We provide the structural and seismic expertise needed to move projects forward. Our role is to help clients and project teams understand their options, manage risk and deliver solutions that are safe, buildable and fit for purpose; delivered in a constructive way that keeps projects progressing.
Practice
Practical engineering that makes the whole project easier.
Purpose
Structural engineering for your bigger picture.
Cost, timeframes, tenant disruption, buildability, and the confidence of everyone watching the project... While none of these factors can be answered with a calculation, we recognise that they are as, if not more, important to your project than the details of the structure. This is what we call your bigger picture, and we’ve built or practice around helping you deliver it.
Ngā mātāpono - guiding principles
How we work, is who we are.
Hāpai
To uplift / carry / support / advance a Kaupapa
Protect the vision, champion success
Your vision is your success, and we are here to support and champion both.
Urutau
Adaptation / adaptability
Stay open-minded, stay adaptable
We navigate change with clarity and purpose, because there is never only one right answer.
Kia Mataara
Anticipation / alertness
Anticipate & solve early
We anticipate challenges, and act before they become problems.
Kōtahitanga
Unity / Solidarity / Collective purpose
Work as one
integrated team
We understand that projects work best when we work as one team.
Process
Workflows engineered to make projects smoother.
We don't just show up, design a theoretically correct structure and wish you good luck — we're in it with you for the whole journey. A senior engineer stays with your project through to completion, so the thinking behind each decision is never lost in a hand-off, and the success of your project is shared by someone with skin in the game.
Early advice
Understand constraints before they become expensive.
What you get
Problems designed out before they cost money.
Options and trade-offs
Make informed decisions with clear technical and commercial context.
What you get
Decisions you can defend, technically and commercially.
Design and documentation
Produce coordinated documentation project teams can use.
What you get
Drawings the whole team can build from.
Coordination and consent
Support the wider consultant team through approval pathways.
What you get
A consent path with fewer surprises.
Construction monitoring
Stay close to the build and respond when detail matters.
What you get
What gets built matches what was designed.
Site-phase problem solving
Help the team resolve issues quickly and practically.
What you get
Fast, practical answers when site throws a curveball.
Awards
Proven in project success. Recognised where it counts.
We are proud to have provided the structural engineering ownership behind these award-winning client projects.
- Whakamaru – Wellington City Mission
Lead Structural Engineer – New Build
- NZ Commercial Project Awards 2026: Gold, Civic Project Award; Special Award.
- Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Wellington Awards 2025: Public Architecture Award - Manukura School
Lead Structural Engineer – New Build
- NZ Commercial Project Awards 2025: Gold, Education Project Award - 126LQ
Lead Structural Engineer – Strengthening and Restoration
- Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Wellington Awards 2025: Heritage Award - Te Kupenga o Rongomai: Maidstone Sports Hub
Lead Structural Engineer – New Build
- NZ Commercial Project Awards 2025: Gold, Civic Project Award
- Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Wellington Awards 2025: Public Architecture Award - URLAR Vineyard
Lead Structural Engineer – New Build
- NZ Commercial Project Awards 2025: Gold, Tourism and Leisure Project Award - Higgins Family Holdings Limited Head Office
Lead Structural Engineer – New Build
- NZ Commercial Project Awards 2024: Gold, Commercial Project Award - Te Wao Nui, Wellington Children’s Hospital
Seismic Restraint Engineer
- 2023 Property Industry Awards: Supreme Award
