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,…
As we were once again reminded in November 2016, New Zealand is a very dynamic country. Being a country with a relatively small area, such a large earthquake will inevitably affect our infrastructure and a wide variety of intensive and non-intensive land use. This provides…
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…
Top left and clockwise: Mike Stannard accepting a life membership; Mike Stannard, Charlie Price and Tony Fairclough working through an MBIE/NZGS module discussion; Some of the EQC funded students: Xiaoyu Chen, Heba Elsaidy, Mark Gray, Thomas Robertson, Romy Ridl, Francesca Spinardi, Jesse Merkle, Katherine Yates,…
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…
Abstract At 12.03 am local time on 14th November 2016 (UTC: 11.03 am 13th November 2016) a shallow, magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck near Waiau in North Canterbury, NZ. Strong ground shaking affected the North Canterbury and Marlborough regions of the South Island, causing widespread damage…
Abstract Tunnel boring machine (TBM) penetration tests entail incrementally increasing TBM thrust from full stop to maximum speed and recording the penetration rate either at set thrust levels or at set times. TBM penetration test data can be analysed by plotting the penetration rate (distance/revolution)…
The Amethyst hydro scheme aims to address the increasing demand for power in the area. It involves diverting water from the Amethyst Ravine through penstocks in a 1040 m tunnel to a powerhouse on the floodplain of the Wanganui River. The 3.5 x 3.5 m…
Introduction New Zealand is an ideal laboratory for geotechnical engineering research, with a wide variety of intensive and non-intensive land use, a large infrastructure network connecting distant parts of the country, and, of course, a very dynamic landscape all within a relatively small area. We…
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…
