E NEWS New Zealand Concrete Society Inc. PO Box 12, Beachlands, Auckland 2147, New Zealand T +64 (9) 536 5410 F +64 (9) 536 5442 E concrete@bluepacificevents.com www.concretesociety.org.nz AUGUST 2017 That’s the message from New Zealand-born Peter Laursen – the international keynote speaker for the Society’s October Conference. An Associate Professor teaching Architectural Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University, Peter earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Auckland in 2003 and received the university’s Best Thesis Award that year. He obtained a M.S. from the University of California, San Diego in 1995 and was a Fullbright Scholar recipient. Peter teaches structural analysis, concrete design and earthquake engineering to both engineering and architecture students. His current research interests focus on vibration testing of buildings and seismic behaviour of sustainable masonry construction. Collaborative efforts between engineering and architecture students, says Peter, fosters creativity, engagement and ownership, leading to a better understanding of each other’s fields. His presentation focuses on recent international projects involving creative concrete solutions. These include engineering solutions in new design and retrofit, with natural emphasis on seismic loading, and include projects where interesting architecture is interconnected with structural engineering. Our other two keynote speakers are Professor Ken Elwood and Associate Professor Andrew Charleson. Ken serves as the MBIE Chair in Earthquake Engineering and Director of the newest Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE), QuakeCoRE: NZ Centre for Earthquake Resilience. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002, and joined the University of Auckland in July 2014 after 11 years on faculty at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Ken was drawn to New Zealand to pursue the numerous opportunities for research CREATIVE CONCRETE SOLUTIONS and implementation in earthquake risk reduction. He is actively involved in research related to the seismic response of existing concrete and masonry buildings. He is a member of several international code committees including the seismic provisions of the American Concrete Institute Building Code (ACI 318). Andrew is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington. He is a structural engineer and teaches Structures to architectural students. He has authored three books: Seismic Design for Architects: Outwitting the Quake in 2008, Structure as Architecture (2nd edition) in 2015, and Seismic Isolation for Architects published in 2016. YOU NEED TO REGISTER NOW! If you’ve not yet registered for this year’s Conference in Wellington you had better do so ASAP – it’s selling out fast. Accommodation, in particular, is limited. Delegates registered before Friday, 8 September qualify for an early bird discount on registration fees. For accommodation options visit: www.theconcreteconference.co.nz/index.php/accommodation. LOOKING FOR A LITTLE R&R? As always, the Conference offers a variety of social activities for delegates and their partners – and Wellington is a particularly tourist-friendly destination with excellent attractions, restaurants and cafes all concentrated in a relatively small area. This year’s activities include golf at the historic Miramar Golf Club, a tour of the famous Weta Workshops (where the fantasy characters in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy were created), and a site visit to the Wellington International Airport multi-storied carpark, currently under construction. A paper at last year’s conference about the carpark was very well received and is being followed up with a paper on the raft slab construction component of the project at this year’s conference.
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New Zealand Concrete Society Inc. PO Box 12, Beachlands, Auckland 2147, New Zealand T +64 (9) 536 5410 F +64 (9) 536 5442 E [email protected] www.concretesociety.org.nz
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That’s the message from New Zealand-born Peter Laursen – the international keynote speaker for the Society’s October Conference.
An Associate Professor teaching Architectural Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University, Peter earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Auckland in 2003 and received the university’s Best Thesis Award that year.
He obtained a M.S. from the University of California, San Diego in 1995 and was a Fullbright Scholar recipient. Peter teaches
structural analysis, concrete design and earthquake engineering to both engineering and architecture students. His current research interests focus on vibration testing of buildings and seismic behaviour of sustainable masonry construction.
Collaborative efforts between engineering and architecture students, says Peter, fosters creativity, engagement and ownership, leading to a better understanding of each other’s fields. His presentation focuses on recent international projects involving creative concrete solutions.
These include engineering solutions in new design and retrofit, with natural emphasis on seismic loading, and include projects where interesting architecture is interconnected with structural engineering.
Our other two keynote speakers are Professor Ken Elwood and Associate Professor Andrew Charleson.
Ken serves as the MBIE Chair in Earthquake Engineering and Director of the newest Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE), QuakeCoRE: NZ Centre for Earthquake Resilience.
He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002, and joined the University of Auckland in July 2014 after 11 years on faculty at the
University of British Columbia, Canada.
Ken was drawn to New Zealand to pursue the numerous opportunities for research
CREATIVE CONCRETE SOLUTIONS and implementation in earthquake risk reduction. He is actively involved in research related to the seismic response of existing concrete and masonry buildings.
He is a member of several international code committees including the seismic provisions of the American Concrete Institute Building Code (ACI 318).
Andrew is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington. He is a structural engineer and teaches Structures to architectural students.
He has authored three books: Seismic Design for Architects: Outwitting the Quake in 2008, Structure as Architecture (2nd edition) in 2015, and Seismic Isolation for Architects published in 2016.
YOU NEED TO REGISTER NOW!If you’ve not yet registered for this year’s Conference in Wellington you had better do so ASAP – it’s selling out fast.
Accommodation, in particular, is limited. Delegates registered before Friday, 8 September qualify for an early bird discount on registration fees.
For accommodation options visit: www.theconcreteconference.co.nz/index.php/accommodation.
LOOKING FOR A LITTLE R&R?
As always, the Conference offers a variety of social activities for delegates and their partners – and Wellington is a particularly tourist-friendly destination with excellent attractions, restaurants and cafes all concentrated in a relatively small area.
This year’s activities include golf at the historic Miramar Golf Club, a tour of the famous Weta Workshops (where the fantasy characters in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy were created), and a site visit to the Wellington International Airport multi-storied carpark, currently under construction. A paper at last year’s conference about the carpark was very well received and is being followed up with a paper on the raft slab construction component of the project at this year’s conference.
New Zealand Concrete Society Inc. PO Box 12, Beachlands, Auckland 2147, New Zealand T +64 (9) 536 5410 F +64 (9) 536 5442 E [email protected] www.concretesociety.org.nz
BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL
Spare a thought for the judges overseeing the entries to this year’s Concrete Awards.
The panel has received 27 “very high standard” entries for this year’s event, and panel convenor Jason Ingham has his work cut out orchestrating the assessments.
Awards are presented at the Conference dinner.
Green fees at Mirimar are $40, and clubs and carts can be hired. Weta’s The Full Experience is a four-hour tour and costs $85 pp. While the airport carpark site visit is free, it’s limited to one bus load (53 pax) – and is strictly first-in-first-served.
Hosted by Fletcher Construction and Opus International Consultants Ltd, the carpark visit is a great opportunity to talk with the engineers and site managers involved. Its design features a concrete moment frame with supplemental hysteric dampers in the form of buckling restrained braces for reliable performance for the frame in a high seismic region.
Please wear covered shoes and bring your own hard hat, safety glasses, and high viz jacket.
For more details about the conference social programme visit: www.theconcreteconference.co.nz/index.php/social-programme?showall=&start=2
fib AWARDS OPEN FOR ENTRIES
Switzerland’s Federation Internationale du Béton (fib) is calling for entries to its 2018 Awards for Outstanding Concrete Structures (AOS), to be presented at the organisation’s Congress in Melbourne, Australia in October next year.
The AOS awards are presented every four years. They give international recognition to structures that demonstrate the versatility of concrete as a structural medium.
Awards are presented in two categories: Civil Engineering Structures (including bridges) and Buildings. The event is presided over by an international jury designated by the fib Presidium.
All entries must be endorsed in writing (letter or email) by the Head of Delegation or the National Member Group Secretary for the relevant member country.
The entry deadline is 31 December 2017.
For more information visit www.fib-international.org or email: [email protected].
GET INVOLVED IN YOUR SOCIETY
Every year’s Conference includes the Society’s AGM, where typically a number of new members are elected to the Council. If you are interested in joining the team, we’d be keen to hear from you. It’s not too onerous a commitment.
Ideally the Council should comprise a mix of experience for continuity. New members bring fresh enthusiasm and ideas.
This year’s Concrete Society’s Travel Bursary has been awarded to Ana Isabel Sarkis Fernández – a PhD candidate in earthquake engineering at the University of Canterbury.
The bursary will help to cover Ana Isabel’s costs for attending the 39th IABSE Symposium –
Engineering the Future – in Vancouver next month. She is to present a paper there – Resilience-based design and damage-resistant technologies for an enhanced seismic performance of bridges.
It gives an overview of low-damage design and the latest damage-resistant technologies, and presents a framework for the quantification of seismic resilience for damage-resistant technologies for bridges.
The framework introduces reparability as a key design criteria and resilience as a key performance indicator for seismic design. Applying the proposed framework at the design phase makes it easier to estimate (by defining different recovery strategies), final recovery times and preliminary costs of a bridge after an earthquake.
Ana Isabel is originally from Costa Rica and completed her PhD Candidate Diploma in Earthquake Engineering at the University of Canterbury last year. She is a member of New Zealand’s QuakeCoRE Student Chapter Leadership Team.
