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| Title | Summary | Categories | Link | hf:doc_categories | hf:doc_author | hf:doc_tags |
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| 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-au | iain-m-cowan richard-chilton | 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-au | iain-m-cowan suk-yi-lo | 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-au | danny-b-beasant | 2022 | |
| 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-au | danny-b-beasant | 2022 | |
| 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-au | eddie-beetham francois-flocard grant-w-pearce guy-mcdougall jonathan-clarke lance-d-partner mark-pennington patrick-knook tom-d-shand | 2021 | |
| Combined numerical and physical modelling of waves for Ōpōtiki Harbour entrance design | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water-au | eddie-beetham francois-flocard grant-w-pearce jonathan-clarke lance-d-partner patrick-knook tom-d-shand | 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-au | guy-mcdougall jamie-thompson mark-thomas sjoerd-van-ballegooy | 2022 | |
| Optimisation of a falling toe for river mouth scour protection – results from a physical model study | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water-au | bruce-w-melville colin-whittaker eddie-beetham grant-w-pearce jonathan-clarke josh-joubert lance-d-partner tom-d-shand zihao-tang | 2021 | |
| Co-design of an innovative urban shellfish restoration project | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water-au | alex-foxon alex-vink jarrod-walker marcus-cameron richelle-kahui-mcconnell susan-jackson | 2021 | |
| Design of controlled modulus columns without load transfer platform | 14th Australia & New Zealand Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference, Rotorua, 2022 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | william-t-eom | 2022 | |
| Temporarily permanent – creating the stage for the 36th Americas Cup | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water-au | bridget-allan jennifer-hart joe-greene niksa-sardelic tom-d-shand william-ingle | 2021 | |
| Physical modelling of complex overtopping flows at Ōhau Point, Kaikōura and development of mitigation measures | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water-au | francois-flocard mathieu-deiber matt-j-blacka patrick-knook steve-procter tom-d-shand | 2021 | |
| Hydrodynamic modelling of tsunami inundation behaviour in urban environments | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water-au | pablo-higuera scott-murray tom-d-shand | 2021 | |
| Developments in the mapping of coastal erosion susceptibility/hazards | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water-au | charles-lan eddie-beetham matt-de-boer patrick-knook rebekah-haughey richard-reinen-hamill ross-roberts tom-d-shand | 2021 | |
| Marine habitat enhancement and fauna management at Cobham Drive, Wellington | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water-au | marcus-cameron michael-paine susan-jackson | 2021 | |
| Wave-structure-soil interaction for Te Wānanga, Auckland’s new waterfront | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water-au | alex-vink andrew-brown emma-bullivant luke-b-storie | 2021 | |
| The use of Trigger Action Response Plans to mitigate wave overtopping hazard on coastal infrastructure | Australasian Coasts & Ports 2021 Conference, Christchurch | Water | water-au | francois-flocard patrick-knook peter-w-quilter richard-reinen-hamill tom-d-shand | 2021 | |
| Rawene Reserve landslips emergency response and stabilisation | Proceedings of the 7th International Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 2022, Sydney | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | john-seward simon-farquhar | 2022 | |
| 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-au | fakhruddin-bapon hadi-tahmina islam-md-sirajul richter-denise | 2021 | |
| Stormwater pollution risk mitigation in a highly industrialised catchment – Lowes Pit case study | Water New Zealand Stormwater Conference, 2021, Tauranga | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | cantrell-clint cantrell-h chapman-b kamish-wageed kneebone-m | 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-au | roger-j yang-daiquan | 2022 | |
| 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-au | friedrich-heide stevens-craig wilson-richard | 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-au | ben-shand-tom-d haughey paulik-ryan popovich-ben rebekah reeve-glen stephens-scott-a wadhwa-sanjay | 2021 | |
| Future proofed tunnels at Karang-a-hape Road Station | 17th Australasian Tunnelling Conference, 2021, Melbourne | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | howard-j-c howard-katerina | 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-au | bassett-tom ingle-w wilson-richard-i | 2021 | |
| Nanako Stream : developing a comprehensive stormwater solution | Water New Zealand Conference 2021 (Rescheduled to February 2022) | Water | water-au | hodson-joshua kelly-robert mocke-richard | 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-au | jonathan-d mijic-zorana-bray van-ballegooy-sjoerd | 2022 | |
| NZfloodpics: engaging communities to support flood resilience | Water New Zealand Stormwater Conference, 2021, Tauranga | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience-au | dowson-lisa clayton-e foster-liam goodier-c kay-t lorrey-a rix-jon smith-hamish | 2021 | |
| Fish passage – design and construction challenges | Water New Zealand Stormwater Conference, 2021, Tauranga | Water | water-au | knappstein-dewi quilter-bryn rabel-pushpaka yorston-fraser | 2021 | |
| Rebuild or withdraw? Natural disasters provide opportunity to evaluate | National Business Review 23 July 2021 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience-au | rogers-nick-w | 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-au | bardsley-anna fakhruddin-bapon gluckman-peter-d griffiths-georgina mcelroy-andrew | 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-au | brook-m-s cave-murry cook-matthew hamling-i tunnicliffe-j | 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-au | brink-george | 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 | |
| System response liquefaction analysis – application of a “base isolation” effect | New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) Symposium 2021 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience-au | bowen-hayden kirkwood-peter mcdougall-guy | 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-au | bastin-sarah-h ogden-matt-o van-ballegooy-sjoerd | 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-au | bell-rob-g cowper-heays-katherine hughes-james olesson-erica stroombergen-adolph | 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-au | child-mark lai-tzin-hwa neves-manuel yang-daiquan | 2021 | |
| A case study: trench stabilization using cutter soil mixing | New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) Symposium 2021 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | djoric-anika ridgley-nicola sadeghian-somaye | 2021 | |
| Use of tremie concrete in New Zealand deep foundations | New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) Symposium 2021 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | hill-m thorp-aidan | 2021 | |
| 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-au | rogers-nick-w teal-joshua | 2021 | |
| Adaptation of coastal protection infrastructure | New Zealand Coastal Society special publication 5, November 2022 p. 79-86 | Water | water-au | blakely-holly quilter-peter-w shand-tom-d smith-seth whittaker-colin witney-madeline | 2022 | |
| Seismic strengthening Auckland’s waterfront | NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Conference 2021 Christchurch | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience-au | foster-mark storie-luke-b yang-daiquan | 2021 | |
| Examples of ground improvement applications for earthquake design | NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Conference 2023 Auckland | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience-au | yohannes-mikias | 2023 | |
| Drought prone buildings : an unmitigated disaster in waiting | NZ Geomchanics News Iss. 104 December 2022 p. 62-68 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience-au | mcdougall-nathan rogers-nick-w soysa-shiraz-r teal-joshua thomas-mark | 2022 | |
| New Dunedin Hospital pile trial | NZ Geomechanics News Issue 104 December 2022 p. 78-82 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | sutherland-scott | 2022 | |
| 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-au | al-ani-m bradley-d robinson-james storie-luke-b van-ballegooy-sjoerd | 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-au | palmer-stuart-j peebles-emily-j | 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-au | yohannes-mikias | 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-au | palmer-stuart-j rolfe-anthony | 2023 | |
| 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-au | chin-engliang palmer-stuart-j rama-bhavesh-h | 2023 | |
| 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-au | lei-weikuang storie-luke-b van-ballegooy-sjoerd vink-alex | 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-au | bowen-hayden jacka-michael-e | 2021 | |
| 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-au | jury-r-d palmer-stuart-j whitehurst-l | 2021 | |
| 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-au | meaclem-michelle | 2023 | |
| Shear behaviour of a heavily-overconsolidated claystone deposit | 14th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Cairns, 2023 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | dissanayake-ajith sivakumar-siva wijeyakulasuriya-vasantha | 2023 | |
| Geotechnical application and benefits of performance-based design | 14th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Cairns, 2023 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | robinson-james storie-luke-b van-ballegooy-sjoerd | 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-au | bowen-hayden | 2023 | |
| Emergency response for urban stormwater dams in a large-scale flood even | ANCOLD 2023 Conference on Dams | Water | water-au | knappstein-dewi ng-kevin | 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-au | shahkolahi-a shamrock-jonathan von-maubeuge-k-p | 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-au | quilter-peter-w shand-tom-d whittaker-colin | 2023 | |
| Xbloc and earthquakes – a multi-modal approach to determining revetment performance and repair | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water-au | chan-jonathan davis-brian flocard-francois kennedy-andrew-i paine-michael shand-tom-d storie-luke-b taylor-verity yohannes-mikias | 2023 | |
| Ōpōtiki Harbour development – innovation in environmental management plans | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water-au | hansen-reuben jones-hayley partner-lance-d wyeth-david | 2023 | |
| Ōpōtiki Harbour development – construction challenges at the end of a sand spit | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water-au | partner-lance-d pearce-grant-w scott-murray wyeth-david | 2023 | |
| Using physical model testing to inform coastal design in complex wave environments | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water-au | blanchard-leandre chan-jonathan flocard-francois paine-michael shand-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-au | harrison-ben-t loney-grant-a | 2015 | |
| A multi-model workflow for assessing multi-scale beach dynamics | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water-au | beetham-eddie blakely-holly-shand kennedy-david-m mccarroll-jak perry-ben tom-d | 2023 | |
| Waves and pathways: a data driven approach to site-specific overtopping analysis | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water-au | beetham-eddie chan-jonathan flocard-francois paine-michael shand-tom-d taylor-verity | 2023 | |
| Vegetation for wave overtopping mitigation : a laboratory and numerical investigation | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water-au | blakely-holly shand-tom-d whittaker-colin | 2023 | |
| Greening the grey – incorporating ecological enhancement into the Te Ara Tupua pathway | Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, 2023, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Water | water-au | bell-jacqui bull-leigh burke-sean hetet-len miller-aaron paine-michael shand tom-d | 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-au | foster-mark shand-tom-d | 2023 | |
| 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-au | cole-richard-g haxell-tim ramilo-razel | 2023 | |
| Soil structure interaction in laterally displacing ground | NZSEE Conference 2024 Wellington | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | palmer-stuart-j rama-bhavesh-h | 2024 | |
| Regenerative stormwater management: a systems approach | Water NZ Stormwater Conference, 2024, Wellington | Water | water-au | hodson-joshua | 2024 | |
| Storming ahead: water infrastructure for growth | Water NZ Stormwater Conference, 2024, Wellington | Water | water-au | edmond-h hooker-mark powell-r yorston-fraser | 2024 | |
| Stormwater design at Whanganui Prison : a rehabilitation journey | Water NZ Stormwater Conference, 2024, Wellington | Water | water-au | brockbank-t ferguson-reuben millar-a robertson-e | 2024 | |
| Exploring the benefits of rocking shallow foundations | NZSEE Conference 2024 Wellington | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | millen-maxim-d-l storie-luke-b | 2024 | |
| Defining resilience : a prerequisite for effective flood management | Water NZ Stormwater Conference, 2024, Wellington. | Water | water-au | cartwright-alex | 2024 | |
| Developing source water risk management plans : national case studies | Water New Zealand Annual Conference, 2023, Wellington | Water | water-au | ross-hannah | 2023 | |
| 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-au | 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-au | nally-adam | 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-au | tiller-brad | 2024 | |
| Is it a ‘wetland’? Is it a ‘river’? No… it’s a grey area | NZ Stormwater Conference 2024 | Water | water-au | conn-selene quinn-justine-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-au | cubrinovski-misko millen-maxim-d-l | 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-au | jacka-mike-e ogden-matt-l | 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-au | bowen-hayden | 2024 | |
| Machine learning correction of overpredicted liquefaction manifestation using Liquefaction Severity Number | NZSEE Conference 2024 Wellington | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience-au | jacka-mike-e kennerley-b-r lacrosse-virginie mcdougall-nathan russell-james van-ballegooy-sjoerd | 2024 | |
| Seismic assessment of existing buildings. Update of section C4: Geotechnical considerations | NZSEE Conference 2024 Wellington | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | clayton-p-j mcdougall-guy palmer-stuart-j whitehurst-l-a | 2024 | |
| 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-au | barker-malcolm bouma-david-a rushworth-adrian simm-jonathan slomp-robert tourment-remy vroman-noah | 2023 | |
| Pipeline damage predictions in liquefaction zones using LSN | 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, 2017 | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience-au | jacka-mike-e koc-a-c nacaroglu-e orourke-t-d toprak-selcuk torvelainen-eric-p van-ballegooy-sjoerd | 2017 | |
| 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-au | 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 | |
| National Liquefaction Model: framework, opportunities and challenges | NZSEE 2025 Annual Conference | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience-au | jacka-mike-e maxim-d-l-millen russell-james | 2025 | |
| How to communicate risk when it feels like no one is listening | NZSEE 2025 Annual Conference | Climate + Hazard Resilience | climate-hazard-resilience-au | cartwright-alex robertson-rebekah | 2021 | |
| Foundation correction works on soft soil: Insights from practice | 15YGPC 15th ANZ Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference Adelaide 2024 | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | koteka-manamea | 2024 | |
| Application of geosynthetics for enhanced performance of transportation infrastructure | 15YGPC 15th ANZ Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference Adelaide 2024 | Transport | transport | arivalagan-joseph indraratna-buddhima rujikiatkamjorn-cholachat | 2024 | |
| The dangers of restricting access to residential housing following landslides | 15YGPC 15th ANZ Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference Adelaide 2024 | Climate + Hazard Resilience, Land + Buildings | climate-hazard-resilience-au land-buildings-au | beetham-jesse rogers-nick-w | 2024 | |
| Waves and pathways: a data driven approach to site-specific overtopping analysis | The Te Ara Tupua Ngā Ūranga ki Pito-One Project comprises a 4.5 km shared (pedestrian/cycling) pathway between Ngā Ūranga and Pito-One in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington with dual outcomes of rail/road … | Water | water-au | beetham-eddie-au chan-jonathan-au flocard-francois-au paine-michael-au shand-tom-d-au taylor-verity-au | 2023-au | |
| Waves and pathways: a data driven approach to site-specific overtopping analysis | The Te Ara Tupua Ngā Ūranga ki Pito-One Project comprises a 4.5 km shared (pedestrian/cycling) pathway between Ngā Ūranga and Pito-One in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington with dual outcomes of rail/road … | Water | water-au | beetham-eddie-au chan-jonathan-au flocard-francois-au paine-michael-au shand-tom-d-au taylor-verity-au | 2023-au | |
| Vegetation for wave overtopping mitigation : a laboratory and numerical investigation | Modern-day coastal engineering faces two key challenges: firstly, providing adequate protection under anthropogenic increases in sea level, and secondly, reducing environmentally detrimental engineering practices that are further driving changes to … | Water | water-au | blakely-holly-au shand-tom-d-au whittaker-colin-au | 2023-au | |
| Greening the grey – incorporating ecological enhancement into the Te Ara Tupua pathway | The Te Ara Tupua Ngā Ūranga ki Pito-One (Ngauranga to Petone) Project comprises a 4.5 km shared (pedestrian/cycling) pathway between Ngā Ūranga (Ngauranga) and Pito-One (Petone) in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington. … | Water | water-au | bell-jacqui-au bull-leigh-au burke-sean-au hetet-len-au miller-aaron-au paine-michael-au shand-tom-d-au | 2023-au | |
| Innovative design approaches on a major transport infrastructure project at the coast : the Te Ara Tupua experience | Delivery of major transport infrastructure projects at the coast requires a careful balance between numerous project drivers, including cost, program, environmental, regulatory and stakeholder considerations. These often-conflicting drivers have the … | Water | water-au | foster-mark-au shand-tom-d-au | 2023-au | |
| Using physical model testing to inform coastal design in complex wave environments | The 10 km stretch of foreshore between two of New Zealand’s largest cities Wellington and Hutt City is a crucial infrastructure corridor combining cycleway, road and rail, as well as … | Water | water-au | blanchard-leandre-au chan-jonathan-au flocard-francois-au paine-michael-au shand-tom-d-au | 2023-au | |
| A multi-model workflow for assessing multi-scale beach dynamics | Urban beaches in semi-sheltered harbor environments are highly valued public spaces that require detailed understanding of coastal dynamics for appropriate management. Understanding the dynamics these environments is challenging due historic … | Water | water-au | beetham-eddie-au blakely-holly-au kennedy-david-m-au mccarroll-jak-au perry-ben-au shand-tom-d-au | 2023-au | |
| Ōpōtiki Harbour development – innovation in environmental management plans | The Ōpōtiki Harbour Development (“OHD”) is the first river port to be constructed in over 100 years in New Zealand. Te Whakatōhea have developed an offshore mussel farm and onshore … | Water | water-au | hansen-reuben-au jones-hayley-au partner-lance-d-au wyeth-david-au | 2023-au | |
| Xbloc and earthquakes – a multi-modal approach to determining revetment performance and repair | The use of single layer, concrete armour units for coastal edge protection in place of rock is becoming increasingly common. Revetments constructed from these units can provide benefits of a … | Water | water-au | chan-jonathan-au davis-brian-au flocard-francois-au kennedy-andrew-i-au paine-michael-au shand-tom-d-au storie-luke-b-au taylor-verity-au yohannes-mikias-au | 2023-au | |
| Wave overtopping of coastal infrastructure in New Zealand: field measurement techniques and triggers for adaptation | Wave overtopping occurs as waves pass over the coastal edge and flow onto the land behind. This can result in a hazard to vehicles and pedestrians and flooding or damage … | Water | water-au | quilter-peter-w-au shand-tom-d-au whittaker-colin-au | 2023-au | |
| Ōpōtiki Harbour development – construction challenges at the end of a sand spit | The Ōpōtiki Harbour Development involves stabilising the entrance of the Waioeka River to allow reliable and safe access for maritime activity. Te Ara Moana a Toi (“A path to the … | Water | water-au | murray-scott-au partner-lance-d-au pearce-grant-w-au wyeth-david-au | 2023-au | |
| Future proofed tunnels at Karang-a-hape Road Station | Karangahape Road Station will be a new underground station on the Contract C3 of City Rail Link project in Auckland. The C3 comprises of 3.5 km twin-tunnel underground rail underneath … | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | howard-j-c-au howard-katerina-au | 2021-au | |
| Shear behaviour of a heavily-overconsolidated claystone deposit | Claystone deposits are commonly intercepted in road slope cuttings, for example in Southern Queensland and thus the understanding of the shear behaviour of these deposits is important for geotechnical engineers … | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | dissanayake-ajith-au sivakumar-siva-au wijeyakulasuriya-vasantha-au | 2023-au | |
| Geotechnical application and benefits of performance-based design | The New Zealand Building Code (like many others) is a performance-based standard; however, the application of performance-based design is rare in practice. Typical design practice considers the capacity of individual … | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | robinson-james-au storie-luke-b-au van-ballegooy-sjoerd-au | 2023-au | |
| Design and construction of rammed aggregate piers for Te Kaha – Canterbury’s new multi-use arena | Geopier Rammed Aggregate Piers® (RAPs) are a ground improvement technology that creates a densified column of aggregate surrounded by a stiffened matrix soil. This paper describes the design and construction … | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | bowen-hayden-au | 2023-au | |
| Performance and sustainability options assessment of a building with a concrete raft foundation overlying liquefiable soil | Communication and interaction between the project structural and geotechnical engineers are critical to obtain an efficient building solution for the site, building owner and occupants. This is particularly important at … | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | guy-mcdougall-au jamie-thompson-au mark-thomas-au sjoerd-van-ballegooy-au | 2022-au | |
| Optimisation of a falling toe for river mouth scour protection – results from a physical model study | River mouths are often highly dynamic environments, fluctuating in location and depth with riverine and coastal processes. Where river training structures restrict the river to a fixed location, these structures … | Water | water-au | bruce-w-melville-au colin-whittaker-au eddie-beetham-au grant-w-pearce-au jonathan-clarke-au josh-joubert-au lance-d-partner-au tom-d-shand-au zihao-tang-au | 2021-au | |
| Co-design of an innovative urban shellfish restoration project | A public open space on the Tāmaki Makaurau waterfront known as ‘Te Wānanga’ has been constructed as part of a wider transformation of the Tāmaki Makaurau downtown area. The project … | Water | water-au | alex-foxon-au alex-vink-au jarrod-walker-au marcus-cameron-au richelle-kahui-mcconnell-au susan-jackson-au | 2021-au | |
| Design of controlled modulus columns without load transfer platform | Ground improvement by means of Controlled Modulus Columns (CMCs) usually involves the construction of a Load Transfer Platform (LTP) over the CMCs, especially for construction of low embankments over soft … | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | william-t-eom-au | 2022-au | |
| Temporarily permanent – creating the stage for the 36th Americas Cup | In June 2017 Emirates Team New Zealand defeated Oracle Team USA, seizing the opportunity to host the 36th America’s Cup on the Waitematā Harbour in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Auckland last … | Water | water-au | bridget-allan-au jennifer-hart-au joe-greene-au niksa-sardelic-au tom-d-shand-au william-ingle-au | 2021-au | |
| Physical modelling of complex overtopping flows at Ōhau Point, Kaikōura and development of mitigation measures | A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Kaikōura coastline in November 2016 causing widespread uplift and landslides closing State Highway 1 and Main North Rail Line. Ōhau Point was the location … | Water | water-au | francois-flocard-au mathieu-deiber-au matt-j-blacka-au patrick-knook-au steve-procter-au tom-d-shand-au | 2021-au | |
| Hydrodynamic modelling of tsunami inundation behaviour in urban environments | Tsunami pose a significant risk to many urban centres in New Zealand. Having methods to assess the extent and flow regimes of tsunami allow the development of appropriate mitigation measures. … | Water | water-au | pablo-higuera-au scott-murray-au tom-d-shand-au | 2021-au | |
| Developments in the mapping of coastal erosion susceptibility/hazards | Areas susceptible to coastal erosion have traditionally been mapped as lines on a map. This was based on single values that were derived using a ‘building block’ approach. More recently, … | Water | water-au | marcus-cameron-au michael-paine-au susan-jackson-au | 2021-au | |
| Marine habitat enhancement and fauna management at Cobham Drive, Wellington | Cobham Drive, Wellington, is the site of a newly constructed footpath and cycleway with 430 m of associated erosion protection in the form of rock revetment. Habitat enhancement over and … | Water | water-au | marcus-cameron-au michael-paine-au susan-jackson-au | 2021-au | |
| Wave-structure-soil interaction for Te Wānanga, Auckland’s new waterfront | Te Wānanga, Auckland’s new waterfront public space, is part of the Downtown Infrastructure Development Programme, which aimed to revitalise the waterfront of downtown Auckland through a series of interconnected projects. … | Water | water-au | alex-vink-au andrew-brown-au emma-bullivant-au luke-b-storie-au | 2021-au | |
| The use of Trigger Action Response Plans to mitigate wave overtopping hazard on coastal infrastructure | Wave overtopping of coastal infrastructure such as rail, road and shared pathways can be hazardous to users and potentially threaten structural integrity and reliability. A Trigger Action Response Plan (TARP) … | Water | water-au | francois-flocard-au patrick-knook-au peter-w-quilter-au richard-reinen-hamill-au tom-d-shand-au | 2021-au | |
| Rawene Reserve landslips emergency response and stabilisation | The Rawene Reserve landslips occurred in 2017 and resulted in the partial loss of a sealed carpark behind the Mokoia Road shops in Birkenhead, Auckland. The landslips are inferred to … | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | john-seward-au simon-farquhar-au | 2022-au | |
| How calm is calm? Exploring the effect of the categorisation of calm winds on defining offensive odour risk. | Assessment of offensive odour risk in accordance with Environment Protection Authority of Victoria (EPA) Publication 1883 Guidance for assessing odour, June 2022 (EPA Publication 1883) is based on the downwind … | Waste + Resource Recovery | waste-resource-recovery-au | iain-m-cowan-au suk-yi-lo-au | 2022-au | |
| Anchor investigation in weak, soft, mudstone to assess the impacts of flush type and potential of underream methods | When installing anchors in weak argillaceous rocks selecting appropriate ultimate grout to ground bond strength parameters can be challenging, yet critical to ensure safe and rational anchor design. Literature notes … | Land + Buildings | land-buildings-au | danny-b-beasant-au | 2022-au | |
| Real world observations for sulfur dioxide and particulate matter due to the reduction in marine sulfur fuel content from Marpol Annex VI | On 1 January 2020, the allowable sulfur content of marine fuels, as capped under Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), fell from … | Waste + Resource Recovery | waste-resource-recovery-au | danny-b-beasant-au | 2022-au | |
| Ōpōtiki Harbour Development Project – Design of New Zealand’s first river training works in over 100 years | The Ōpōtiki Harbour Development Project involves stabilising the entrance of the Waioeka River to allow reliable and safe access for maritime activity. This project is the first major river training … | Water | water-au | eddie-beetham-au francois-flocard-au grant-w-pearce-au guy-mcdougall-au jonathan-clarke-au lance-d-partner-au patrick-knook-au tom-d-shand-au | 2021-au | |
| Combined numerical and physical modelling of waves for Ōpōtiki Harbour entrance design | The Ōpōtiki Harbour Development Project involves stabilising the entrance of the Waioeka River to allow reliable and safe access for maritime activity. This project is the first major river training … | Water | water-au | eddie-beetham-au francois-flocard-au grant-w-pearce-au jonathan-clarke-au lance-d-partner-au patrick-knook-au tom-d-shand-au | 2021-au | |
| Development of a prognostic meteorology for atmospheric dispersion modelling – a comparison of the various options used in Australia and New Zealand | Provision of accurate meteorology both at the surface and upper air levels is a key input for atmospheric dispersion models. At locations which are distant from observation stations in Australia … | Waste + Resource Recovery | waste-resource-recovery-au | iain-m-cowan-au richard-chilton-au | 2022-au |
