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Recent Evolution and Implementation of Geotechnical Design Practice in New Zealand

Recent Evolution and Implementation of Geotechnical Design Practice in New Zealand

ABSTRACT Following the 2010-2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence a Royal Commission of inquiry provided approximately 200 recommendations to the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE). Of these, over thirty were specific to geotechnical engineering. The royal inquiry recommended that MBIE work with industry to improve…

NZGD Use Survey Results

NZGD Use Survey Results

NZGS recently ran a survey on behalf of the funders (MBIE and EQC) of the New Zealand Geotechnical Database (NZGD). The purpose of the survey was to get a better understanding of the spread of the users of the database, potential barriers to uploading data…