NSF SAVI Wall Institute
Virtual International Institute for Performance Assessment of Structural Wall Systems
Desmond Bull
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University of Canterbury
(64) 3 364 2758
http://www.civil.canterbury.ac.nz/staff/dbull.shtml
• Structural concrete design
• Earthquake engineering
• Bridge design
• Concrete materials
• Past Chairman of the Review Committee of the Concrete Design Standard (NZS 3101)
• New Zealand Concrete Society- Past President
• Representative on the Joint Australia/New Zealand Earthquake Loadings Code, BD6/4
• Member of Working Groups 3&4 of Commission 7, fib
• Technical Director of Holmes Consulting Group Ltd. Marketing and development of structural engineering services for HCG, emphasising concrete structures (commercial buildings and bridges).
• Holcim Adjunct Professor in Concrete Design, at the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, lectures on design of concrete structures.
• Past President of the NZ Concrete Society and serves on the Code Committees for NZS 3101: Concrete Structures and NZS 1170.5: Earthquake Loads. Serves on the Engineering Advisory Group: Seismic Performance of Commercial Building, for the Department of Building and Housing, Government of New Zealand. NZ Fire Service Urban Search and Rescue.
• Des has written or co-written some 150 papers and 8 design guidelines/manuals.
