Events >> Seminar Series 2002
RETAINING WALLS AND FOUNDATIONS
Limit State Design with SESOC SoftwareSESOC has commissioned the development of a software programme to provide a significant membership benefit to members and to enhance the design of retaining walls and foundations. The theoretical basis of the software has been prepared by experts in their respective fields and the outputs from the program carefully reviewed. Copies of the software will be available at no cost to members and SESOC will continue to develop and maintain the software.
At this half day seminar you will:
- Receive the new SESOC|SOILS software
- Gain greater familiarity with B1 VM4 Limit State Design Procedure of the Building Code
- Receive seminar notes with worked examples in the form of actual calculations which will form the basis of future reference
- Be attending an IPENZ endorsed seminar
- Have a theory refresher
Seminar topics cover:
- Ultimate Limit State Design
- Earthquake Pressures
- Pad and Strip Footings
- Piles
- Mass Retaining Walls
- Cantilever Retaining Walls
- Pole Walls
Please note that:
The seminar has a practical approach and provides the background theory on which the software is based. The objective is to give clear understanding to the general practitioner.Venues
16 April (Tue) Dunedin
17 April (Wed) Christchurch
23 April (Tue) Palmerston North
24 April (Wed) Wellington
30 April (Tue) Rotorua
2 May (Thu) AucklandFor all enquiries and full details
email: sesoc@bluepacificevents.com
Phone: (09) 536 5410 or Fax No: (09) 536-5442Software Download
Members are encouraged to download the software. It is a self-extracting .exe file (2.74 MB). If you have any questions please email soils-reg@sesoc.org.nz
Speaker Profiles
Michael Pender - Mick has been Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Auckland since 1985. His interests encompass the mathematical modelling of the stress-strain-strength behaviour of soils and closely jointed rock masses, laboratory and field measurement of the geotechnical properties of New Zealand materials, the stability of slopes and the design of foundations and retaining structures. His knowledge and research experience has been widely consulted in the development of B1/VM4 and its implementation in the SESOC | SOILS programme. Mick will present the limit state design theory in the seminar series.
Leanne Henderson - Leanne, who as a member of the Fraser Thomas structural engineering team, has been involved in a wide range of structural projects. Her involvement has been as a designer, peer reviewer, project manager and clients representative. To assist with the design based projects, she has developed in-house spreadsheets that have automated a large proportion of the calculations used in parts of the new Building Code Approved Solutions B1/VM4. This has provided her with an ideal background to assist in the checking of the SESOC | SOILS programme. Leanne joins the seminar team as a recently qualified MIPENZ, to present the general consultancy perspective of B1/VM4 and its application in practical design solutions.
Sulojana Shanmuganathan - Sulo's specialisation includes the analysis and design of structures, seismic screening and retrofit of bridges, bridge maintenance works, and infrastructure development and management. She is a member of the Opus International Consultants' civil structural team that designed the Britomart Station which is currently under construction in Auckland. She has given valuable assistance to the society in the development of the SESOC | SOILS programme and will provide a demonstration of the software in the seminar series.
This seminar is sponsored by; The Building Industry Authority
As the author of the Approved Document for New Zealand Building Code Clause B1 Structure that contains Verification Method B1/VM4 - Foundations, is pleased to sponsor this SESOC seminar. The Authority, however, has not been involved with the development of the software package introduced in the seminar, and accordingly its sponsorship cannot be regarded as an endorsement of the software.