Auckland Auckland has been treated to a continued series of exciting talks this year. John Begg, a geologist from GNS, spoke on the urban mapping project which will see more detailed geological maps produced for the area. An exciting prospect which drew great interest. Bruce…
This report mainly covers ISRM-related information from the Board and Council meetings held on 30 September /01 October and 02 October 2017 respectively in association with the Afrirock 2017 conference in Cape Town, South Africa. 54 of the 62 ISRM National Groups attended the Council…
I took up my new role as Vice President for Australasia in September, at the closing ceremony of the 19th ICSMGE. I took over from Professor Mark Jaksa, and am grateful for his work and for the support that Professor Mick Pender provided as NZGS…
The NZ Geotechnical Society awards a number of prizes and scholarships on a variety of different timeframes. Full details of each of the awards available, along with details of how to apply or how to nominate someone, their frequency of repetition and a list of…
NZGS organised and carried out in late August – early September 2017 a successful two-day short course on “Principles and Practice of Engineering Geology”. The course was held in the three main centres, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and was very well attended. It was the…
The closure of 2017 is a celebration of the strength of our society and our members. In this issue we focus on the 20th NZGS Symposium hosted by Napier on 23-26 November 2017. Pierre Malan and the organisation committee put a tremendous amount of work…
It is my great pleasure and honour to be writing my first “Chair’s Corner” report. As most of you will know, Charlie’s term as NZGS Chair ended on 30 September 2017, and, I took the helm on 01 October. Over these past five years, as a…
The following lists some of the issues raised at the recent meeting and nominates a contact person. Please feel free to contact that person directly, or Teresa (secretary@nzgs.org), if you have any queries. Membership statistics Total NZGS membership – 1110 NZGS members with International Affiliations…
1 Introduction This letter describes the development of a document intended to define the minimum technical capabilities that a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) (Geotechnical) is expected to have in order to competently investigate, design and supervise the construction of geotechnical works in New Zealand. This…