Abstract A residential development in the northern Waikato requires the excavation and placement of 700,000m3 of earth fill to generate suitable building platforms for domestic dwellings and associated infrastructure. During the first season of earthwork operations the highly variable and sensitive nature of the volcanically…
Abstract The geotechnical behaviour of natural pumiceous soil deposits is highly dependent on the percentage of highly crushable pumice particles to hard-grained sands, within the soils matrix. There is currently no standardised method to quantify the pumice content of a given soil sample. The research…
19 June 1943 – 15 December 2021 Michael John Pender, or Mick to his friends, colleagues, and students, obtained his BE(Hons) and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Canterbury in 1966 and 1971, respectively. In 1972, he received a post-doctoral fellowship at the…
As usual we had many entries to this year’s poster competition. The standard was high and we would like to thank everyone who entered. We are pleased to announce the winning posters for 2022: Congratulations to you all. 1st Place Dion Dow Development of a…
NZS 4431:2022 – Engineered fill construction for lightweight structures is an update of the 1989 standard, with significant changes reflecting over thirty of years of improvements in geotechnical investigation, design and construction practice, test methods and environmental, consenting and health and safety obligations. The standard…
Comments and opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of Waka Kotahi Waka Kotahi welcomes additional SMEs Programme and Standards-Transport Services-System Resilience Team, led by Richard Topham, has welcomed new subject matter experts in the geotechnical and drainage fields. This brings the geotechnical…
A biased view of the development of engineering geology in New Zealand Background Engineering geology is the application of geology to engineering for the purpose of ensuring that the geological factors, including hazards, affecting a site or scheme are recognized and taken into consideration during…
NZGS and the Module 1 authors ran a live webinar on Module 1, Version 1 on 7 July 2022. The webinar included: Overview of the Module by Prof. Misko Cubrinovski, University of Canterbury. Overview of how the NZSEE, SESOC and NZGS advisory “Designing for Uncertainty…
20 November 1930 to 15 December 2021 David was one of Australia’s foremost engineering geologists with a career spanning more than 50 years. An extraordinary human being as well as an extraordinary geologist, David was a legend in both Australia and New Zealand. His career…
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