Join the New Zealand Geotechnical Society and Dr. Cox for a discussion on non-Invasive Subsurface Site Characterization for Seismic Ground Response Analyses. Registration HERE Numerical earthquake wave propagation simulations, known as ground response analyses (GRAs), are commonly performed in an attempt to estimate the…
This event will be held online as a series of short lunchtime talks each week in December. Our aim with the event is to focus on topics directly relevant to the Auckland region. NZGS members are invited to submit abstracts for papers to be presented…
New Zealand Geotechnical Society AGM & Presentation: As a result of the extended lockdown in Auckland we have decided to move the Annual General Meeting online and set the date as 27 September. It will take place at 12:00pm immediately before what is set to be…
Register HERE Prof. Kerry Rowe This webinar presents the progress made in the last few decades for construction on soft soils using new technologies. This includes basal reinforcement, prefabricated vertical drains, column/piled support embankments, etc. The presentation follows the author’s 40-year investigation on construction of…
Presented by Kyle Bland and Dougal Townsend Due to Covid restrictions this event will now be on line https://www.engineeringnz.org/courses-events/event/gns-urban-mapping-in-south-auckland/ This talk outlines the GNS Urban Mapping project that is near completion for the South Auckland area. Digital geological and geomorphological maps have been produced, which emphasise…
Presented by Phaedra Upton, Senior Scientist, Geodynamics Team Leader, GNS Science The landscape serves as a link between the solid Earth and the atmosphere. At many spatial and temporal scales, landscape morphology and topography provide a constraint on the tectonics of the Earth and processes…