Date: |
15 May 2025, 5.30PM – 7.30PM |
duration: |
2 hrs |
Venue: |
WSP Auckland |
Address: |
Level 3/100 Beaumont Street Auckland |
Cost: |
Free event |
Inaugural Chair, Rudolph Kotze will share information about the vision, purpose and goals of BETS, which aims to be the centre of excellence for bridge engineering in New Zealand.
Rudolph has been involved in bridge and structures design and asset management for over 40 years, working in various technical and management roles in South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. His previous experience from his role with KiwiRail as their Professional Head Structures Engineering, gives him valuable insight in KiwiRail processes and standards. He is an expert in providing technical advice on structures asset management to the wider business and clients and is focused on ensuring that best-practice asset and risk management principles are developed and implemented.
“This is Your Life”
The candidate for this event is Graeme Jamieson. Graeme began university at Otago in 1971, with professional years at Canterbury following between 1972 and 1974. His early career saw him working in Wellington, primarily with the New Zealand Post Office but interspersed with three approximately year-long periods with MWD Head Office (Power Division), MWD Porirua Residency, and Alan Baxter & Associates in London.
Graeme joined the mid-sized consultancy Murray-North in 1989, working in both Rotorua and Singapore. After Murray-North dissolved, he continued in Singapore for some time before returning briefly to Sigma Consultants in Rotorua and then to BBO in Hamilton in 1996, all being offshoots of Murray-North.
Graeme’s involvement with bridge engineering expertise began during holiday work on bridge rating with MWD, with subsequent design and review experience in Singapore. Bridge design for expressway and stand-alone projects has formed the core of his work at BBO over the subsequent decades. He considers himself fortunate to have worked for so long for mid-sized consultancies, sadly becoming increasingly uncommon in our industry.
Whakawhirinaki: Silverstream Pipe Bridge
The Silverstream Pipe Bridge forms a critical link in Wellington’s water network and carries the large-diameter bulk water main across the Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River and also the Wellington – Hutt Valley fault line. With a 100-year design life and an Importance Level 4 (IL4), it is considered to be highly important for post-disaster recovery. The bridge and project construction works are nearing completion.
The three-span bridge consists of a central 100m network arch and steel Warren trusses at the end spans to support the bulk water main and includes a footpath and cycleway as an amenity link for the community. The bridge structure design was developed as part of a collaborative ECI design process to refine the conforming design and improve constructability. This presentation will cover the key features of the design and construction.
Presenters:
Ollie Van Rooyen – Design project lead and geotechnical engineer for the project, Holmes NZ Wellington Office
Rob Presland – Technical Director and project structural design support, Holmes NZ Wellington Office
Join us for the official launch of the new Bridge Engineering Technical Society (BETS). Our speakers for this evening event promise to also showcase interesting project and notable people.
Inaugural Chair, Rudolph Kotze will share information about the vision, purpose and goals of BETS, which aims to be the centre of excellence for bridge engineering in New Zealand.
Rudolph has been involved in bridge and structures design and asset management for over 40 years, working in various technical and management roles in South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. His previous experience from his role with KiwiRail as their Professional Head Structures Engineering, gives him valuable insight in KiwiRail processes and standards. He is an expert in providing technical advice on structures asset management to the wider business and clients and is focused on ensuring that best-practice asset and risk management principles are developed and implemented.
“This is Your Life”
The candidate for this event is Graeme Jamieson. Graeme began university at Otago in 1971, with professional years at Canterbury following between 1972 and 1974. His early career saw him working in Wellington, primarily with the New Zealand Post Office but interspersed with three approximately year-long periods with MWD Head Office (Power Division), MWD Porirua Residency, and Alan Baxter & Associates in London.
Graeme joined the mid-sized consultancy Murray-North in 1989, working in both Rotorua and Singapore. After Murray-North dissolved, he continued in Singapore for some time before returning briefly to Sigma Consultants in Rotorua and then to BBO in Hamilton in 1996, all being offshoots of Murray-North.
Graeme’s involvement with bridge engineering expertise began during holiday work on bridge rating with MWD, with subsequent design and review experience in Singapore. Bridge design for expressway and stand-alone projects has formed the core of his work at BBO over the subsequent decades. He considers himself fortunate to have worked for so long for mid-sized consultancies, sadly becoming increasingly uncommon in our industry.
Whakawhirinaki: Silverstream Pipe Bridge
The Silverstream Pipe Bridge forms a critical link in Wellington’s water network and carries the large-diameter bulk water main across the Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River and also the Wellington – Hutt Valley fault line. With a 100-year design life and an Importance Level 4 (IL4), it is considered to be highly important for post-disaster recovery. The bridge and project construction works are nearing completion.
The three-span bridge consists of a central 100m network arch and steel Warren trusses at the end spans to support the bulk water main and includes a footpath and cycleway as an amenity link for the community. The bridge structure design was developed as part of a collaborative ECI design process to refine the conforming design and improve constructability. This presentation will cover the key features of the design and construction.
Presenters:
Ollie Van Rooyen – Design project lead and geotechnical engineer for the project, Holmes NZ Wellington Office
Rob Presland – Technical Director and project structural design support, Holmes NZ Wellington Office
