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104_NZGeoNews_December2022

Rotorua, New Zealand In a time honoured tradition, the 14th ANZ Young Professionals symposium was held in Rotorua in November 2022. It was NZ’s turn to host and being the smaller of the nations and being the first international YGP event post covid, we were determined…

Graham Scholey, ISSMGE Vice-President, Australasia The ISSMGE is the pre-eminent professional body representing the interests and activities of Engineers, Academics, and Contractors all over the world that actively participate in geotechnical engineering. The ISSMGE is a global organisation that provides focus for professional leadership to…

2022 End of Year report 2022 has been another challenging year for YGP’s. So much has happened and the start of the year and borders shut, Covid lockdowns and traffic lights feels like years ago, not the couple of months that it has been in…

We looked through the archives and found this article from November 1982.  Gavin Archer’s article on “Some Aspects of Ground Anchor Design” is still very relevant today and compliments the update we have in this issue to the Ground Anchor Specification.

Introduction I have been working in the geotechnical industry for eight years. In that time, I have known numerous people who have sustained serious crush injures to their hands and fingers from using a Conventional Scala Penetrometer. After a recent injury at my current company,…

The project The New Dunedin Hospital (NDH) comprises two main buildings, the 11 storey Inpatient Building and the smaller five storey Outpatient Building, located on two adjacent city blocks on a new site near the existing hospital. With a price tag greater than $ 1…

The end of year is that special time when the mind kicks into reflection mode, thinking about what went well and not so well in the past year, and planning for what comes next. In NZGS we do that a bit earlier, in our Annual…

National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM) The updated NSHM incorporates revised ground shaking parameters based on new information and improved scientific techniques. The modelled outputs do not require an automatic change, however, to how our infrastructure is designed. The position of Waka Kotahi is that the…

ABSTRACT The Standard Penetration Test (SPT) is used worldwide and is perhaps the most common in situ soil test. A recent paper published in the June 2022 edition of Geomechanics News highlighted the use of the test in current New Zealand practice. This paper explores…