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://nzgs-old.digitalmachine.co.nz/resources/pdfs/Geotechnical-Module 1-Overview_web.pdf. It is also available on both the New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) and…
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…
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,…
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…