NZGS Geotechnical Symposium 2008

Wednesday 3 Sept 2008	Pre-Symposium Workshop – Guidelines for Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering   Presenters: Dr Kevin McManus A/Prof M Cubrinovski Prof M Pender	Registration Opens   Welcome & Introduction   Workshop Session 1 -          Ground shaking hazard assessment -          Examples & discussion -          Liquefaction 1   Tea   Workshop Session 2 -          Liquefaction 2 -          Examples & discussion   Lunch   Workshop Session 3 -          Site investigation guidelines -          Retaining systems -          Examples & discussion   Tea   Workshop Session 4 -          Foundations -          Examples & discussion   Open Forum	8am – 9am   9:00am – 9:10am   9:10am – 10:30am           10:30am – 11am   11am – 12:30pm       12:30pm – 1:30pm   1:30pm – 3pm         3pm – 3:30pm   3:30pm – 4:30pm       4:30pm – 5pm
	Welcome Reception		6pm – 8pm
Thursday 4 Sept 2008	Day 1 Symposium	Registration Opens   Welcome   Keynote Lecture   Tea   Technical Session 1   Lunch   Technical Session 2   Tea   Technical Session 3   Drinks   Symposium Dinner	8am   9am – 9:15am   9:15am – 10:15am   10:15am – 10:45am   10:45am – 12:30pm   12:30pm – 1:30pm   1:30pm – 3pm   3pm – 3:30pm   3:30pm – 5pm   5pm – 6pm   Commencing @ 7:30pm
Friday 5 Sept 2008	Day 2 Symposium	Registration Opens   Welcome   Invited Lecture   Tea   Technical Session 4   Lunch   Technical Session 5   Tea   Technical Session 6   Awards & Closing   Drinks	8am   9am – 9:15am   9:15am – 10:15am   10:15am – 10:45am   10:45am – 12:30pm   12:30pm – 1:30pm   1:30pm – 3pm   3pm – 3:30pm   3:30pm – 4:30pm   4:30pm – 5pm   5pm – 6pm
Saturday 6 Sept 2008	Field Trip to Northern Gateway (Limited to first 50 people who register)	Leave Auckland (Venue to be confirmed)   Site Visit   Lunch (Provided)   Arrive at Auckland	9:00am     10am – 12noon   12noon – 1pm   2pm

For the field trip to the Northern Gateway Alliance (NGA) at Orewa, registrants are encouraged to bring their own safety PPE gear (high-visibility jacket, safety helmet and safety boots).  The NGA will provide safety gear to those who do not have their own.

Thursday 4 Sept 2008 – Day 1 Symposium Presentations

Keynote Lecture	Lecture Chair:  Gavin Alexander, Beca Infrastructre
John Atkinson	Rules of thumb in Geotechnical Engineering
Technical Session 1	Foundations & Seismic Behaviour of Walls Session Chair:  Dr C Y Chin, Maunsell AECOM
Nick Wharmby et al	Tauranga Harbour Link foundation pile construction and testing
Kevin Hind	Predicting axial performance of piles in pumiceous materials
J Yang	Seismic stability analysis of quay walls: Effect of vertical motion
Merrick Taylor	Performance based design of retaining structures – part I: theory
Merrick Taylor	Performance based design of retaining structures – part II:  case study of a gravity quay wall
Technical Session 2	Soil Behaviour & Models Session Chair:  Dr Elisabeth Bowman, University of Canterbury
Naotaka Kikkawa et al	Void structure of Auckland residual soil using X-ray CT scanning
Laurence Wesley & Michael Pender	Soil stiffness measured in oedometer tests
Andrew Holland & Michael Pender	Variability of an Auckland residual soil profile obtained from closely spaced CPT soundings
Bing Ni & Michael Pender	FLAC simulation using a bubble stress-strain model of triaxial test data on Auckland residual soil
Maki Okamoto et al	Monotonic shear behaviour of sand-tyre chips mixtures
Technical Session 3	Case Studies Session Chair:  Terry McCarthy, Soil & Rock Consultants
Michael Revis et al	Verification of cut-off wall success at Arapuni Dam
Ian McPherson	Investigation and commissioning of Large Tank, Shell Compound, Lyttleton
Lucy Coe et al	Northport Berth 3 design and construction monitoring
Don Tate & Steven Price	Practical aspects of construction decisions for large wind turbine foundations
Rolando Orense	Ground damage caused by 2007 Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake

Friday 5 Sept 2008 – Day 2 Symposium Presentations

 

Invited Lecture	Lecture Chair:  Yan Chan, KGA Geotechnical
Misko Cubrinovski	Assessment of seismic performance of soil-structure interaction
Technical Session 4	Foundations Session Chair: Prof Michael Davies, University of Auckland
Peter Rodgers & Michael Pender	Field tests on the lateral capacity of poles embedded in Auckland residual clay
Alexei Murashev	Steel screw settlement reduction piles for raft foundation on soft soil
Michael Pender	Nonlinear pushover analysis for pile foundations
Michael Pender	Effect of soil profile modulus distribution on pile head lateral stiffness
Liam Wotherspoon et al	Modelling of single pile-soil interaction using Ruaumoko
Technical Session 5	Slopes & Tunnels Session Chair: Prof Michael Pender, University of Auckland
Elisabeth Bowman & Tim Davies	The recognition and identification of debris flow hazards in New Zealand
Yolanda Thorp & Mike Jacka	Design, construction and monitored performance of a reinforced-fill embankment stabilised with shear piles and ground anchors
David Stewart	Management of geotechnical risks for some tunnels in the Wellington Region
Robert Whiteley & Simon Stewart	Investigation of Unstable Slopes and Wind Turbine Sites with Surface and Borehole Seismic Technologies: Case Studies
Stuart Palmer& Mike Jacka	Newmark block model of seismic displacement of a slope.  A valid model for slopes restrained by structural elements?
Technical Session 6	Seismic Behaviour Session Chair: A Prof Misko Cubrinovski, University of Canterbury
Michael Pender et al	Earthquake response of shallow foundations with low vertical gravity load
Tam Larkin & Michael Chung	Seismic base shear of structures on compliant shallow foundations
Michael Pender & John Butterworth	Classical soil-structure interaction and the New Zealand structural design actions standard NZS 1170.5 (2004)
Jeremy Toh et al	Performance-based seismic design of shallow foundations
Nawawi Chouw	Unequal soil-structure interaction effect on seismic response of adjacent structures

Posters

Nigel Fitch	Pre-loading of soft Holocene materials adjacent to shallow founded structure
Andy O'Sullivan et al	Ten walls in ten weeks
Naotaka Kikkawa et al	Small strain stiffness of Auckland soils
John Zhao	Beneficial effect of soil-structure interaction to structural response derived from two building arrays in New Zealand
Masayuki Hyodo et al	Undrained cyclic shear characteristics of silt and sand mixtures