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		<title>NZGS Seismic Design Guidelines</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NZGS is pleased to announce the publication of the “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Practice ” guideline.  This 1st Module  is  a  guideline for the identification, assessment and mitigation of liquefaction hazards. 

The technical material supporting this document contains clear statements for making assessments, whilst plainly differentiating between methods for different soils.  The material is presented in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand Geotechnical Society Inc. &#8211; Student Prize 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.nzgs.org/nzgs-news/new-zealand-geotechnical-society-inc-student-prize-2010</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Invitation to participate – Closing date 30 August 2010

The New Zealand Geotechnical Society wishes to recognise and encourage student participation in the fields of rock mechanics, soil mechanics, geotechnical engineering and engineering geology.

Two regions: North Island and South Island
Two awards: One for each region valued at NZ $1,000 plus certificate
 
Requirements:
- Candidates are required to present [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reminder &#8211; IAEG2010 Early Bird Registration</title>
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		<comments>http://www.nzgs.org/nzgs-news/reminder-iaeg2010-early-bird-registration#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[REMINDER!

Earlybird Registrations for the 11th Congress of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment, IAEG2010 close 30 June!

Engineering geology now extends into a host of linked fields: disaster risk management and climate change, preservation of lifelines, geophysics, interpretation of satellite imagery, communication, instrumentation, mining, tunnelling, groundwater, rehabilitation and brown-field development, wine, recyclable materials, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CETANZ Report &#8211; Scala Penetrometer Irregularity</title>
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		<comments>http://www.nzgs.org/uncategorized/cetanz-report-scala-penetrometer-irregularity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has come to the attention of the Civil Engineering Testing Association of New Zealand (CETANZ) through its Technical Working Group that there is an irregularity in the size of the shoulder (cylindrical length) of the New
Zealand manufactured scala cones. CETANZ has therefore taken it upon itself to investigate the significance of the difference in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richard Wolters Prize – Announcement of Finalists</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 02:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Richard Wolters Prize specifically recognises meritorious scientific achievement by a younger member of the engineering geology profession and is awarded to honour Dr. Wolters&#8217; many contributions to international understanding and co-operation.

The Executive of the IAEG has confirmed that Kate Williams, the NZGS candidate for the Richard Wolters Prize, has been nominated to contest this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISSMGE &#8211; New VP South America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Distinguished Colleagues, Dear Friends, 

I regretfully accepted the resignation of Jorge Bonifazi as Vice President for South America a few days ago. This came as a great surprise to me but Jorge told me that he had to do it for personal reasons and I respect his decision. I will miss his valuable comments during our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short Course &#8211; Unsaturated soils/ground movement control in deep excavations and tunnelling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Dear NZGS Members,

Professor Antonio Gens, from the Technical University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, will be visiting New Zealand in May and presenting a one day course in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.  The topic of the course is:
UNSATURATED SOILS / GROUND MOVEMENT CONTROL IN DEEP EXCAVATIONS and TUNNELLING

Please see attached for more details about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent announcements</title>
		<link>http://www.nzgs.org/nzgs-news/recent-announcements</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear NZGS members,

Management Committee 2010
The new Committee was confirmed at the AGM on Tuesday 1st March 2010.  The two new Committee members are Charlie Price from Christchurch, and Sjoerd Van Ballegooy from Auckland. Two members leaving this year are Richard Young, our Treasurer, whom we thank for being such a great Treasurer, and Ann Williams, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abstract Submission &#8211; Extended</title>
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		<comments>http://www.nzgs.org/nzgs-news/abstract-submission-extended#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[International Multidisciplinary  Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2010 &#8211; Bulgaria
The SGEM Organizing Team have informed us that they have decided to EXTEND the deadline for ABSTRACT SUBMISSION to 29th of March 2010, due to numerous requests from scientists from several Academies of Sciences and other Universities.
They believe that this will meet all requirements and all authors will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11th IAEG Congress &#8211; Super Earlybird Reminder</title>
		<link>http://www.nzgs.org/nzgs-news/11th-iaeg-congress-super-earlybird-reminder</link>
		<comments>http://www.nzgs.org/nzgs-news/11th-iaeg-congress-super-earlybird-reminder#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is now just 30 days until the close of super earlybird registrations for the 11th IAEG Congress at SkyCity Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand from 5 – 10 September 2010!

There has been a HUGE response to the call for abstracts and papers, with over 900 abstracts and almost 600 papers received.

With this level of [...]]]></description>
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