It has been a whirlwind getting this issue together with many changes and updates at government and professional level that affect our profession. Keep your eye out for these items in the Chair’s report and in notices in this issue. As I indicated last issue,…
The North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR) has been set-up by the government under the Hurunui/Kaikoura Earthquakes Recovery Act 2016. Its purpose is to repair and re-open the earthquake-damaged road and rail networks between Christchurch and Picton by the end of 2017. This includes the…
Introduction The M7.8 Kaikoura earthquake of 14 November 2016 generated very large peak ground accelerations (PGA’s) that resulted in the closure of the coastal sections of both State Highway 1 and the Main North Railway Line due to slope failures originating from above the road…
The first half of 2018 has been a busy one in our industry. There are quite a few updates from MBIE and NZGD in the briefs section that are worth paying attention to. The technical part of this issue is a combination of conference papers…
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…
In Ross’ outgoing editorial in June he talked about the great advances industry, academia and government have been making in geotechnical engineering in New Zealand. He also talked about the challenge of incorporating this research into practice. We created this special feature to highlight some…
