DrillACE concept for New Zealand waters

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 269
Author(s):  
Rodney Pinna ◽  
Glynn Thomas ◽  
Michael Bieganski
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
Steel Structure ◽  
The Third

The Maari DrillACE Well Head Platform (WHP) was installed offshore New Zealand during the second quarter of 2008 for the designated operator OMV New Zealand Ltd. The platform was engineered and designed by Arup and Clough. Clough was responsible for engineering, procurement, construction and installation activities on the project, with Arup undertaking the design of the primary steel structure, including the plated base, deck and tubular jacket. The Maari WHP was the third ACE platform and the second DrillACE platform to be installed. This paper considers a number of the unique features of the structural design of the Maari DrillACE platform that were encountered during this project as well as providing a background on the ACE platform concept.

scholarly journals 3rd U.S. - Japan workshop on the improvement of building structural design and construction practices, 29 July-1 August 1988 Tokyo, Japan

1989 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-75
Author(s):  
I. J. Billings
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Earthquake Engineering ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
Seismic Analysis ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Design Codes ◽  
World Conference ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
The Third ◽  
Design And Construction

The workshop was held in Tokyo immediately
 prior to 9th World Conference on Earthquake 
Engineering. Two previous workshops have
been held in 1984 and 1986 both with an 
emphasis on seismic building design and 
construction practices. New Zealand and
 China were invited to participate in the
 3rd Workshop which was attended by 17 U.S. 
and 23 Japanese representatives. I was
 privileged to attend the third workshop 
which was organised by the Japan Structural
 Consultants Association. 21 papers were
 presented covering building seismic analysis and design, and comparison of design codes and practices. The conference concluded with a working session which allowed a useful exchange of information. In the notes below I have summarized several items of particular interest to New Zealand practitioners.

scholarly journals Learning based on the project entitled "Design and construction of a wooden bridge"

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Cristina Barris ◽  
Lluís Torres ◽  
Enric Simon
Keyword(s):  
Structural Design ◽  
Failure Load ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Course Content ◽  
The Third ◽  
Material Optimization ◽  
Engineering Degree ◽  
The University ◽  
Design And Construction

This article presents the results of a case involving the application of project-based learning carried out with students in the Mechanical Engineering degree program at the University of Girona. The project, entitled “Design and construction of a wooden bridge”, was conducted at the Polytechnic School in the third-year Structures course. This project required students to address, consider and solve different problems related to the resistance of materials, structural calculations, material optimization and structural design. The project also included the building of the bridge based on the calculations made, thus enabling the students to verify the suitability of the theoretical calculations as compared to real results. Finally, a competition was held to reward those teams who obtained the best ratio between the failure load and the weight of the bridge. The main conclusion observed from the implementation of only two editions of this project is the acquisition of the different proposed competences (both specific and cross-curricular) by the students. Finally, it was interesting to note that after completing the activity, the students were observed to be more motivated by the course content.

scholarly journals The non-audit fee and the auditee’s failure risk

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (99 (155)) ◽  
pp. 97-118
Author(s):  
Piotr Staszkiewicz ◽  
Rumiana Górska
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Audit Report ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Failure Risk ◽  
Audit Fee ◽  
Non Audit Services

This paper examines whether the auditee’s financial situation affects the auditor’s non-audit fee and independ- ence. Three sets of tests were used to address the issue. The first examines whether there are cross-border and intertemporal differences in relationships between non-audit fees and audit fees. The second tests whether there is a relationship between non-audit fees and report modification. The third addresses the relationships between audit fees and the auditee’s financial situation. The results suggest a lack of coexistence of all three motives for the purchase of non-audit fee services, and substantial similarities of auditor and auditee behaviors across Po- land and New Zealand. We documented the lack of a significant link between auditee failure risk and the quality of the audit report. Our findings indicate an operational rather than a strategic nature of non-audit services to incumbent clients.

The Boundaries of Constitutional Amendment

2019 ◽  
pp. 61-92
Author(s):  
Richard Albert
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
Basic Structure ◽  
The United States ◽  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
Constitutional Amendments

Some constitutional amendments are not amendments at all. They are self-conscious efforts to repudiate the essential characteristics of the constitution and to destroy its foundations. They dismantle the basic structure of the constitution while at the same time building a new foundation rooted in principles contrary to the old. Changes on this scale are not properly called constitutional amendments. They are better understood as constitutional dismemberments. A constitutional dismemberment is incompatible with the existing framework of the constitution. It intends deliberately to disassemble one or more of the constitution’s elemental parts by altering a fundamental right, an important structural design, or a core aspect of the identity of the constitution. To use a rough shorthand, the purpose and effect of a constitutional dismemberment are the same: to unmake the constitution. But what, then, is a constitutional amendment? This chapter explains that there are four fundamental features to a constitutional amendment: its subject, authority, scope, and purpose. The most important feature of an amendment is its scope, which at all times must not exceed the boundaries of the existing constitution. This chapter therefore defines a constitutional amendment in terms of what it is and what it is not, with illustrations drawn from around the globe. This chapter considers constitutions from Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Dominica, Guyana, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States.

scholarly journals New Australian spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1604 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAURENCE A. MOUND
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Abdominal Tergite ◽  
Antennal Segment ◽  
Single Species ◽  
New Genera ◽  
The Third ◽  
Maxillary Palps

Two new genera and six new species of spore-feeding Thysanoptera are described from Australia, with Australian records of two further species, one from California and one from New Zealand. In the Tribe Pygothripini, subtribe Pygothripina, Ecacleistothrips glorious gen. et sp. n. is a large and highly polymorphic rainforest thrips: the apterous male has a transverse first abdominal tergite, in contrast to the females that have a reduced pelta as is typical of most Phlaeothripidae. Also in this subtribe, Heptathrips cumberi Mound & Walker from New Zealand is recorded widely around the southern coasts of Australia. A key is provided to the six genera of Pygothripini subtribe Allothripina in which the terminal sensorium of the maxillary palps is unusually large. In this group, four wingless species are considered: Minaeithrips aliceae gen. et sp. n. and M. driesseni sp.n. in which the maxillary stylets are wide apart, Allothrips hamideae sp. n. in which the third antennal segment has a basal flange unlike any other member of this widespread genus, and Priesneriella citricauda Hood that was previously known only from California. In the Pygothripini subtribe Macrothripina, Polytrichothrips geoffri sp. n. is described from rainforest; this genus was known previously from a single species in Sarawak. A further rainforest species, Malesiathrips australis sp.n., is described in the Tribe Idolothripini, subtribe Elaphrothripina; this genus was known previously from three species in the Asian and Pacific regions.

New sponge species from hydrothermal vent and cold seep sites off New Zealand

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4576 (3) ◽  
pp. 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHELLE KELLY ◽  
ASHLEY A. ROWDEN
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Future Study ◽  
Hydrothermal Vent ◽  
Cold Seep ◽  
Sponge Species ◽  
The Third ◽  
The North ◽  
New Subgenus ◽  
The Future ◽  
Hydrothermal Vent Field

Three new sponge species in the demosponge families Chalinidae Gray and Suberitidae Schmidt are described from the Calypso hydrothermal vent field in the Bay of Plenty, and one species from seep sites along the Hikurangi Margin, to the east of the North Island, New Zealand. The Calypso hydrothermal vent field is dominated by the chalinid sponge Haliclona (Soestella) battershilli sp. nov., a large, cream-coloured, finely branched species, and the less common H. (Halichoclona) sonnae sp. nov., an encrusting, translucent white, cushion-shaped species. The third species, the suberitid sponge Protosuberites novaezelandiae sp. nov., forms encrustations with digitate projections. Haliclona (Halichoclona) sonnae sp. nov. and Protosuberites novaezelandiae sp. nov. represent new subgenus and genus records, respectively, for New Zealand waters. The methanotrophic suberitid sponge, Pseudosuberites thurberi sp. nov., is found at many of the cold seep sites on the Hikurangi Margin where it forms extensive, encrusting to digitate mats. The description of these species provides a basis for the future study of the ecology of sponges that are apparently endemic to vent and seep habitats off New Zealand. 

A new species of Tenagomysis (Crustacea: Mysida: Mysidae) from New Zealand with notes on three Tenagomysis species

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 878 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
KOUKI FUKUOKA ◽  
NIEL L. BRUCE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Third ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Antennal Scale

Tenagomysis longisquama sp. nov. is described from South Island, New Zealand. T. longisquama is readily distinguished from the other species of Tenagomysis by the elongate antennal scale with an acute apex and the 10to 16-subsegmented carpopropodus of the third to eighth thoracopodal endopods. T. macropsis Tattersall, 1923 and T. producta Tattersall, 1923, and an unidentifiable species, Tenagomysis sp., are also recorded from South Island. A key to the New Zealand species of Tenagomysis is provided.

The Trade War With Japan

Worldview ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 22 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Jon Woronoff
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Middle East ◽  
European Community ◽  
Third World ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
The Third ◽  
Trade War ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Voluntary Restraint

The Japan-America trade war, which our authorities are pressing on many fronts, is only part of a much broader offensive. There are skirmishes or battles going on all around the globe. The European Community claps restrictions or imposes “voluntary” restraint. Australia and New Zealand pound on the table and make threats. The ASEAN countries hint that it will be hard to cooperate while they suffer negative trade balances. The Third World countries whine that they would appreciate more Japanese development aid. And the Arab nations roar that Japan will go energy hungry if it doesn't help them build up their industry (and reverse its earlier policy on the Middle East).

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