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WEBINAR: Seismic Soil-Pile-Structure Interaction in Soft Clays and Layered Soils

WEBINAR: Seismic Soil-Pile-Structure Interaction in Soft Clays and Layered Soils

Presented by Dr Thejesh Kumar Garala   Register HERE This seminar presents the research outcomes from Dr Garala’s PhD on better understanding the dynamic behaviour of pile foundations in soft clays and layered soils from specifically designed dynamic centrifuge experiments. This talk covers the dynamic behaviour of soft clays and layered…

Selected Presentations from the ANZ2023 Cairns

Selected Presentations from the ANZ2023 Cairns

Presentations  by Doug Mason, Ioannis Antonopoulos, Philip Robins, Alexei Murashev, Pathmanathan Brabhaharan, Christoph Kraus, Usama Fauzi and our NZGS Chair, Eleni Gkeli   In July of this year, the 14th quadrennial AGS and NZGS joint Conference on Geomechanics was held in Cairns, Australia. Following on…

Peacocke Waikato River Bridge Site Visit

Peacocke Waikato River Bridge Site Visit

LIMITED TO 30 – REGISTRATION ESSENTIAL HERE   The Peacocke Waikato River Bridge is part of a significant package of leading infrastructure in Hamilton, being led by Hamilton City Council and built in partnership with local iwi and community. The bridge is 180m long, with…

ICE Presentation:  Reinforced Slopes and Walls with Site Won and Marginal Fills

ICE Presentation: Reinforced Slopes and Walls with Site Won and Marginal Fills

  Free tickets available HERE   Reinforced soil retaining structures using geosynthetic reinforcement are accepted as standard practice by designers, contractors and clients in New Zealand and around the world. With around 50 years of experience to draw from the benefits of this technology over…

THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA – The work that stabilised it

THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA – The work that stabilised it

Please register your name to auckland@nzgs.org for catering purposes  Presented by Laurence D Wesley (Laurie) The leaning tower of Pisa was built between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries. Its lean had been developing ever since, in stops and starts, until remedial work put a stop…

Introduction to the Earthworks and Geotechnical Code of Practice Version 2.0

Introduction to the Earthworks and Geotechnical Code of Practice Version 2.0

Presented by Dr Frank Havel,Geotechnical Practice Lead, Auckland Council   Dr František (Frank) Havel, Geotechnical Practice Lead at Auckland Council, will provide an overview of the new version of the Auckland Code of Practice for Land Development and Subdivision Chapter 2: Earthworks and Geotechnical Version…