Lecture Summary There is a growing emphasis on Displacement Based Earthquake Design (DBD) analysis for buildings, retaining walls and bridge structures. DBD is specified as the preferred design method for highway structures in a draft revision of Section 5 of the Bridge Manual (NZ Transport…
Professor Brendon Bradley has been awarded the 2015 EERI Shah Family Innovation Prize. Bradley is a professor in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury and Deputy Director of QuakeCoRE: The Centre for Earthquake Resilience. An emerging leader in the profession, Bradley has made innovative…
In December 2015 entries from students across the country were judged in Auckland for the NZGS Student Presentation Awards Poster Competition. The competition is designed to recognise and encourage student participation in the fields of rock mechanics, soil mechanics, geotechnical engineering and engineering geology. With…
The first few months of the year are relatively quiet for the society, which gives quite a relief from the normal hectic pace of things. This year has been no exception, but during the period December to March we have the election of officers to…
There is currently no New Zealand standard for the procurement and specification of ground investigation works. This has resulted in: inconsistent tendering processes and outcomes inconsistent pricing within and between tenders due to the lack of clarity on scope unclear expectations and practices about the quality standards…
On 6 May Canada-based design firm Stantec closed its $795-million acquisition of MWH Global. Stantec CEO Bob Gomes reported that the deal provides MWH with better access to capital for growth and market expansion while Stantec gains from integrating a water-sector leader with a more global platform for acquisitions and lessens its dependence on the oil-and-gas sector. David…
“Geotechnical earthquake engineering practice, Module 5A – Guidance for the Specification of Ground Improvement for Residential Properties in the Canterbury Region”, has recently been jointly published by the NZGS and Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment (MBIE), reports Neil Korte (Project Director, Tonkin & Taylor)….
University of Auckland New Senior Lecturer in Applied Geology Dr Martin Brook has been appointed at the University of Auckland, having joined from Golder Associates in Brisbane. He teaches undergraduate and graduate-level engineering geology. Martin spent 9 years as an academic at the Institute of…
