To manage seismic risk at large Process and Manufacturing Facilities requires a PCBU to understand the compliance requirements from legislation. However this is not an easy task as there are multiple Acts, Regulations, ...

Seawalls were constructed in sections between 1879 and 1925 to form Quay Street on the waterfront of Downtown Auckland. These seawalls have essentially remained structurally unchanged since they were first constructed and ...

The Case study building was designed and built in 2003.  The building is a single storey rectangular shaped 25m x 21m steel portal frame structure with precast concrete panels.  The building is typical of a modern commercial ...

Gender disparity in the engineering industry is a well-recognised problem. Engineering is a growing industry, and the lack of gender balance affects the diversity of thought available to it, as well as the potential ...

Wellington’s Seaview Wharf is a critical asset in the Lower North Island fuel supply system, including after significant seismic events. Recent annual fuel supply for the region has exceeded 1 Million tonnes, and there is ...

In this paper, we apply Full Waveform Tomography (FWT) based on the Adjoint-Wavefield (AW) method to iteratively invert an existing 3-D geophysical velocity model for the upper South Island region, New Zealand. Through the ...

This paper is focused on the design and implementation of a functional tool to evaluate and communicate the seismic risk to increase resilience and reduce human and economic loss. Wellington has been selected as the case ...