ACENZ INNOVATE NZ Awards of Excellence 2010 – winners announced
Issue 20 – September 2010
The cream of engineering design in New Zealand has been celebrated at the ACENZ INNOVATE NZ Awards of Excellence 2010.
Gold winners in the awards, organised by the Association of Consulting Engineers NZ (ACENZ) include Dunning Thornton Consultants for Wellington's Chews Precinct development and Tonkin & Taylor's remediation of the Kawakawa Bay landslip in Manukau City, which prevented a potentially catastrophic land collapse.
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[more]Young Engineer of the Year 2010 – finalists’ presentations
Issue 20 – September 2010
IPENZ is looking for engineers and student engineers to join the audience for the Young Engineer of the Year finalists' presentations. In this, the final component of the competition, the three finalists will be required to showcase their communication skills by giving a short presentation on an engineering project of their choice.
The Young Engineer of the Year is the most hotly contested of the New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards' titles. This year's finalists have submitted entries describing their career development, contribution to the wider community and recognition by their peers. They have exhibited high levels of personal and ethical behaviour and demonstrated excellence in engineering, working on successful projects at home and abroad.
The free event will be held on Wednesday, 6 October 2010, at 6.00pm at URS New Zealand Limited, Level 6, URS Centre, 13-15 College Hill, Auckland. To reserve your seat email ipenz.auckland@gmail.com by 28 September 2010. For information about the finalists visit the New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards (www.nzeeawards.org.nz/2010/awards-2010.cfm) website.
Standards New Zealand is proudly sponsoring the Supreme Award for the 2010 Engineering Excellence Awards, which will be announced on 24 November 2010.
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DR AS/NZS 2885.5 Pipelines – Gas and liquid petroleum – Part 5: Field pressure testing (Revision of AS/NZS 2885.5:2002)
Sets out methods for the hydrostatic testing of petroleum pipelines designed in accordance with AS 2885.1 and operated in accordance with AS 2885.3. It may also be used for testing other pipelines including pipelines designed to, or operated to, AS 4645.2.
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