An online presentation covering the content of Module 5A ‘Specifications for Ground Improvement in residential areas prone to liquefaction’ is now available on IPENZ’s learning webpage. This is a free resource available for geotechnical professionals. You can also download the document free of charge from…
Rockfall: Design considerations for passive protection structures Introduction This new joint NZGS /MBIE guidance gives a strong introduction to the design of passive rockfall protection structures, such as rockfall fences and embankments, which act as barriers to intercept and capture or divert falling rock to…
Congratulations go to Phillipa Mills who was recently presented with the NZGS Young Geotechnical Professionals Fellowship award. This is awarded to the author of the best paper by a New Zealand representative at each Australia-New Zealand Young Geotechnical Professionals conference. Pip presented her paper at the…
Although Module 4 was offline for a short time, it’s now back up on the website (in our library section) as well as being available via the MBIE Geotechnical Education webpage. Please have a read and review, sending any feedback or Qs through to modulefeedback@nzgs.org….
Two new joint MBIE/NZGS geotechnical engineering guidance documents have now been published as Building Act s 175 guidance: Module 2 “Geotechnical investigations for earthquake engineering” and Module 4 “Earthquake resistant foundation design” You can see all the items in this series in our Library. These…
For those of you who have registered your interest in producing a poster for the annual NZGS Student Poster award, please be reminded that the finished posters are due in on Friday 11th November. Please forward the finished poster to secretary@nzg.org.
Thanks to everyone who submitted an application – we had lots of interest this year with eight applications being submitted from a wide range of locations and across a range of topics: Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Central Otago; 3 x geotechnical…
Thanks to everyone who submitted a poster. The judging panel will process these over the next few weeks.
A reminder that registrations for the NZGS poster competition close today. If you intend to submit your poster we need to know by end of today. The poster itself is not needed until 11th November. Registration forms can be found here. Please forward the finished…
Please note that applications for the 2016 NZGS Scholarship will be closing at the end of Monday, 31 October 2016. More details about the process and eligibility criteria can be found here. Please get your applications in asap!!