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Understanding the dynamics of a large and complex ebb tide delta to assess the feasibility of a greenfield port | 35th Pianc World Congress, Cape Town, 2024 | Water | water | andrew-brown berthot-a britton-g cussioli-m ford-m gill-c hoogerwerf-f mccarter-sarah oxley-m parker-r quilter-peter-w reinen-hamill-richard shand-tom-d valstar-j van-dijk-b watson-h | 2024 | |
Pipeline damage predictions in liquefaction zones using LSN | 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, 2017 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | jacka-mike-e koc-a-c nacaroglu-e orourke-t-d toprak-selcuk torvelainen-eric-p van-ballegooy-sjoerd | 2017 | |
Flood protection levees – from an existing portfolio of old structures to safe and reliable protection systems | Role of dams and reservoirs in a successful energy transition : proceedings of the 12th ICOLD European Club Symposium 2023 (ECS 2023, Interlaken, Switzerland, 5-8 September 2023) p. 972-978. (EurCOLD) | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | barker-malcolm bouma-david-a rushworth-adrian simm-jonathan slomp-robert tourment-remy vroman-noah | 2023 | |
Seismic assessment of existing buildings. Update of section C4: Geotechnical considerations | NZSEE Conference 2024 Wellington | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | clayton-p-j mcdougall-guy palmer-stuart-j whitehurst-l-a | 2024 | |
Machine learning correction of overpredicted liquefaction manifestation using Liquefaction Severity Number | NZSEE Conference 2024 Wellington | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | jacka-mike-e kennerley-b-r lacrosse-virginie mcdougall-nathan russell-james van-ballegooy-sjoerd | 2024 | |
Design and construction of Rammed Aggregate Piers for Te Kaha – Canterbury’s new multi-use arena | 8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (ICEGE), 2024, Osaka | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | bowen-hayden | 2024 | |
Analysis of spatial variability to develop ground investigation density guidance in New Zealand | 8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (ICEGE), 2024, Osaka | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | jacka-mike-e ogden-matt-l | 2024 | |
Numerical simulation of lateral spreading observed in Christchurch during the 2010-2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence | 8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (ICEGE), 2024, Osaka | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | cubrinovski-misko millen-maxim-d-l | 2024 | |
Is it a ‘wetland’? Is it a ‘river’? No… it’s a grey area | NZ Stormwater Conference 2024 | Water | water | conn-selene quinn-justine-l | 2024 | |
Enabling investment: is the water sector innovative enough to try something different? Part 2 | Water New Zealand Journal Issue 235 July/August 2024 p. 38-42 | Water | water | tiller-brad | 2024 | |
Cyclone Gabrielle recovery : Palmerston North to Gisborne Line (PNGL): Napier to Wairoa – KiwiRail ‘make safe’ response | NZ Geomechanics News Issue 107 June 2024 p. 82-91 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | nally-adam | 2024 | |
Enabling investment: is the water sector innovative enough to try something different? Part 1 | Water : official journal of Water New Zealand Issue 234 May/June 2024 p. 26-32 | Water | water | tiller-brad | 2024 | |
Developing source water risk management plans : national case studies | Water New Zealand Annual Conference, 2023, Wellington | Water | water | ross-hannah | 2023 | |
Defining resilience : a prerequisite for effective flood management | Water NZ Stormwater Conference, 2024, Wellington. | Water | water | cartwright-alex | 2024 | |
Exploring the benefits of rocking shallow foundations | NZSEE Conference 2024 Wellington | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | millen-maxim-d-l storie-luke-b | 2024 | |
Stormwater design at Whanganui Prison : a rehabilitation journey | Water NZ Stormwater Conference, 2024, Wellington | Water | water | brockbank-t ferguson-reuben millar-a robertson-e | 2024 | |
Storming ahead: water infrastructure for growth | Water NZ Stormwater Conference, 2024, Wellington | Water | water | edmond-h hooker-mark powell-r yorston-fraser | 2024 | |
Regenerative stormwater management: a systems approach | Water NZ Stormwater Conference, 2024, Wellington | Water | water | hodson-joshua | 2024 | |
Soil structure interaction in laterally displacing ground | NZSEE Conference 2024 Wellington | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | palmer-stuart-j rama-bhavesh-h | 2024 | |
Ground improvement techniques undertaken for the road embankments on soft soil for the Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway | New Zealand Geomechanics News Issue 106 December 2023 p. 50-60 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | cole-richard-g haxell-tim ramilo-razel | 2023 | |
Innovative design approaches on a major transport infrastructure project at the coast : the Te Ara Tupua experience | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water | foster-mark shand-tom-d | 2023 | |
Greening the grey – incorporating ecological enhancement into the Te Ara Tupua pathway | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water | bell-jacqui bull-leigh burke-sean hetet-len miller-aaron paine-michael shand tom-d | 2023 | |
Vegetation for wave overtopping mitigation : a laboratory and numerical investigation | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water | blakely-holly shand-tom-d whittaker-colin | 2023 | |
Waves and pathways: a data driven approach to site-specific overtopping analysis | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water | beetham-eddie chan-jonathan flocard-francois paine-michael shand-tom-d taylor-verity | 2023 | |
A multi-model workflow for assessing multi-scale beach dynamics | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water | beetham-eddie blakely-holly-shand kennedy-david-m mccarroll-jak perry-ben tom-d | 2023 | |
Golden Cross Landslide – effects of stabilisation works 17 years later | 12th Australia – New Zealand Geomechanics Conference, Wellington, 2015 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | harrison-ben-t loney-grant-a | 2015 | |
Using physical model testing to inform coastal design in complex wave environments | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water | blanchard-leandre chan-jonathan flocard-francois paine-michael shand-tom-d | 2023 | |
Ōpōtiki Harbour development – construction challenges at the end of a sand spit | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water | partner-lance-d pearce-grant-w scott-murray wyeth-david | 2023 | |
Ōpōtiki Harbour development – innovation in environmental management plans | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water | hansen-reuben jones-hayley partner-lance-d wyeth-david | 2023 | |
Xbloc and earthquakes – a multi-modal approach to determining revetment performance and repair | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water | chan-jonathan davis-brian flocard-francois kennedy-andrew-i paine-michael shand-tom-d storie-luke-b taylor-verity yohannes-mikias | 2023 | |
Wave overtopping of coastal infrastructure in New Zealand: field measurement techniques and triggers for adaptation | Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference, 2013, Sydney | Water | water | quilter-peter-w shand-tom-d whittaker-colin | 2023 | |
A brief summary of worldwide regulations and recommendations requiring geosynthetic barriers | 12th International Conference on Geosynthetics, 2023, Roma, Italy (12ICG) | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | shahkolahi-a shamrock-jonathan von-maubeuge-k-p | 2023 | |
Emergency response for urban stormwater dams in a large-scale flood even | ANCOLD 2023 Conference on Dams | Water | water | knappstein-dewi ng-kevin | 2023 | |
Design and construction of rammed aggregate piers for Te Kaha – Canterbury’s new multi-use arena | 14th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Cairns, 2023 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | bowen-hayden | 2023 | |
Geotechnical application and benefits of performance-based design | 14th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Cairns, 2023 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | robinson-james storie-luke-b van-ballegooy-sjoerd | 2023 | |
Shear behaviour of a heavily-overconsolidated claystone deposit | 14th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Cairns, 2023 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | dissanayake-ajith sivakumar-siva wijeyakulasuriya-vasantha | 2023 | |
What’s next after COP27? How we can keep 1.5 degrees alive in Aotearoa New Zealand’s infrastructure industry through asset management | IPWEA 2023 Conference, Rotorua | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | meaclem-michelle | 2023 | |
Application of the geotechnical step change provisions of the 2017 MBIE Guidelines for the Seismic Assessment of Buildings | NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Conference 2021 Christchurch | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | jury-r-d palmer-stuart-j whitehurst-l | 2021 | |
Rebuilding Christchurch following the Canterbury earthquakes – implementation of geotechnical lessons learnt | NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Conference 2021 Christchurch | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | bowen-hayden jacka-michael-e | 2021 | |
Push-over analysis of a 3D architectural wharf structure including soil-structure interaction | NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Conference 2021 Christchurch | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | lei-weikuang storie-luke-b van-ballegooy-sjoerd vink-alex | 2021 | |
Liquefaction induced kinematic loads on piles and inertia loads – literature review and design suggestions | NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Conference 2023 Auckland | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | chin-engliang palmer-stuart-j rama-bhavesh-h | 2023 | |
Mitigation of liquefaction-induced lateral spread ground displacement using an in-ground pile wall | NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Conference 2023 Auckland | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | palmer-stuart-j rolfe-anthony | 2023 | |
Seismic design of an XblocPlus revetment using multi-model approach | NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Conference 2023 Auckland | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | yohannes-mikias | 2023 | |
Assessment of lateral spread potential using smeared strengths of liquefied/non liquefied soils | NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Conference 2023 Auckland | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | palmer-stuart-j peebles-emily-j | 2023 | |
Optimisation through an Alternative Solution approach incorporating soil-structure interaction | NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Conference 2023 Auckland | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | al-ani-m bradley-d robinson-james storie-luke-b van-ballegooy-sjoerd | 2023 | |
New Dunedin Hospital pile trial | NZ Geomechanics News Issue 104 December 2022 p. 78-82 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | sutherland-scott | 2022 | |
Drought prone buildings : an unmitigated disaster in waiting | NZ Geomchanics News Iss. 104 December 2022 p. 62-68 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | mcdougall-nathan rogers-nick-w soysa-shiraz-r teal-joshua thomas-mark | 2022 | |
Examples of ground improvement applications for earthquake design | NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Conference 2023 Auckland | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | yohannes-mikias | 2023 | |
Seismic strengthening Auckland’s waterfront | NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Conference 2021 Christchurch | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | foster-mark storie-luke-b yang-daiquan | 2021 | |
Adaptation of coastal protection infrastructure | New Zealand Coastal Society special publication 5, November 2022 p. 79-86 | Water | water | blakely-holly quilter-peter-w shand-tom-d smith-seth whittaker-colin witney-madeline | 2022 | |
Identifying and classifying expansive soils in New Zealand – time to find a better way? | New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) Symposium 2021 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | rogers-nick-w teal-joshua | 2021 | |
Use of tremie concrete in New Zealand deep foundations | New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) Symposium 2021 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | hill-m thorp-aidan | 2021 | |
A case study: trench stabilization using cutter soil mixing | New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) Symposium 2021 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | djoric-anika ridgley-nicola sadeghian-somaye | 2021 | |
Time-history validation of pseudo-static design procedure for jet grout shear walls subject to liquefaction induced lateral spread | New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) Symposium 2021 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | child-mark lai-tzin-hwa neves-manuel yang-daiquan | 2021 | |
Impacts and implications of climate change on wastewater systems: a New Zealand perspective | Climate Risk Management 31 (2021) Paper 100262 | Waste + Resource Recovery | waste-resource-recovery | bell-rob-g cowper-heays-katherine hughes-james olesson-erica stroombergen-adolph | 2021 | |
The past is key to the future: collating historical cases of liquefaction to supplement liquefaction hazard assessments | New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) Symposium 2021 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | bastin-sarah-h ogden-matt-o van-ballegooy-sjoerd | 2021 | |
System response liquefaction analysis – application of a “base isolation” effect | New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) Symposium 2021 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | bowen-hayden kirkwood-peter mcdougall-guy | 2021 | |
Managing ground risk for Auckland’s City Rail Link project: concept design to procurement | New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) Symposium 2021 | Transport | transport | elvy-james hun-a ireland-t-j kirk-p-a | 2021 | |
The identification and characterisation of collapsible soils: a brief review of current practice | New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) Symposium 2021 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | brink-george | 2021 | |
Mapping and monitoring landslides in New Zealand using Sentinel-1 InSAR data: a case study from Gisborne | NZ Geotechnical Society (NZGS) Symposium 2021 Dunedin | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | brook-m-s cave-murry cook-matthew hamling-i tunnicliffe-j | 2021 | |
Creating resilient communities with medium-range hazard warning systems | Progress in Disaster Science Volume 12, December 2021, Article 100203 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | bardsley-anna fakhruddin-bapon gluckman-peter-d griffiths-georgina mcelroy-andrew | 2021 | |
Rebuild or withdraw? Natural disasters provide opportunity to evaluate | National Business Review 23 July 2021 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | rogers-nick-w | 2021 | |
Fish passage – design and construction challenges | Water New Zealand Stormwater Conference, 2021, Tauranga | Water | water | knappstein-dewi quilter-bryn rabel-pushpaka yorston-fraser | 2021 | |
NZfloodpics: engaging communities to support flood resilience | Water New Zealand Stormwater Conference, 2021, Tauranga | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | dowson-lisa clayton-e foster-liam goodier-c kay-t lorrey-a rix-jon smith-hamish | 2021 | |
Evaluation of liquefaction ejecta case histories in Christchurch | Geo-Congress 2022 : geophysical and earthquake engineering and soil dynamics : selected papers from Geo-Congress 2022, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 20-23, 2022 (GSP 334) p. 520-530 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | jonathan-d mijic-zorana-bray van-ballegooy-sjoerd | 2022 | |
Nanako Stream : developing a comprehensive stormwater solution | Water New Zealand Conference 2021 (Rescheduled to February 2022) | Water | water | hodson-joshua kelly-robert mocke-richard | 2021 | |
Achieving water quality objectives in a future of rising tides: a case study from the 36th America’s Cup infrastructure project | Water New Zealand Stormwater Conference, 2021, Tauranga | Water | water | bassett-tom ingle-w wilson-richard-i | 2021 | |
Future proofed tunnels at Karang-a-hape Road Station | 17th Australasian Tunnelling Conference, 2021, Melbourne | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | howard-j-c howard-katerina | 2021 | |
Future changes in built environment risk to coastal flooding, permanent inundation and coastal erosion hazards | Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ASCE) 147(3) May 2021 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | ben-shand-tom-d haughey paulik-ryan popovich-ben rebekah reeve-glen stephens-scott-a wadhwa-sanjay | 2021 | |
Ambient entrainment mechanisms of partially unconfined turbidity currents interacting with a continuous rigid obstacle | Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ASCE) 147(3) May 2021 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | friedrich-heide stevens-craig wilson-richard | 2021 | |
Innovative earthworks to achieve settlement performance of a very deep fill | Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2022, Sydney. | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | roger-j yang-daiquan | 2022 | |
Stormwater pollution risk mitigation in a highly industrialised catchment – Lowes Pit case study | Water New Zealand Stormwater Conference, 2021, Tauranga | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | cantrell-clint cantrell-h chapman-b kamish-wageed kneebone-m | 2021 | |
Seeking shelter: The factors that influence refuge since Cyclone Gorky in the Coastal Area of Bangladesh | Progress In Disaster Science Volume 11, October 2021, Article 100179 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience | fakhruddin-bapon hadi-tahmina islam-md-sirajul richter-denise | 2021 | |
Rawene Reserve landslips emergency response and stabilisation | Proceedings of the 7th International Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 2022, Sydney | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | john-seward simon-farquhar | 2022 | |
The use of Trigger Action Response Plans to mitigate wave overtopping hazard on coastal infrastructure | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water | francois-flocard patrick-knook peter-w-quilter richard-reinen-hamill tom-d-shand | 2021 | |
Wave-structure-soil interaction for Te Wānanga, Auckland’s new waterfront | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water | alex-vink andrew-brown emma-bullivant luke-b-storie | 2021 | |
Marine habitat enhancement and fauna management at Cobham Drive, Wellington | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water | marcus-cameron michael-paine susan-jackson | 2021 | |
Developments in the mapping of coastal erosion susceptibility/hazards | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water | charles-lan eddie-beetham matt-de-boer patrick-knook rebekah-haughey richard-reinen-hamill ross-roberts tom-d-shand | 2021 | |
Hydrodynamic modelling of tsunami inundation behaviour in urban environments | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water | pablo-higuera scott-murray tom-d-shand | 2021 | |
Physical modelling of complex overtopping flows at Ōhau Point, Kaikōura and development of mitigation measures | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water | francois-flocard mathieu-deiber matt-j-blacka patrick-knook steve-procter tom-d-shand | 2021 | |
Temporarily permanent – creating the stage for the 36th Americas Cup | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water | bridget-allan jennifer-hart joe-greene niksa-sardelic tom-d-shand william-ingle | 2021 | |
Design of controlled modulus columns without load transfer platform | 14th Australia & New Zealand Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference, Rotorua, 2022 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | william-t-eom | 2022 | |
Co-design of an innovative urban shellfish restoration project | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water | alex-foxon alex-vink jarrod-walker marcus-cameron richelle-kahui-mcconnell susan-jackson | 2021 | |
Optimisation of a falling toe for river mouth scour protection – results from a physical model study | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water | bruce-w-melville colin-whittaker eddie-beetham grant-w-pearce jonathan-clarke josh-joubert lance-d-partner tom-d-shand zihao-tang | 2021 | |
Performance and sustainability options assessment of a building with a concrete raft foundation overlying liquefiable soil | 14th Australia & New Zealand Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference, Rotorua, 2022 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | guy-mcdougall jamie-thompson mark-thomas sjoerd-van-ballegooy | 2022 | |
Combined numerical and physical modelling of waves for Ōpōtiki Harbour entrance design | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water | eddie-beetham francois-flocard grant-w-pearce jonathan-clarke lance-d-partner patrick-knook tom-d-shand | 2021 | |
Ōpōtiki Harbour Development Project – Design of New Zealand’s first river training works in over 100 years | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water | eddie-beetham francois-flocard grant-w-pearce guy-mcdougall jonathan-clarke lance-d-partner mark-pennington patrick-knook tom-d-shand | 2021 | |
Real world observations for sulfur dioxide and particulate matter due to the reduction in marine sulfur fuel content from Marpol Annex VI | 26th CASANZ (Clean Air Society of Australia & NZ) Conference 2022, Adelaide | Waste + Resource Recovery | waste-resource-recovery | danny-b-beasant | 2022 | |
Anchor investigation in weak, soft, mudstone to assess the impacts of flush type and potential of underream methods | 14th Australia & New Zealand Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference, Rotorua, 2022 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings | danny-b-beasant | 2022 | |
How calm is calm? Exploring the effect of the categorisation of calm winds on defining offensive odour risk. | 26th CASANZ (Clean Air Society of Australia & NZ) Conference 2022, Adelaide | Waste + Resource Recovery | waste-resource-recovery | iain-m-cowan suk-yi-lo | 2022 | |
Development of a prognostic meteorology for atmospheric dispersion modelling – a comparison of the various options used in Australia and New Zealand | 26th CASANZ (Clean Air Society of Australia & NZ) Conference 2022, Adelaide | Waste + Resource Recovery | waste-resource-recovery | iain-m-cowan richard-chilton | 2022 |