AUCKLAND

NOVEMBER 26-27 2018VENUE: Monday 26th November (Room 902-402), Above Reception, Newmarket Campus, 314-390 Khyber Pass Rd

VENUE: Tuesday 27th November Conference Centre Lecture Theatre (Room 423-342), City Campus, 22 Symonds St

WELLINGTON

NOVEMBER 28-29 2018VENUE: Victoria University, Room VS 125 (Ground Floor), Faculty of Architecture and Design, 139 Vivian St, Te Aro, Wellington.

CHRISTCHURCH

DECEMBER 3-4 2018VENUE: Room E12 on the Second Floor of the Engineering Core Building, University of Canterbury

TWO DAY COURSE IN IN-SITU SEISMIC TESTING: METHODS, QUALITY AND UNCERTAINTY

OBJECTIVES Engineers frequently require parameters obtained from in-situ seismic testing for use in modelling and design of civil infrastructure. While in-situ measurements of shear wave velocity (Vs) are most commonly required, measurements of compression wave velocity (Vp) and estimates of fundamental site period (T0) obtained from horizontal-to-vertical (H/V) spectral ratio measurements are increasingly in demand. As with all products sold on the open market, the quality of in-situ seismic testing varies substantially. Furthermore, it is extremely uncommon for even the best contractors/firms to provide realistic estimates of uncertainty with their measurements. Thus, many engineers are left to use results of unknown quality with assumed values of uncertainty for complex analyses.

This course will provide training and guidance to engineers and other end-users about how to judge the quality of results obtained from in-situ seismic tests. It will also

present information that will help engineers encourage realistic quantification of uncertainty. While participants will most certainly gain valuable insights into properly conducting in-situ seismic tests and processing data, the course is aimed more at training engineers to be expert users of seismic data than to be expert providers. Lectures and practical example-based content will be presented as part of this course. The following topics will be covered:

• Invasive/borehole methods (e.g., SCPT, downhole, crosshole)

• Non-invasive/surface methods (e.g., refraction, SASW, MASW, ReMiTM, MAM)

• H/V spectral ratio noise measurements for estimating T0 and seismic site classification

• Accounting for epistemic uncertainty and aleatory variability of Vs in seismic site response

• Combined CPT-Vs-Vp methods for evaluating liquefaction triggering

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This course has been developed for engineers and engineering geologists at any point in their career. Providers of in-situ seismic testing will also find this course useful, as it will look to set some of the expectations for best practice.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE COURSE AND REGISTRATION ON PAGE 2 – PLEASE READ

PRESENTERS: DR. BRADY COX & DR. LIAM WOTHERSPOON

www.nzgs.org

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AUCKLAND,

WELLINGTON &

CHRISTCHURCH

Kindly sponsored by RDCL

COURSE OUTLINEStructure and content is defined, though in detail times may vary.

COSTThe Cost of the course per attendee is:$650 plus GST for NZGS, NZSEE and SESOC members$950 plus GST for non-members

The cost covers attendance for both days, course notesand teaching material, and catering for both days. Fees willnot be refunded if a participant is unable to attend, althougha nominated substitute person may attend. If the course iscancelled fees will be refunded in full.

NUMBERS The course will be limited to 25-30 studentsper centre.

COURSE NOTES AND MATERIALCourse notes will be disseminated in a digital format eitherbefore the course or on the day of the course. Please bringyour laptops with you on the day of the course, to carry outexercises on excel spreadsheets.

$650+GSTNZGS, NZSEE, SESOC

MEMBERS

$950+GSTFOR NON-

MEMBERS

PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE BY 4pm, FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER, BY CLICKING ON THE FOLLOWING LINKS:

DAY 1

8:00 Registration

8.30 Introduction and Course Outline

9:00 Invasive Methods 1

10.15 Morning Tea

10:35 Invasive Methods 2

12.15 Lunch

13:00 Invasive Methods Hands-on Examples

15:00 Afternoon tea

15:20 Combined Methods for liquefaction triggering

17:00 Day completed

DAY 2

8.30 Day 2 Overview

9:00 Non-invasive methods 1

10.15 Morning Tea

10:35 Non-invasive methods 2

12.15 Lunch

13:00 H/V spectral ratio method

15:00 Afternoon tea

15:20 Uncertainty and site response

17:00 Day completed

Liam Wotherspoon, Ph.D. Dr. Wotherspoon is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Auckland. His research focuses on a range of earthquake engineering aspects, with a significant focus on geotechnical and

geophysical site characterisation for site classification and liquefaction triggering. He was awarded the EQC/NZSEE Ivan Skinner Award in 2015, with a focus on improving dynamic site characterisation across New Zealand. In 2018 he was made a Fellow of the NZSEE.

Brady R. Cox, Ph.D., P.E. Dr. Cox is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas. He specializes in geotechnical earthquake engineering, and his primary areas of expertise include in-situ stress wave propagation for seismic site characterization

using both invasive and non-invasive methods, soil liquefaction triggering, and incorporating subsurface model uncertainties into seismic site response analyses. He is a recipient of the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientist and Engineers (PECASE).

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ENQUIRIES For further information about the course contact Eleni Gkeli by phone on 021 192 0296 and by email at eleni.gkeli@wsp-opus.co.nz

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