Introduction In July of this year, 480 geotechnical professionals from New Zealand, Australia, and further afield (16 countries were represented!), headed to tropical north Queensland for the 14th Australia and New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics. New Zealand had a good presence at the conference, with…
Lessons from the Monitoring Period at Christchurch Northern Corridor Abstract Settlement monitoring of the Christchurch Northern Corridor included detailed road surveys completed using a Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) system. By combining survey control, a high accuracy Mobile LiDAR system and adapted processing techniques, the solution…
Background The Heritage Time Capsule is an initiative from the ISSMGE for which detailed information can be found at https://www.issmge.org/the-society/time-capsule. Current content includes contributions from member societies, technical committees, past-presidents and corporate associates. The contribution from Australia to the Heritage Time Capsule project was the…
New Zealand nominees Camilla Gibbons Aurecon Who am I? I am an Engineering Geologist Specialising in Geohazards. My key interests lie in the risk assessment and mitigation of slope failures; as well as identifying realistic and efficient management and resilience strategies for our client’s assets. …
Progress Report 20/10/2023 Background The June 2023 NZ Geomechanics News contained an article outlining the justification and objectives behind this MPhil research program. This article provides a current snapshot of the research undertaken to date. The MPhil enrolment was motivated by observations made during…
It is an exciting time for rail in New Zealand. KiwiRail is in a transformational phase in terms of processes, systems, and asset renewals. The KiwiRail Civil Engineering team has gone through a rapid expansion in the last few years. Currently our Civil Engineering team…
Abstract The Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway (PP2Ō) is a 13 km long, 4-lane expressway located on the Kāpiti Coast north of Wellington, New Zealand, serving as a replacement for the existing State Highway 1 (SH1). To the south, it connects with the MacKays to…
Auckland The Auckland Branch has seen a relatively busy second half of 2023, with plenty of events for members to attend, from both local and international speakers. A standout evening talk for the branch was held in June, where UK travelling speaker Ian Webber (MD…
Michele Jamiolkowski was born in 1932 in Poland, where he spent his early years; he studied at Warsaw Technical University, obtaining a master’s degree in Soil Mechanics and Engineering Geology in 1959. As a young geotechnical engineer decided to forge strong international links, many of…
We had a huge response to the photo competition this year (after a little additional prompting for entries) with 38 photographs to choose from we had to go through a couple of rounds of scoring to find our winner. Congratulations to all who submitted photographs,…