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(9 December 2011) Coffey International Limited (“Coffey”) has received two Gold Awards at the Consult Australia Awards for Excellence which were announced last Friday at the annual awards dinner held in Sydney.
(6 October 2011) Coffey Geotechnics’ Frances Badelow has been accepted as the co-chair of the Foundations Working Group for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).
(13 September 2011) Geotechnical drilling work has commenced on the North West Rail Link. It will assist engineers in providing a more detailed assessment of underground conditions for the construction of Australia's longest rail tunnels.
(13 September 2011): Geotechnical experts have met for the Safe Buildings conference in Auckland with new recommendations for New Zealand building practices in seismic areas discussed.
Professor Harry Poulos, a foundation design expert from Coffey Geotechnics who has been responsible for the foundations of some of the world’s tallest buildings, presented at the conference on his recommendations for safer, earthquake resistant cities and buildings. He advised that the recent events in Christchurch have made the engineering community reconsider the impact of ground conditions and the way we should be designing foundations.
(11 August 2011) Some of the world’s tallest and most technically challenging superstructures are sitting on foundations designed by an Australian woman.
Geotechnical engineer Frances Badelow provides advice and recommendations for the foundations of very tall buildings, some rising a kilometre into the sky and some founded on very soft or reclaimed land.
(23 May 2011) The Todd Property Group has awarded Coffey Geotechnics, a subsidiary of global professional services firm Coffey International Limited, as the lead geotechnical consultants for the Long Bay development in New Zealand.
