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		<title>Recording of Peter Robertson&#8217;s Lecture on 5th January 2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Peter Robertson delivered a lecture in Auckland on 5th January entitled “Evaluation of soil liquefaction and post earthquake deformations using the CPT”. With the help of the University of Auckland we were able to have the lecture recorded (as well as streamed live at the time). Please see below for links to a stream [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recording of Peter Robertson&#8217;s Lecture on 5th January 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Blakey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Peter Robertson delivered a lecture in Auckland on 5th January entitled “Evaluation of soil liquefaction and post earthquake deformations using the CPT”. With the help of the University of Auckland we were able to have the lecture recorded (as well as streamed live at the time). Please see below for links to a stream [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ambuklao Plug by Grant Murray</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Blakey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annual International Conference on Geological &amp; Earth Sciences (GEOS 2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Blakey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: 3 – 4th December 2012 Venue: Hotel Fort Canning, Singapore Website: http://www.geoearth.org]]></description>
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		<title>9th ANZ Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Blakey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 9th ANZ Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference (9YGPC) will be in Melbourne from 11-14th July 2012. The 9YGPC is for geotechnical professionals from Australia and New Zealand 35 years old and younger with a maximum of ten years experience. The EQC and NZGS have consistently supported our YGP members with financial sponsorship to attend these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANZ 2012 Conference &#8211; Registration Now Open!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Blakey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EARLY BIRD PRICES AVAILABLE! Register now for the Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics from 15 &#8211; 18 July 2012 at the Crown Conference Centre in Melbourne, Australia. The committee is currently assembling an excellent technical program. Each day will include keynote and concurrent sessions incorporating elements of the conference theme &#8216;Ground Engineering in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professor Peter Robertson: “Use of the CPT to evaluate liquefaction &amp; cyclic softening”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Blakey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Peter Robertson (of Lunne, Robertson, Powell) will make a presentation entitled “Use of the CPT to evaluate liquefaction &#38; cyclic softening”. Where: Auckland University – Faculty of Engineering, Room 3.403 When: Thursday 05 January 2012, from 1pm Drinks and BBQ from 12 noon in open space adjacent to Engineering Cafe Sponsor: Ground Investigation Ltd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canterbury Technical Clearinghouse Final Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Blakey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meeting: 18:00-1930, Tuesday 13 December Venue: Lecture theatre E8, College of Engineering, University of Canterbury Presenters: Engineering Advisory Group and others Hosts: NZSEE, NZGS Canterbury, Canterbury Structural Group Social: 17:30-18:00 &#8211; Engineering Common Room Yesterday, the Department of Building and Housing announced that it has published its &#8220;Revised guidance on repairing and rebuilding houses affected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons and Recommendations from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Blakey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following link is a summary of the East Japan Great Earthquake Disaster on March 11, 2011. “Geo-hazards During Earthquakes and Mitigation Measures-Lessons and Recommendations from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake-” can be download here www.jiban.or.jp/e/disaster-survey-information-of-2011-tohoku-earthquake-2/ Osamu Kusakabe (Prof./Ph.D) President of Japanese Geotechnical Society Yoichi Watabe (Dr.) Secretary of Japanese Geotechnical Society]]></description>
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		<title>Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Blakey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enfocus Report: Management of Earthquake Risk by Canterbury Regional Council and Christchurch City Council This week the Royal Commission has web published a report by Enfocus Ltd entitled ‘Management of Earthquake Risk by Canterbury Regional Council and Christchurch City Council’, dated November 2011.  The Royal Commission sought this report to assist it with its analysis [...]]]></description>
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