John Hawley - Curriculum Vitae
Qualifications: B.E. (Civil, NZ)
M.A. (Civil Engineering, Cambridge)
PhD (Soil Mechanics, Cambridge)
F.I.P.E.N.Z. (Fellow of NZ Institution of Professional Engineers (2010)
CPEng (Chartered Professional Engineer)
Professional associations: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (Fellow)
New Zealand Geomechanics Society (6 years on national management committee.)
NZ Society of Soil Science (4 years on Council)
NZ Association of Resource Management
Fields of Competence: Soil Mechanics (slope stability, consolidation etc)
Land use/ Soil Conservation, Geotechnical evaluation and design.
Domestic on-site wastewater treatment/disposal system design
Employment: 2000 – present
Consulting Engineer, John Hawley Consulting Ltd, Warkworth.
1998 – 2000
Professional Engineer, Colin Ashby Consulting Ltd, Warkworth
1990 – 1997
Consulting Engineer, Partner - Hay Hawley & Associates, Palmerston North
1997 – 1990
Director, NWASCA Soil Conservation Research Centre, Aokautere Palmerston North
The Centre was established in 1977 to carry out research and survey work on “land” issues (as distinct from water quality and hydrological ones) nationwide on behalf of the National Water & Soil Conservation Authority - NWASCA. Responsibilities included not only the projects undertaken by the 38 scientists and 18 technicians at the Centre and its substations in Whangarei, Auckland, Gisborne, Christchurch and Alexandra, but MSc and PhD studies funded by NWASCA and overseas contracts notably in Indonesia, the Cook and Solomon Islands.
1970 - 1977
Scientist in Soil Engineering section Soil Bureau DSIR.
1965 - 1970
University of Cambridge
1961 – 1964
Schoolmaster, Wanganui Collegiate School
Publications and Reports In summary these include –
(a) Soil Mechanics Papers ranging from the theoretical (eg A Unified Theory for the Consolidation of Clays – Proc 8th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Moscow, 1973) to the very practical (eg Slope Stability in Urban Development, DSIR Information Series No 122, 1976 and Urban Slope Instability: NZIE (IPENZ) annual conference Feb 1980 and The Use of Large Annular Sealing Discs in the Laboratory Measurement of Permeability – Proc 10th International Conference on Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering, Stockholm 1981.)
(b) Soil Conservation Papers, eg Relating Soil Conservation Measures to Erosion Type, Proc Soil Dynamics & Land Use Seminar, NZ Soil Science Soc & NZ Assn of Soil Conservators, May 1985 and How Much do Trees Reduce Landsliding with J R Dymond, US Journal of Soil & Water Conservation, Vol 43 No 6, pp 495-498 August 1988. The Inclined Drainpipe Effect on the Stability of Natural Soil Slopes NZ Geomechanics News June 2010, with Letter to the Editor in December edition.
(c) Soil Conservation Reports, eg Landslides on Some Seasonally-dry Hill Country Soils in New Zealand – with M King, Report to NWASCA Feb 1978, and Erosion Trends in Taupo and Associated (pumice) Catchments - Report to NWASCA Nov 1978.
(d) Land Mapping Techniques, eg The Soil Factor on The New Zealand Land Resource Inventory – with M L Leamy, “Soil & Water” Vol 16 No 6 Dec 1980. and A Fresh Look at Land Use Capability (LUC) as a concept in Soil and Land Resource Evaluation – with J R Fletcher and K E Noble “Agpol ’83, NZ Institute of Agricultural Science 1983.
(e) Soil Mechanics Designs, eg Design, and supervision of construction of, the major cuttings and embankments for the Deviation of the North Island Main Trunk Railway near Mangaweka, - 1971/72. Also radical design for stormwater management on a 30 – Lot subdivision on deep clean sands where water supply is by roofwater collection. All stormwater managed “on-site”. To be published after being tested with houses in place for at least five years.
(f) Expert Evidence before the High Court and Planning Tribunal/Environment Court, eg On the causes of major leakages in newly constructed water supply lakes at Te Marua near Wellington, NZ 1992-94 and evidence before the Planning Tribunal re an appeal by Electricorp to divert extra water from the Wanganui River.
(g) Geotechnical Reports on proposed house sites, particularly near Palmerston North, Warkworth, Mangawhai and Whangarei mostly in connection with proposals to subdivide or to build. More than 400 such investigations and reports, mostly as a sole-practitioner.
(h) On-site Wastewater Treatment/disposal, - designs for individual new houses and groups of houses and for upgrading existing systems for individual houses and groups of houses, eg 100 houses on Okiato Point, Russell suspected of polluting oyster beds. Specifications for at least 400 individual houses in Mangawhai, Warkworth, Whangarei and other places.