Steel seismic conference for Christchurch
Dr Gregory MacRae says Christchurch has a wealth of experience to share with international researchers and practitioners in this field.
Christchurch may not have its new conference centre yet but it continues to host conferences in several venues. It has just won a bid to host the 2018 Steel Structures in Seismic Areas international conference.
Christchurch and Canterbury Convention Bureau and Tourism New Zealand Business Events made a successful bid which was presented by Dr Gregory MacRae from the University of Canterbury at the 2015 conference in Shanghai last week.
The three-day conference, held once every three years, will attract roughly 300 mostly international delegates to Christchurch in February 2018.
The venue has yet to be confirmed but organisers will use either the Air Force Museum at Wigram, the transitional “cardboard” Anglican cathedral, or Rydges Hotel in Latimer Square.
Each has capacity for 300-delegate conferences.
Dr MacRae says New Zealand is well known for its earthquake engineering and low damage construction techniques, and Christchurch has a wealth of experience to share with international researchers and practitioners in this field.
The Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at University of Canterbury has gained worldwide recognition for its extensive theoretical and experimental research in the behaviour of steel structures.
“Christchurch is a living classroom, and a rare example of a city where we have both steel structures and earthquakes.
“We will be able to tour the city talking about the practical issues and our first-hand experience, to help advance global research about seismic design of steel structures,” he says.
Chris Hutching
Fri, 24 Jul 2015
Fri, 24 Jul 2015
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