Technical papers and conference contributions
Our engineers research, publish and present on technical issues arising from real project work, sharing what we learn with the wider industry.
Guides and standards
Guide to working platforms, 2nd edition
Our team contributed to the EFFC/DFI Guide to Working Platforms (2nd Edition), an international best-practice guide for designing and verifying the temporary platforms that carry cranes, piling rigs and heavy plant. It reflects our specialist expertise in stiffness-based assessment of compacted fill, measuring how the ground actually responds to load rather than relying on assumed values.
Conference papers
2025
NZGS Symposium, Auckland
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Using the Plate Load Test to Estimate Soil Modulus and Friction Angle for Temporary Gravel Platforms in New Zealand
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Electrical Resistivity Tomography for Screening Landslide Risk: A Case Study of Mangamuka Gorge
2023
NZSEE Conference, Wellington
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Optimising Seismic Resilience Assessments, Part II: Integrating Geophysical and Geotechnical Investigations
2021
NZGS Symposium, Dunedin
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Designing Timber Compaction Piles to Achieve a Target Soil Density Using CPTu Data
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Underground Void Detection by Applying the Electrical Resistivity Tomography Method for a Limestone Quarry in Northland, New Zealand
2019
International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Rome
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Developing and Optimising Site-Specific G0 Correlations Using SCPTu Data
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Developing and Optimising Regional G0 Correlations Using SCPTu Data
2017
NZGS Symposium, Napier
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Estimation of In-Situ Water Content, Void Ratio, Dry Unit Weight and Porosity Using CPT for Saturated Sands
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Characterisation of In-Situ Soils Based on the Resilient Soil Modulus Obtained Using Light Weight Deflectometer Testing