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Please find the link to the latest issue of the Bulletin Vol. 55 No. 3 (2022) here   

As part of the Developing Leading Women Collective’s commitment to supporting equality for women in their professional careers, on the 4th of November this year we are hosting the one-day Advancing Women in Engineering & Construction Symposium in Auckland at the Aotea Centre, and we are inviting up to 180 participants in total to attend. The purpose … Read moreAdvancing Women in Engineering and Construction Symposium 2022

  Register here for both the in person seminar or the online link. Resilience, Innovation, and Implementation: A Chilean perspective on challenges and opportunities implementing seismic protection systems At the time of the Mw8.8 2010 Chile earthquake, 13 structures of the close to 9000 buildings exposed to strong ground shaking were designed with seismic protection … Read moreNZSEE 2022 WEBINAR SERIES | 1 – Professor Juan Carlos de la Llera

Please find linked below the latest updates from  the two more detailed reports from the societal expectations research. Focus Group Report final Interviews Report FINAL

New Zealand seismic invention is “game changer” in global construction  New Zealand is on the verge of becoming a world leader in low-cost and low-damage seismic engineering, says the winner of the 2022 Ivan Skinner Award, Dr Shahab Ramhormozian. Over the past years, Dr Ramhormozian has significantly improved and finetuned the revolutionary sliding hinge joint … Read moreShahab Ramhormozian wins Ivan Skinner Award for 2022

Vol. 55 No.1 (2022) of the NZSEE Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering has now been published. Please find a link to current issue here.

The 2022 NZSEE AGM will be held on Thursday 28rd April 2022 between 5-6pm You can join the meeting online: Conference and Events to provide details on how to join next Wednesday Notice of AGM  The Notice of meeting and Agenda for the AGM  2021 AGM Minutes The Unconfirmed minutes of the 2021 AGM 2020-2021 … Read moreAnnouncement of the 2022 NZSEE AGM

NZSEE conference update   After a lot of discussion, reaching out to speakers, delegates, and society members, NZSEE has decided we will hold the conference on the original dates 27 – 29 April 2022 but we will move the conference to an online format. We considered delaying the conference with the hope of an in-person … Read moreUpdate on the NZSEE Conference 2022

How it works The purpose of the Built Heritage Incentive Fund is to assist owners of heritage buildings to undertake conservation and seismic strengthening work where successful outcomes would be unlikely without assistance. 15% of the fund is reserved for conservation-specific work, whilst 85% is intended for work related to earthquake strengthening. Earthquake strengthening work … Read moreBuilt Heritage Incentive Fund

Obituary – Mick Pender Professor Michael John Pender BE(Hons) PhD FENZ FNZGS FNZSEE MASCE Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Auckland 1977-2021 19 June 1943 – 15 December 2021 Professor Michael (Mick) Pender’s life was dedicated to achieving strong foundations for structures – buildings and bridges. He taught Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Auckland … Read moreObituary of Professor Michael John Pender