WELLINGTON BRANCH

David Stewart is the Wellington Branch co-ordinator.  Coming programmes are indicated below with confirmed details sent to Wellington members by e-mail prior to each event.

David Stewart 

David is a Senior Geotechnical Engineer/Engineering Geologist with Opus International Consultants in Wellington.  David completed an MSc in Engineering Geology at Canterbury University and then worked in site investigations in the UK, returning to NZ to work on the Cromwell Gorge Landslides project.   He then worked as an engineering geologist for GNS in Dunedin, followed by 2 years at Macraes Gold Mine.  After a stint in Auckland picking up a BE, he joined Duffill Watts & Tse in Wellington in 2001 and has been at Opus since mid 2004.

Phone: 04 471-7155 Email: david.stewart@opus.co.nz

Meetings will normally be held at the Opus offices in the Majestic Centre on the corner of Willis and Boulcott Streets.  Refreshments from 5:30pm at the Level 9 boardroom, with talk at 6pm.  Contact the branch co-ordinator for confirmation of details.

 

 

Wellington Branch 2008 Provisional Programme

28 February 2008		Talk by Stuart Palmer on “CentrePort, Wellington Mitigation of Lateral Spreading”
27 March 2008	6pm	Talk by Duncan Wyllie on “Risk Assessment of Rockfall Hazards
16 April 2008	6pm at Vic University – School of Architecture, Lec Theatre 2, 139 Vivian St	Talk by Dr Tom Holzer on “Probabilistic Liquefaction Hazard Mapping based on Surficial Geology”
13 May 2008	6pm	Talk by Katherine Butterfield on “Liquefaction Trigger Mechanisms”
18 June 2008	6pm	Talk by Chris Massey on “Monitoring of the Taihape Landslide”
Late October 2008	6pm	Talk by Prof John Atkinson, City University