Pre-Conference Site Tours

20 Apr 2022:  Due to the conference being held virtually, the site visits will not be going ahead.  

Wellington Faults

Julian Thomson, Out There Learning



Tour Guide : Rob Langridge (GNS) & Caroline Holden (SeismoCity)

Timing on the 26th April: 1pm start (Expect approximately 4 hours duration)

Meeting Spot: Outside Te Papa

What PPE is required to be brought: Sturdy shoes, warm clothing & rain jacket

The Wellington region’s unique and beautiful geography was created by major fault lines running through the landscape.

This tour will showcase the geological movement that Wellington has undergone in recent times and associated resilience aspects.

Come and explore the Wellington Fault, from Wellington to Upper Hutt where you will walk along the Wellington Fault and see where it cuts across terraces created by the Hutt River.


Wellington Town Hall Strengthening 




Tour Guide: Laura Whitehurst (Holmes Consulting)

Timing(s) on the 26th April: 1pm, 3pm 

 Meeting Spot: Entrance to the Municipal Office Building, on the Wakefield Street side (101 Wakefield St)

What PPE is required to be brought: Hi viz vest, safety glasses, hard hat, steel cap boots (a small number of boots may be available but need to be advised at least a week in advance)

The 120-year old unreinforced masonry Wellington Town Hall is being re-founded on completely new foundations and base isolated.. It is also being strengthened in other ways and redeveloped for use as a performance venue with world-class acoustics.  The site is an active construction site and will be midway through the base isolation process during the site visit.  The building is still considered Earthquake Prone at this time. 

Site 9 (and 1 Whitmore Street) and Bowen Stage 2




 

Tour Guide(s): Alistair Cattanach, Matt Davies, Chris Speed and others (Site 9, 1 Whitmore) - Dunning Thornton Consultants

Alistair Cattanach, John Cuthbert, Rowan Ballagh, Sean Hu, Nicki Vance (Bowen Stage 2) - Dunning Thornton Consultants

Timing on the 26th April: 1pm

Meeting Spot: Lady Elisabeth Lane (outside the site near the Meridian building)

What PPE is required to be brought: Closed Shoes, Vest and Helmet

Three tours in one! A zhance to see three innovative buildings recently completed or under construction.

Site 9 is a five storey base isolated building. The superstructure is a two-way steel moment resisting frame. The site is vulnerable to liquefaction and severe lateral spreading requiring significant foundations. Due to these foundations and planning constraints, Base Isolation is at high-level ground floor with associated complexity of detailing in the secondary structural and non-structural elements.

Following Site 9 we will then cross the road for a brief visit to 1 Whitmore street, a 14 storey base-isolated diagrid under construction.

…..We will then be rolling onto nearby Bowen Stage 2:

Bowen Stage 2 involves the construction of two 8-9 storey towers and a shared low-level atrium. The structures are steel frames with viscous dampers: the restoring force coming from widely-spaced eccentrically braced frames. Feature V-columns support a sawtooth facade cantilevered over Bowen St footpath. The buildings are founded on piles through the alluvium into rock. Tower #40 is structurally complete and 44 superstructure is under construction.

Seismic Engineering – Wellington Heritage Walk 



Tour Guide: Peter Holden (Beca)

Timing on the 26th April: 3pm start (Expect approximately 1.5 hour duration)

Meeting Spot: Outside Parliament Buildings Main Gate

What PPE is required to be brought: Sturdy shoes, warm clothing & rain jacket

Historically Wellington has been one of the centres of earthquake engineering technology, research and development. The tour will venture around some of the known and not so known examples of seismic engineering thinking across various generations around the Wellington CBD. Don’t be surprised if a few examples of local engineering heritage are thrown in there as well!

Note: All tours will end up at the Thistle Inn pub (3 Mulgrave Street, those on the Town Hall Tour will need to make your own way there) which will be a great chance to grab a drink or meal, catch up with friends and colleagues and rest those weary legs! 

NZSEE 2022 is managed by Conferences & Events Ltd.

Conference Manager: Amy Abel 
   +64  4 282 1583
   nzsee2022@confer.co.nz
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This event is organised by Conferences & Events Ltd, Wellington, Auckland, Nelson & Nationwide.  We are a New Zealand business.