The Auckland Structural Group (ASG) seeks to create and foster "a community of like-minded individuals sharing their structural engineering experiences and showcasing their engineering structures in and around the Auckland area".
When: Thursday 19th April 2012 The presentation discussed the linked column frame (LCF), which has been developed in the USA as an option for a braced-free structural steel framing system intended for rapid return to occupancy earthquake performance level. This…
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When: March 2012 TALK #1: The Manukau Harbour Crossing Alliance Bridges – Bridge Design and Construction in a Successful Alliance Environment Abstract: NZTA’s Manukau Harbour Crossing project on Auckland’s South-Western motorway was delivered by the MHX Alliance in late 2010…
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ASB North-wharf is the new $150M headquarters for the ASB bank being developed by Kiwi Income Property Trust as the building owner and ASB Bank as the head tenant (approximately 18,500m squared of state of the art office space), with…
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We are always keen to hear about interesting projects. Please contact dan.crocker@beca.com to let us know about an exciting project you would like to showcase to the ASG community or let us know about an interesting presentation you might like…
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This month’s presentation was about “Soil-Foundation -Structure-Interaction: Recent Research and Initial Observations from Christchurch”. The discussion was presented by Prof. M J Pender and Dr. L Wotherspoon. The talk was preceded by a brief Annual General Meeting (AGM) to confirm the…
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A walk-over of the recently competed Queen’s Wharf, Shed 10 and the Cloud that was used as the main fanzone foe the Rugby World Cup 2011 (dubbed “Party Central”). The tour was led by Aaron Beer of Beca, who was…
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Alistair Fussell (Steel Construction New Zealand) discussed observations and preliminary lessons learnt from the performance of structural steel buildings during the devastating Christchurch earthquake. In the aftermath of February’s event, Alistair spent time with steel researchers inspecting a number of…
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Prof. Aïtcin (University of Sherbrooke) presented examples of outstanding construction projects that used a variety of high performance concretes in order to show why the high performance concrete selected resulted in the construction of efficient, economical and sustainable structures. Selected…
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A site visit to the Auckland Tennis and Next Generation Clubs upgrade of the Stanley Street facilities. This new Sporting Complex includes a gym, 7 swimming pools, tennis courts and conference facilities. The project was a fast track design with…
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John Hare (Director, Holmes Consulting) described his experiences and observations from the September and February Canterbury earthquakes. Initial observations made during the search and rescue and structural evaluations were presented to a keen audience less than a month after the…
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