The International Society for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) has a number of highly prestigious awards which NZGS members should consider. Hans Cloos Medal This medal, awarded biannually, is the senior award presented by IAEG, given to an engineering geologist of outstanding merit in…
The Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) in association with the New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) is undertaking a review and update of the AGS Landslide Risk Management Guidelines (AGS2007). The AGS guidelines represent current best practice for landslide risk management in Australia. The existing documents are…
Your website team led by Jordan Moll is investigating a project to upgrade the website. To help inform where the effort should be focused we’d love to get your feedback on the current site. We’ve got a very short form here that will be open…
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Background The New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) is the affiliated organisation in New Zealand of the International Societies representing practitioners in soil mechanics, rock mechanics and engineering geology. Full members of the NZGS must be affiliated to at least one of these societies: The NZGS…
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MBIE are currently consulting on options to improve the building consent system. This is an important review that aims to modernise the system to provide assurance to building owners and users that building work will be done right first time.Please provide your suggestions to be…
We are delighted to announce that all the posters have been finalised and are now available to the public. We would like to express our gratitude to Miles Buob (Tonkin and Taylor) for initiating this project and Wendy Weng (Aurecon) for overseeing the completion of…
Presented by Misko Cubrinovski 27th June 2023
The affairs of the NZ Geotechnical Society are managed by the Management Committee on behalf of the members. We aim for representation on the Committee that is as broad as possible both geographically and between engineers and geoscientists to ensure that all views are well…
