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Newsletters

Whether you’re interested in keeping up with upcoming events we have, or you want a monthly recap of this months engineering 'must knows', we have the newsletter for you. We have shared our newsletters below for your convenience. If you become a Engineering General Practitioner member, you’ll receive a monthly update straight to your inbox!
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July 2024

In this issue:

  • Message from the Chair

  • The EGP One Question Survey

  • Learning Opportunities

  • EGP Slack Channel Update

  • Chartered in Mutiple Disciplines Requires additional CPD hours per year

  • Upcoming EGP webinars and what to expect

  • For a Laugh

March 2024

In this issue:

● Message from the Chair

● The EGP One Question Survey

● Learning Opportunities

● EGP Slack Channel Update

● Top Tips for Clear Concise Calcs

● EGP’s Doing What They Do Best

● EGP Professional Diversity Survey

● Which One Is Better?

● Upcoming EGP webinars and what to expect

● For a Laugh

December 2023

  • Message from the Chair 

  • The EGP One Question Survey 

  • Learning Opportunities

  • EGP Slack Channel Update 

  • Warehouse Review Findings Report

  • A Clarification on Verification Methods and Alternative Solutions 

  • PS2 Peer Reviews – Some Thoughts and Advice 

  • Engineering New Zealand’s Work with the Building Consent Authorities 

  • Upcoming EGP webinars

September 2023

  • Message from the Chair 

  • Upcoming Engineering Gathering – Come Meet Engineers in Your Area 

  • The EGP One Question Survey 

  • Learning Opportunities

  • EGP Slack Channel Update 

  • Geotechnical Report Template 

  • Civil and Structural Engineers Initial Geotechnical Assessment Report Template 

  • Lateral Restraint of Columns and Beams 

  • The Complications With Practice Areas 

  • Have You Seen the Producer Statement “A” Series? 

  • EGPSIG - Upcoming Elections 

  • Upcoming EGP webinars and what to expect

June 2023

  • Message from the Chair

  • Upcoming Engineering Gathering – Come Meet Engineers in Your Area EGP Presenting at SESOC Conference 2023 

  • The EGP One Question Survey 

  • Learning Opportunities 

  • EGP Slack Channel Update 

  • The Online Producer Statement System 

  • Why EngNZ Recommend $200,000 PI Insurance 

  • Are you Specifying the Correct Codes and Standards – Not Necessarily the Latest 

  • Are Small Consulting Firms Adequately Represented?

  • Tips and Tricks for Structural Engineers 

  • Upcoming EGP webinars and what to expect

March 2023

  • Message from the Chair 

  • The EGP One Question Survey 

  • Learning Opportunities 

  • EGP Slack Channel Update 

  • Engineering New Zealand Board Voting 

  • Learning From Complaints 

  • Upcoming EGP webinars and what to expect

September 2022

  • Message from the Chair 

  • The EGP One Question Survey 

  • Have you heard about Checkwind? 

  • Auckland Council Soakage and Stormwater Tools 

  • Learning Opportunities 

  • EGP Slack Channel Update 

  • Upcoming EGP webinars and what to expect

  • Using P21 Bracing Units Outside of NZS3604 

  • Construction Monitoring Advice and Report Template

June 2022

  • Message from the Chair 

  • The EGP One Question Survey 

  • Options for Climate Change – Survey on Engineered Wood Produces in NZ 

  • On-Site Wastewater Management Designs 

  • Learning Opportunities

  • Core Skills Graduates Require When They Leave University 

  • Civil/Structural Engineers – Geotechnical Input Decision Chart

  • Changes to Simple Earthworks Fill Requirements – NZS4431 

  • EGP Slack Channel Update 

  • Upcoming EGP webinars and what to expect 

  • Structural Tips and Tricks full article

  • Get to Know Some of Your Committee

April 2022

  • Message from the Chair 

  • The EGP One Question Survey 

  • Put on those thinking caps - answer

  • Learning opportunities 

  • Observations from the field 

  • Issues with residential hold-down systems 

  • MBIE update to PGA’s – Are you aware and does it impact you?

  • Understanding the bounds of your competence

  • Shakin’ apart 

  • Get to know some of your committee

September 2021

  • Message from the Chair 

  • The EGP One Question Survey 

  • Expansive Soils – A Field Observation 

  • Learning Opportunities

  • Why I Volunteer 

  • Value Pricing for GP Engineers 

  • Soak Pit Calculations – Suggestions for Improvement

June 2021

  • Message from the Chair 

  • The EGP One Question Survey 

  • Issues with Light Timber Framed Buildings Bracing Design 

  • You Would Love This Project 

  • How to Handle an Official Complaint

  • Lessons Learnt

March 2021

  • Message from the Chair 

  • The EGP One Question Survey 

  • Financial Performance of a Small Consulting Practise over 20 years 

  • Is Stainless Steel the best Option for Corrosion Resistance? 

  • Keeping Sane 

  • Reflections from an EGP Engineer 

  • Engineering Tips

December 2020

  • Message from the Chair 

  • The EGP One Question Survey 

  • Safety by Design – What is the Risk?

  • Changes to Standards and NZ Building Codes 

  • Design Guides and Spreadsheets 

  • CPEng Review Submission 

  • Continuing Professional Development

September 2020

  • Message from the Chair

  • The EGP One Question Survey 

  • How to Minimise Those RFI's 

  • Building a Better Building Consent Bundle 

  • An Ethical Question for a General Practice Engineer

  • Design Guides and Spreadsheets 

  • Editor role available 

  • Continuing professional development

June 2020

  • Message from the Chair 

  • The EGP One Five Question Survey on Standards 

  • NZS and AS/NZS Standards discount deal 

  • Better Learning from Mistakes

  • New website launched 

  • Defining a GP Engineer for CPEng Assessment 

  • Continuing professional development events

March 2020

  • Message from the Chair

  • Results of the One Question Survey 

  • Defining a GP Engineer for CPEng assessment

  • How to determine a charge out rate for a sole practitioner 

  • Retaining wall vehicle surcharges 

  • Continuing professional development events

October 2024

  • Message from the Chair

  • The EGP One Question Survey

  • Learning Opportunities

  • EGP Slack Channel Update

  • Piling Moisture Content – Something to Think About

  • Assessing projects

  • Timber Design Codes AS1720.1 – Course Notes

  • Upcoming EGP webinars and what to expect

  • For a Laugh

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