illustrated by many photos of landslides I have studied over the past 30 years, mainly in North America.
These case histories will cover reactivation of ancient landslides, debris fl ows, urban landslides, infl uence of vegetation and rainfall on landslide activity, and the lack on insurance for landslides. [...]
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Previous Branch Meetings
Ground Anchor Design and Construction from a Contractor’s Perspective
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The failure of Analcóllar Dam
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Deep Fault Drilling Project – Alpine Fault
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NZGS – Deep Excavations Short Course, Christchurch
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The Nicoll Highway Collapse in Singapore – A Technical Perspective (Christchurch)
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Examples of 1D, fully Stochastic Site Response Analyses of Soil Deposits
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Evening Lecture – Performance based Aseismic Design of Rigid Retaining Walls
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NZGS Student Award 2009 – Southern Region
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Pike River Mine Access Tunnel
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E H Davis Memorial Lecture Series and Nakheel (Tall) Tower
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Sinkholes and Subdivisions at Kaikoura – What is the risk?
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30 Years : Soil Reinforcement to Soil Confinement
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Advances in Geotechnical Limit Analysis
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Vic Park Tunnel, Auckland
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Rockslide Dams
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