SESOC Conference 2021 - Icebreaker Function Sunday 4 July 2021
Time  
17.00-18.00 Registration 
18.00-19.30 Icebreaker- Meet and Greet 
SESOC Conference 2021 - Day 1 - Monday 5 July 2021
Time Session
8.00 - 9.00 Registration/Coffee and Tea 
9.00 - 9.10 Carl Ashby - 'Conference Welcome'
9.10 - 9.20 SESOC President Address'
9.20 - 10.00 (KN1) Professional Engineering and the Engineering Technician -
Paul Campbell - SESOC Past President (40min)
Chair: Carl Ashby
10.00 - 10.20 Morning Tea
10.20 - 12.00 Plenary Session 1 - Low Damage Design Guidance and Seismic Resiliance
Chair: Prof. Jason Ingham
10.20 - 10:45 (DS5) 'NZ Low Damage Seismic Design Guidance Information. Stuart Oliver - Holmes Consulting Group
10.45 - 11.10 (DS1)'ATC-145: Framework for Assessing the Extent of Repair Required for Earthquake-Damaged Concrete Moment Frames. 
Nicholas Brooke – Compusoft Engineering Ltd
11.10 - 11.35 (DS41) 'Resilliant Buildings Project - Helen Ferner - NZSEE President
11.35 - 12.00 (DS 36) Moat Wall Pounding Analysis for a prototype base-isolated building in Wellington - Prof. Ken Elwood - University of Auckland
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13:00 - 13:40 (KN2) Our Modelling
John Hare - Holmes Consulting (40 min)  
Chair: Hamish Mckenzie
13.40 - 15.30 Plenary Session 2 - Current Design Practice - Reflections and Observations
Chair: Hamish McKenzie
13:40 - 14:05 (DS2) Human Factors in Structural Engineering - Gordon Hughes - G A Hughes and Associates
14:05 - 14:30  (DS 40) Trends and Observations from Consenting Reviews - Carl Ashby / Stanley Chung - WSP NZ Ltd
14:30 - 14:55 (DS 42) Computer Modelling - Know the Limitations - Nic Brooke - Compusoft Engineering
14.55 - 15.00 Session 2 Questions and Conference Announcements - Hamish McKenzie
15.00 - 15.30 Afternoon Tea
15:30 - 17:00 Session 3A - Sustainability and the Structural Engineer
Chair: Charlotte Toma
Session 3B - Emerging Structural Engineers (ESE) Papers
Chair: Laura Schwass  
Session 3C - General and Small Engineering Practice  Consultants Special Session
Chairs: Martin Pratchett and Ian Watson 
15.30 - 15:45 (DS15) An Introduction to Transition Engineering and it’s Implications for the Practice of Structural Engineering in New Zealand from 2021-2035
Brendon Donnell Structure Design Ltd
Mistakes Happen - Then What?
Vini Moelianto - WSP NZ Ltd
Welcome by SESOC President Michelle Grant (5mins)
Why be an Engineering General Practitioner - Peter Van Grinsven (10 mins)
15.45 - 16.00 (ESE2) The Embodied Carbon of buildings in New Zealand: Propsals for Future Regulation, and the Role of Increased Seismic Resilience
Katie Symons MBIE
(ESE 3) Integrating Sustainability Considerations into Structural Engineering
Phoebe Moses - BECA 
Dealing with Difficult Clients - Avoiding Complaints
Stacey Campbell - Engineering NZ
16.00 - 16:15 (DS10) Embodied Carbon in Structural Design: A Detailed Assessment of A c.12,000m2 Residential Development in Auckland:
Nick Carman - Mott MacDonald NZ
(ESE 5) Mental Health in the Structural Engineering Profession
Michael Geddes - WSP NZ Ltd
Small Office Practice
Helen Davidson - Chief Executive - ACE
16.15 - 16:30 (DS12) Challenges and Possible Solutions for Structural Engineers Seeking to Make a Positive Contribution to the Climate Emergency
Jared Keen - BECA 
(ESE 7) Enabling Earthquake Repairs in an Extreme Environment
Ben Exton - Structex
The Differences in Detailing for Residential and Light Commercial Practice
Alisdair Sinclair - DTCE Consultants
16.30 - 16:45 Discussion Panel on Sustainability (30mins)
all presenters including
Charlotte Toma, Katie Symons, Nick Carman, Jared Keen, Brendon Donnell
(ESE 8) A Simpler Approach to Strengthening Unreinforced Brick Masonry Buildings in New Zealand - Matthew Cutfield / Hamish Tocher - Holmes Consulting The Things I wish I Knew - Starting a Small Business
Julie Elliott, Hawk Cooper, Anthony Cook
Panel: Gordon Hughes, Ian Watson, Hawk Cooper, Anthony Cook, Pete Van Grinsven
16.45 - 17:00 Ashburton District Council Civil Centre: Learnings on Timber Connections -
Amber Coulthard - Beca
Networking and Refreshments (15mins) - Hosted By SESOC President - Michelle Grant
17.00 Day 1 Close
   
19.00 - 19.30 Pre-dinner drinks and networking
19.30 - Late Conference Dinner and SESOC Awards 
SESOC Conference 2021 - Day 2 - Tuesday 6th July 2021
Time Session
8.00 - 9.00 Registration/Coffee and Tea 
9.00 - 9.05 Day 2 Welcome
9.05 - 9.45 KN3 (DS16) Innovation the next big thing or the next big failure
Rick Henry  (40 mins) Chair: Carl Ashby
9.45 - 10.05 (DS22) Factors Affecting the Balancing of Gender Representation in the Engineering Industry - Hanna Davidson / Lucy Devonshire 
10.05 - 10:30 Morning Tea
10.30 - 12.15 Technical Session 4A  - General Practitioner Topics 
Chair: Michelle Grant
Technical Session 4B - Standards Updates
Chair: Enrique del Rey Castillo
Session 4C - Bridges and Civil Structures 
Chair: John Tait
ACA Session 1
10.30 - 10.55 (DS19)  On the Edge: Structural Design Examples of scaffold in WLG
David Morrison - Morrison Design Consulting Engineers Ltd
(DS17) NZS3404 Block Shear Steel Connection Design Provisions
Kevin Cowie - SCNZ
DS 26 Innovative Seismic Design of Peka Peka to Otaki Expressway Bridges
Jamil Khan - Beca
Updating SNZ TS 3404 – where are we now and where to from here?
Raed El Sarraf - WSP
10.55 - 11.20 (DS18)  How to Avoid being Sued - 10 Tips for Consulting Engineers
Ian Watson - IL Watson Consulting Engineer Ltd
(DS 20) The Revised Specification for Concrete Production NZS3104:2021
Dave McGuigan - Concrete NZ
(DS25) SH2 Wairoa River Cycleway Extension
Ronald Wessel- Beca
Concrete – the long term solution
James Mackechnie - CCANZ
 
11.20 - 11.45 (DS 37) Avoiding 50% of RFIs, the Importance of clear documentation
Martin Pratchett - Engineering NZ
(DS 6) Development of the NZ Earth Building Standards NZS 4297, 4298 & 4299:2020
Richard Walker
(DS7) Design of Te Wananga - An Architectural concrete wharf
Alex Vink -T&T
How durable is your timber?
Nick Marston - BRANZ
11.45 - 12.10 (DS 27) Updating Verification Method B1/VM4 – Section 3.0 – Shallow Foundations
Nick Clendon - Coffey Services
Building Regulatory Update
Mark Ryburn - MBIE
(DS33) Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) Civil Structures and Bridges
Liam Edwards - Beca
Building shiny bridges and buildings, exploring the beauty of stainless steel
Paul Gapper - NZSSDA
12.10 - 13.15 Lunch
13:15 - 15:00 Technical Session 5 A  - Engineering Case Studies
Chair: John Snook
Technical Session Session 5 B  - Research Topics
Chair: John Tait
Technical Session 5C - Structural Analysis
Chair: Hamish McKenzie
ACA Session 2
13:15 - 13:40 DS 30 - Regenerative Practice in Structural Engineering - A case study Dunedin South Library
Simon Burrough
(DS8) The Cost of more resillient Structures
Enrique del Rey Castillo - UoA
(DS 31) The Effects of the Extent of Cracking on the Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures using Elastic Methods
John O'Hagan - Compusoft Engineering
How to design durable structures for Waka Kotahi
Liam Coleman - Waka Kotahi NZTA
13:40 - 14:05 (DS9) - Seismic Resilient Mass Timber Structures with Damage-Avoidance Connections: Developments, Design Methods and Case Studies
Ashkan Hashemi - UoA
(DS 11) Testing and Design Recommendations of confinement to wall ends with FRP Laminate and Spike Anchors
Zhibin Li - UoA
(DS21) A Brief Investigation into Estimating Floor Spectra for Base Isolated Buildings - Didier Pitenga
Holmes Consulting LP 
Dealing with B2 - meeting the Councils requirements
Andrew Boyd - Auckland Council Building Consents
14: 05 - 14:30 (DS2) SESOC Software - Recent Developments
Geoff Bird - BECA
(DS 14) Using an innovative low damage anchorage system for industrial tanks
Kaveh Sahami - UoA
(DS28) A New Way of Working – Using Digital Tools for Everyday Engineering
Alex Baylis - Robert Bird Group
Overview of Engineering NZ Position on Producer Statements and B2
Martin Pratchett - Engineering NZ
14:30 -15:00 Afternoon Tea
  Plenary Session 6 - Chair Prof. Jason Ingham ACA Session 3
15.00 - 16.00 Lightning Talks - Hosted By Jason Ingham 10 presenters 60 minutes 2 presentors, 25 mins each
15:00 - 16:00 3D Printing: A catalyst for innovation
Prof. Olaf Diegel - UoA
Design to construction - Seismic chasm or bridgeable Gap?
Andrew Blackford - Naylor Love
A computer couldn't do my job …
Matt Biship - BVT Engineering
Intumescent Coatings - the FPA Specification
Garth Moran - Altex
Auckland Harbour Bridge - 2020 Truss Repair
Liam Edwards - Beca
Embodied carbon assessments for NZ Buildings: Where to Start?
Nick Carman - Mott MacDonald NZ
Understanding the Value of a talented drafter
Annie Scott - Jensen McArley Austin
Digital transformation and disruption
Prof. Robert Amor - UoA
A post-Dickensian tale of two whare
Prof. Anthony Hoete- UoA
Interndependent vulnerabilities in critical post-disaster organisations
Patrick Cummeuskey - Auckland Council
The impotance of the QA/QC and Coatings
Rene Hill - Southern QA
15 mins Q&A
16.00 - 16.25 (KN4) Development and Validation of Retrofit Techniques for Hollowcore Floors
Frank Bόker / Nic Brooke (40 mins)
ACA Open Forum
16:25 - 16:30 Conference Close - Michelle Grant SESOC President