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Terzaghi Oration Peter Day, University of Stellenbosch and consultant (Jones, Wagener, Pty Ltd), South Africa Challenges and shortcomings in geotechnical engineering practice in the context of a developing country Peter Day, a South African consulting engineer and academic, presented the Terzaghi Oration, an excellent paper…

As I write this we seem to be experiencing déjà vu with another series of significant earthquakes. For some it will seem like reliving the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence, only under the guise of another name: the ‘Kaikoura Sequence’ perhaps? Whatever we name them they are…

The first few months of the year are relatively quiet for the society, which gives quite a relief from the normal hectic pace of things.  This year has been no exception, but during the period December to March we have the election of officers to…