Report for New Zealand – October 2023 In October of this year I had the privilege of attending the 15th ISRM International Congress in Salzburg, Austria as country representative for New Zealand. Attended by over 1400 people, the Congress is ISRM’s flagship event and is…
Report for New Zealand – November 2023 1 NZGS Membership The International Society for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) was founded in 1964. IAEG is a worldwide scientific society with more than 3,600 members and 69 national groups. New Zealand has 577 members of…
ISSMGE NZ Liaison – Rolando Orense TC-103: Numerical Methods (NZGS Rep: CY Chin, I. Antonopoulos) The Technical Committee TC-103 (Numerical Methods in Geomechanics) committee met online in February and September 2022. The continuing education of ISSMGE members through the availability of publications and lectures was…
Commissions Much of the important work of the IAEG is carried by its commissions. Two notable developments in recent times have been: These are available on the IAEG website, and the NZGS management committee is working with key authors of the C25 Guidelines on engineering…
ISRM Australasian Vice President Our current ISRM VP for Australasia Sevda Dehkhoda will come to the end of her term this year. The Australasian VP role is for a four-year term and is rotated between our two countries, with Australia taking two terms followed by…
ISSMGE Heritage Time Capsule (HTC) Update At the ISSMGE board meeting, on 6 March 2023, Hurghada, Egypt, the following policy was approved: HTC Contributions by 28 Member Societies and 14 Technical Committees are hosted on https://www.issmge.org/the-society/time-capsule/part-a. We will provide updates here on HTC contributions from…
Graham Scholey, ISSMGE Vice-President, Australasia The ISSMGE is the pre-eminent professional body representing the interests and activities of Engineers, Academics, and Contractors all over the world that actively participate in geotechnical engineering. The ISSMGE is a global organisation that provides focus for professional leadership to…
Report for New Zealand – December 2022 ISRM Congress 2027 Hosting Bid Update: Paul Horrey, Stuart Read and Romy Ridl attended the 2022 ISRM International Symposium held in conjunction with the IX Latin American Congress on Rock Mechanics, Rock Testing and Site Characterization in Asuncion,…
Vice President — Regional Report for Australasia The ISSMGE is the pre-eminent professional body representing the interests and activities of Engineers, Academics and Contractors all over the world that actively participate in geotechnical engineering. See the ISSMGE website – http://www.issmge.org/ for full details of all…
Overview The main activities of the IAEG are summarised in most recent newsletter of the IAEG. Link provided. IAEG_Electronic_Newsletter_2021_Issue-No.2-1.pdf Summary Report on IAEG 2021 Council and Executive Meetings – 4 and 5 October Conferences International conferences are now proceeding as blended live/virtual attendance. Several IAEG…
