Senior seismic engineers share a decade of seismic progress

Tuesday April 13, 2021 11:28 am Press Release: NZSEE

Hundreds of senior earthquake engineers gather in Christchurch this week to share knowledge and make New Zealand more earthquake-resistant.

“Seismic engineering in New Zealand has made huge strides and learned many lessons since the Canterbury earthquake, but there are still many challenges and new solutions ahead,” says Helen Werner, President of the New Zealand Earthquake Engineering Society (NZSEE). .

This year’s annual conference will be hosted, from April 14-16, at the University of Canterbury, which has become a global focal point for earthquake engineers and will have the theme: Turning Challenges into Positive Legacies.

“The conference provides an opportunity to reflect on the impact of the Canterbury earthquakes 10 years later, review lessons learned from the event and over the next decade, and most importantly, look at future work that needs to be done for,” says Werner, “resilient Aotearoa.”

The conference is supported by the Earthquake Commission and will host an earthquake engineering professional, bringing together the brightest and most experienced engineers from universities and practice.

“Equally important, there will be a large group of the next generation of young engineers eager to absorb all this knowledge,” says Werner.

To test this new class, NZSEE organized a design competition where teams of young professional engineers and graduate students are asked to design and build a scale model.

The models will then be tested for destruction on a shake table at the University of Canterbury during Thursday’s lunch break. (An example of a similar competition can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjOW4p-sUM4.)

Speakers will cover a wide range of seismic engineering issues from structural and geotechnical to seismic hazards, and will also focus on social science topics related to post-earthquake response and recovery.

EQC’s chief resilience and research officer, Dr Joe Horrocks, says engineers are at the forefront of ensuring New Zealanders have stronger buildings and homes.

“Over the past ten years, there have been many developments and innovations in how to build. EQC is pleased to be a major supporter of bringing many engineers together to freely share their knowledge for the benefit of all New Zealanders.

“We will always live with earthquake hazards, but engineering advances in how we build and where we build can do a lot to reduce the impact of future earthquakes on people and property,” she says.

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