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 2017 Student Presentation Awards will be a Poster Competition and is open to all students. Posters…
Jobs are advertised at Opus, Christchurch City Council, Auckland Council and Tonkin and Taylor . See them all on our jobs page.
This document will support local authorities and utility owners to make decisions that are based on sound engineering and science, and are legally robust. The consistent planning approach will make it easier for councils to prepare Resource Management Act policies and plans, and to process resource…
In the next day or two the educational videos for Module 1, Module 3 and Module 5a will be available without having to register via the IPENZ website. You can still access them this way (via this link) and in doing so you can take…
Christchurch City Council are recruiting! If you fancy the role of Senior Advisor – Natural Hazards this would be a great opportunity. Find out more here.
Thanks to all those who put their names forward for election onto the NZGS committee this time round – it was great to see such a large number of people keen to help out. Thanks also to those who took the time to vote. Not…
Seminar on Assessment Objectives and Principles and Secondary Structural and Non-Structural Elements The Seismic Assessment of Existing Buildings (the Guidelines) provides a technical basis for engineers to carry out seismic assessments of existing buildings within New Zealand. The Guidelines support seismic assessments for a range…
The Volume 19, December 2016 issue of the International Society for Rock Mechanics News Journal is now online on the ISRM website. Since 2012 the ISRM has distributed the News Journal to all members in electronic version, and prints copies which are available at their…
Dear Members The NZGS will hold its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 6th September 2017 in Christchurch at Stantec (formerly MWH), Hazeldean Business Park, 4th Floor, 6 Hazeldean Road, Addington, Christchurch, 8024. Full notice of the AGM will follow closer to the date, however, the…
An online tutorial providing instruction on the design of passive rockfall protection structures is now available on the IPENZ website. This tutorial covers structures such as rockfall fences and embankments that act to reduce the effects of falling rock on people and infrastructure. The…