Ignatius is the Wellington Regional Manager and is also a Principal. Ignatius has over 28 years’ structural design and engineering experience working in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Tonga.

Recently Ignatius has been focusing on Seismic Restraint, Aged Care and Seismic Strengthening projects. A significant seismic restraint project Ignatius has recently been involved in was Acute Services Building at Christchurch Hospital. This project has occurred over four years and has involved over 21,000 seismic restraints for suspended services, as well as restraints for all items of plant and equipment.

Ignatius enjoys the challenge of designing structures that are seismically resilient to achieve the highest possible safety for building occupants while also providing a building that is economical to repair, with the minimal downtime, after a major earthquake.

Ignatius enjoys working as part of a wider team with a common goal of achieving the most suitable and economical design solution.