IAEG NZ LIAISON As I’m sure most are already aware Doug Johnson from Tonkin & Taylor in Auckland has taken over as the NZ Liaison for the IAEG. The purpose of the Liaison role is to provide a local contact for communication and to coordinate…
IAEG Vice-President for Europe 1998/2002
Above: Third place Francesca Spinardi
For more than 70 years the static plate load test has been well known in international geotechnical practice. This test assesses two important stiffness parameters of the soil: the static soil modulus Es and the subgrade reaction modulus K. Additionally, by unloading and reloading the…
Course objectives and outcomes This one-day course, developed and organised by NZGS, will provide an introduction to the essential components of soft soil engineering. The course will include an overview of the theory of the behaviour of soft soils and design criteria. Attendees will develop…
The following statistics relate to visitor numbers to MBIE’s Geotechnical Education webpages. These websites are the official links to the Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Practice series of Modules as well as the associated webinars and other geotechnical education resources. It is interesting to note how useful…
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…
In 2015 MBIE commissioned an independent international panel of experts to review the New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM). The panel issued their final report to MBIE in April 2017 which looked at: The governance and resourcing, of the NSHM. Hazard estimate stability of…
Above: An Immediate Past Chair contemplating dinner, Gangnam Style Lastly, as has been common at these events, the NZGS was poorly represented. We were able to give a significant proportion of our allocated pages to the AGS. With the next ICSMGE being held next door…