The NZGS has made submissions to the Ministry of Building, Innovation & Employment on the Building (Earthquake-prone buildings) Amendment Act 2016. You can read our short submissions here: Submission on the methodology to identify earthquake prone buildings Submission on the regulations
A bumper December edition of NZ Geomechanics News should now be in your mailbox. If you haven’t received it within the next week please contact secretary@nzgs.org as we may have an out-of-date address for you. Geomechanics News is now also available on our website here…
The 20th national symposium of the New Zealand Geotechnical Society is pleased to open the call for abstracts. The symposium aims to provide rigorous discussions that consider the inherent risks of dealing with variable subsurface conditions, and the regulatory, ethical and practical challenges associated with…
Rockfall: Design considerations for passive protection structures Introduction This new joint NZGS /MBIE guidance gives a strong introduction to the design of passive rockfall protection structures, such as rockfall fences and embankments, which act as barriers to intercept and capture or divert falling rock to…
Following relatively energetic debate on the NZGS LinkedIn page earlier this year (under the title Limitations in Geotechnical Reports), the NZGS has drafted a letter to MBIE expressing the Society’s concerns around the misuse of geotechnical reports and encouraging them to educate Councils to more…
Joint MBIE/NZGS geotechnical engineering guidance, Module 1: “Overview of the Guidelines” of the ‘Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Practice’ series, has now been published as Building Act s 175 guidance; refer to: https://www.building.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/building-code-compliance/b-stability/b1-structure/geotechnical-guidelines/module-1-overview-of-earthquake-geotechnical-engineering-practice-guidelines-version-1.pdf It is also available on both the New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) and MBIE…
This year QuakeCoRE and NZSEE join with Applied Technology Council (ATC) and the Japan Structural Consultants Association (JSCA) to organise this tri-national workshop on Improvement of Structural Engineering and Resiliency in Nara, Japan on June 27-29, 2016. This Workshop is intended to discuss and develop…
Joint MBIE/NZGS geotechnical engineering guidance, Module 3: Identification, Assessment and Mitigation of Liquefaction Hazards of the `Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Practice’ series, has now been published as Building Act s 175 guidance. This replaces the NZGS document published in July 2010 (Module 1 – Guideline for the identification,…
Auckland Council have set up a LinkedIn group to provide a discussion forum for geotechnical and land development professionals working in Auckland principally to provide a communication channel between industry and council. The goals of this are: Making the development process quicker, easier and more…
