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Message from the AGS National Chair

KEY DATES Registration is now open Conference Dates: 3 full days! Monday 1st – 3rd April 2019 Technical Tour: Sunday 31 March 2019 Welcome Reception: Monday 1 April 2019 Conference Gala Dinner: Tuesday 2 April 2019 QUICK LINKS Registration Keynote Speakers Host City & Venue…

EoI – New technical guideline on the design and construction of ground anchors

EoI – New technical guideline on the design and construction of ground anchors

The NZGS National Management Committee are seeking expressions of interest from all appropriately qualified and experienced members for nomination to a panel of experts for the development of a new technical guideline on the design and construction of ground anchors. During 2017 a survey of the NZGS…

EoI – Review of NZGS Field description of soil and rock

EoI – Review of NZGS Field description of soil and rock

Request for Expression of Interest – Panel of Experts The NZGS Management Committee wishes to commission a panel of experts to review, and if appropriate, update the guideline “Field description of soil and rock” which was published by NZGS on 01 December 2005. A full…

2019 Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering – Programme Schedule

Programme Online To assist you making travel and accommodation bookings, please CLICK HERE to view the PCEE 2019 programme schedule.  The daily start and end times are fixed but the other details may change as we review papers and allocate them to sessions. Please take…

Geotechnical online learning courses launch

Geotechnical online learning courses launch

For release via MBIE Codewords at the end of January on Building Performance LMS website. Three geotechnical online courses for geoprofessionals are being released on the Building Performance online learning site at the end of January. All courses are based on the geotechnical guidance created…

Abstracts open for IAEG Asian Regional Conference

Abstracts open for IAEG Asian Regional Conference

Call for Abstracts The 12th Asian Regional Conference of IAEG is calling for abstracts from engineering geologists and geotechnical engineers around the globe to make this conference meaningful and fruitful. The conference will be held on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea (South Korea) from Monday 23…

NZGS 2018 Student Poster Awards

NZGS 2018 Student Poster Awards

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE The New Zealand Geotechnical Society wishes to recognise and encourage student participation in the fields of rock mechanics, soil mechanics, geotechnical engineering and engineering geology. The 2018 Student Presentation Awards will be a Poster Competition and is open to all students. PRIZE…

MBIE Building Code system update

MBIE Building Code system update

MBIE is implementing a Building Code System update programme on set dates twice a year.  The next update – incorporating the consultation noted above – will be published in November this year, and the following in June next year.  Having two consultation rounds of Building…