S.A.B. Farquhar & Y.F. ThorpTonkin & Taylor Ltd, New Zealand ABSTRACTThe City Rail Link (CRL) is the largest transport infrastructure project ever to be undertaken in New Zealand. It comprises a 3.45 km twin-tunnel underground rail link up to 42 m below the city centre….
C.A. de la Torre, M. Cubrinovski & B.A. BradleyDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.S.S. BoraGNS Science, Avalon, New Zealand. ABSTRACTThis paper summarises the development and implementation of an adjustment factor for PGA from the 2022 update of the New…
Dr Burt LookAGTRE Pty Ltd, Queensland, Australia. ABSTRACTThis paper has 2 parts; 1) Cognitive Dissonance in geotechnical practice and 2) Risk and uncertainty in practice. To advance geotechnical engineering practice, bridging the gap between empirical judgment and statistical analysis is essential.Cognitive dissonance—conflicts between beliefs and…
Abstract The much-anticipated Wellington Children’s Hospital is currently under construction and scheduled to open in 2021. The project was made possible by a generous $50m donation from 2017 Wellingtonian of the Year Mark Dunajtschik. At the discretion of the benefactor and the Capital…