The NZSOLD Management Committee is delighted to announce the results of the second annual 2019/2020 poster competition. The winner in the Young Professional category was Dan Hale of Riley Consultants, with a poster titled: Understanding the Geology of Cobb Dam with Leapfrog 3D Modelling. The runner-up in the Young Professional category was Hanna Aung of … Continue reading Results of 2019/2020 NZSOLD Poster Competition
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World Declaration on Dam Safety
Throughout history, the construction, operation and maintenance of dams and their storage reservoirs have provided significant benefits to humankind. Storage of water behind dams regulates natural streamflow, allowing for benefits resulting from increased water availability, renewable energy production and reduction of adverse impacts caused by natural extremes of flooding and drought. In our brittle world, … Continue reading World Declaration on Dam Safety
What knot to do
Contact Energy recently purchased a new underwater ROV (remote operated vehicle) to complement their gate inspections. A test drive was undertaken at Clyde Dam to train operators in its use before deploying the ROV to a more risky deep dive to the sluice gates at Roxburgh Dam. However the operators accidentally managed to tie the … Continue reading What knot to do
Waimea water community dam
Construction of the $104 million Waimea Community Dam (WCD) is well underway. Waimea Water Limited (WWL), a Council Controlled Organisation owned by the Tasman District Council and Waimea Irrigators Limited, was formed late in 2018 to build, finance, own and operate the Waimea Community Dam in a safe, reliable and efficient manner. Mike Scott was … Continue reading Waimea water community dam
Clyde Dam Tour
On 6 April, forty Engineering New Zealand members enjoyed a tour of the Clyde Dam on a stunning Central Otago day. Contact Energy staff hosted the tour which was jointly organised by the Otago and newly formed Central Otago Branch of ENZ. The popularity of tours and open days continue to show wide interest in … Continue reading Clyde Dam Tour
Event report – YPG Wellington Field Trip
They say you can’t beat Wellington on a good day… but as Young Professionals descended on the capital, a southerly front sweeping rain up the South Island met a northerly high-pressure zone and ground to a halt above Wellington. The heavens opened, the cricket was cancelled, but the YPs soldiered on. We all met in … Continue reading Event report – YPG Wellington Field Trip
Young Professionals Group – New Co-Chair
I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of co-chair of the NZSOLD Young Professionals Group and looking forward to working alongside fellow co-chair Cameron Paintin. Franceska Strano, the previous co-chair, is returning to Australia, and I would like to acknowledge her contribution to the NZSOLD YPG. For those of you that … Continue reading Young Professionals Group – New Co-Chair
NZSOLD Fellows
We are proud to announce and congratulate three of our members who have just been elected as Fellows of Engineering New Zealand at an awards ceremony held on 29 March in Wellington. They are: Rebecca Knott (General Manager Dam Safety Intelligence and immediate past-Chair of NZSOLD). Rebecca Knott is a civil engineer with a Masters … Continue reading NZSOLD Fellows
Earth Dam researcher wins Ivan Skinner prize
Congratulations to Dr Kaley Crawford-Flett who has been awarded the 2019 Ivan Skinner Award by the Earthquake Commission and New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering for excellence in earthquake engineering research. The award was presented at the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering’s annual conference today and recognises Dr Crawford-Flett’s work on dam engineering, in … Continue reading Earth Dam researcher wins Ivan Skinner prize
Poster Competition 2019
The NZSOLD Management Committee is delighted to announce the results of the inaugural 2018/19 poster competition. The winner in the Young Professional category was Dr Daniel Blake, Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Canterbury, with a poster titled: New Zealand Inventory of Stopbanks (NZIS) and Use to Assess Natural Hazard Exposure. In the student … Continue reading Poster Competition 2019