Sustainable Design for Structural Engineers SESOC is excited to host their first webinar on Sustainable Design for Structural Engineers. New Zealand’s net-zero-carbon legislation requires all industries to contribute to the carbon reduction journey and this is no different for the Construction and Structural Design industries. The Building and Construction sector currently accounts for around ... Read more
Join our SESOC President Michelle Grand and her co-speaker Gordon Hughes as they present the 10 Tips for Better Designs of Low-Rise Structures (aka Low-Rise Learnings) The seminar will provide ten tips for the better design of low- rise structures, with a focus on commercial buildings. Low- rise structures are one of the most common ... Read more
Join our speaker Pierre Verhaeghe as he presents the main changes introduced in the revised version of the wind Standard AS/NZS 1170.2:2021 This seminar will provide fundamentals and background to some of the key clauses in the Standard. Structural engineers who are keen to understand the impact that the revised 2021 Standard may have on ... Read more
Engineered Timber Products: For use in commercial, multi-residential and industrial buildings March 14, 15, 17, 20, 22, 23 Queenstown, Christchurch, Nelson, Wellington, Hamilton, Auckland SESOC in collaboration with the Timber Design Society is presenting a seminar series on Engineered timber products – for use in commercial, multi-residential and industrial buildings. This seminar will cover the ... Read more
October 9 Queenstown Registration at 12:30 pm Seminar starts at 12:45 pm Seminar ends at 5:15 pm Join us in October 2023 as SESOC and New Zealand Geotechnical Society collaborate in presenting a seminar on Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction: Part 1 - Shallow Foundations Soil-foundation-structure interaction (SFSI) is present on all soil sites and can ... Read more
November 8, 2023 Queenstown Registration 12:30 pm Seminar Start 12:45 pm Seminar Finish 5:30 pm Join us in November 2023 as SESOC Seminar Series presents a seminar on Steel Structures: Going back to the fundamentals Structural steel is one of the most widely used materials in New Zealand for multi-storey buildings for gravity systems and ... Read more
SESOC Seminar - Seismic design of diaphragms in steel frame structures Queenstown Copthorne Hotel & Resort Lakefront Corner Frankton Rd & Adelaide St Queenstown Registration 12:45 pm The seminar starts at 1:00 pm The Seminar finishes at 5:00 pm SESOC together with HERA are collaborating to present the Seismic design of diaphragms in steel frame ... Read more
SESOC Seminar - Detailed Engineered Timber Design: 1. Durability and Moisture Management 2. Realising Design Impacts on Build Costs July 29, 2024 (Monday) Queenstown Copthorne Hotel & Resort Lakefront Corner Frankton Rd & Adelaide St Queenstown Registration 12:45 pm The seminar starts at 1:00 pm The Seminar finishes at 5:00 pm Join Bjørn Stankowitz and ... Read more
Steel Portal Frame Design Queenstown 11 March 2026 Copthorne Hotel & Resort Lakefront, Corner Frankton Rd & Adelaide St, Queenstown SESOC, in collaboration with HERA, is presenting a seminar on Steel Portal Frame Design. Join Dr Kaveh Andisheh and Dr Mayank Shrivastava as they present an in-depth coverage of the major issues surrounding the analysis ... Read more
Following on from our inaugural Advancing Women in Engineering & Construction (AWEC) Symposium in 2022, and the release of the resultant White Paper, we are excited to reconvene for our second AWEC Symposium on the 2nd of July, 2026. The AWEC initiative is at its core committed to supporting equity for women in their professional careers and is ... Read more