Background In 2016 I retired after fifty years involvement in civil and geotechnical engineering, having witnessed major changes in the techniques available to us and our knowledge of engineering geology and geotechnical phenomena. During that period, I was involved in some very interesting projects that…
ABOVE Auckland Branch: Evening talk “City Rail Link’s 32m deep Karanga a Hape Station (Karangahape) Design and Construction” Auckland The Auckland Branch have been supporting and organising a number of events recently, with the highlight being the increase of in-person attendance and the opportunity to…
The President’s Medal is awarded for commitment to Engineering New Zealand and the engineering profession. It can be awarded to an individual or a group. The Gold Medal is awarded to a senior engineer and the Silver Medal to an emerging professional. This Year the members…
Welcome to our new committee members Liam Wotherspoon University of Auckland I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Auckland. I have held an academic position in the department since 2009 and have taught a number…
Interim Advice on 2022 National Seismic Hazard Model GNS Science has released the revised National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM). The Structural Engineering Society of New Zealand (SESOC), the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) and the New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) have collaborated to…
The focus of this report is to provide Tauranga City Council (TCC) with high-level guidance on the volcanic ashfall hazard in Tauranga and its likely impacts on TCC infrastructure. For the purposes of this assessment, the TCC assets considered are the three-waters infrastructure and roads….
Abstract The Christchurch Northern Corridor is a scheme involving the construction of a new 4-lane highway connecting the City of Christchurch to the Northern Arterial Motorway. The scheme’s site is predominantly underlain by up to 15m of alluvial deposits including very weak, highly compressible peat…
Abstract In the paper on cantilever pole walls presented in the June 2021 issue of NZ Geomechanics News (NZGN) a summary was presented of analysis methods for determining the lateral load capacity of the embedded pole foundations (Wood, 2021). The testing of rigid timber poles…
Abstract An issue faced by young geotechnical professionals is when to terminate the Standard Penetration Tests (SPT) when advancing a borehole during a geotechnical investigation. This issue commonly arises in the soil-rock interface zone where the ground mass is transitioning from a soil to a…
Abstract A multifaceted desktop and field based geotechnical survey and geohazard mapping project was completed for over 25,000 ha of mixed rural and urban land identified for potential future urban growth and development within the Kaipara District in Northland, New Zealand. The project included desktop…
