We provide engineering services that include:

Structural engineering design, for residential, commercial & industrial projects :

Structural engineers carry out strength calculations and prepare drawings of structures to ensure they are strong enough to avoid collapse when loaded. Structural engineers generally work as part of a team with the Architectural Designer and look specifically at the way a structure is to be built.GJJGFJHGJH


The Engineer ensures buildings are strong enough to withstand natural forces and loads imposed by nature or from its use. Through research and the testing of both form and material, new solutions are continually developed which promote safer, more environmentally friendly buildings and structures. As a result of this research and new innovations our building codes are updated and revised. Structural engineers are required to keep abreast of these developments.

Bracing analysis for wind and earthquake loadings :

Most building remain stable during their lives as a result of some form of bracing action. Bracing is required in order to stabilize the main building supports throughout their lives or during construction. For individual structural components Bracing contributes to the distribution of load effects and to provide restraint to compression flanges or chords where they would otherwise be free to buckle laterally.


For the structure as a whole Bracing connects beams, it can be used to distribute the vertical bending effects between main beams, and to ensure that lateral effects such as wind loading, earthquake loadings and collision loading are shared between all the beams. This sharing is particularly important at lines of support, where the effects of the lateral loads are often resisted at one fixed or guided bearing location in the building

Design with structural steel, lightweight steel framing, concrete, timber :

Structural steel is steel construction material, a profile, formed with a specific shape or cross section and certain standards of chemical composition and mechanical properties. Structural steel shape, size, composition, strength, storage, etc., is regulated in most industrialized countries.


Although "Steel" may conjure up images of a heavy, cumbersome material for construction, Lightweight Steel Framing (LSF) from coated sheet Steel products is just the opposite. Cold-formed sheet steel is an easy to handle, economical, non-combustible, high quality alternate to more traditional framing materials. Steel framing offers a strong, accurate, dimensionally stable and durable framing system. Lightweight steel framing is becoming more prevalent in building construction in New Zealand.


Concrete is a composite material composed of granular graded stone chips or aggregate and cement and water embedded to form a hard matrix of material that fills the space among the aggregate particles and glues them together. Used to construct buildings to form foundations, structural beams or floor or wall panels. Can be site cast in place or site delivered as precast construction units.


Timber is another name for wood, whether still standing in the form of trees or felled and turned into boards or panels for construction. Some people may also refer to it as timber framing, and is the most common house building material in use in New Zealand.

Structural surveys of existing buildings, residential and commercial :

A Building Survey can be a brief or a wide-ranging inspection of a property. For the most comprehensive of surveys available it will provide a detailed evaluation of a property’s condition. A Building Survey report will describe the condition of each element of the building and suggest which aspects are of concern and may need further investigation. Building Surveys are suitable for all properties, but they are particularly appropriate for:


  • Listed Buildings – a building that is on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • Older Properties – recommended for properties over 50 years old.
  • Buildings constructed in an unusual way, regardless of age.
  • Buildings that you intend to renovate or change.
  • Buildings that have already been renovated or significantly altered.

A Building Survey examines all accessible elements of the property and the surveyor will actively search for any structural problems or defects, especially as relates to the seismic strength of the building – the Surveyor is legally obliged to inform of all problematic defects within the final report.

Farm buildings, bridges, septic drainage :

Farm buildings, include any of the structures used in farming operations, which may include buildings to house farm workers, as well as livestock, machinery, and crops.


A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle. There are many different designs that all serve unique purposes and apply to different situations. Designs of bridges vary depending on the function of the bridge, the nature of the terrain where the bridge is constructed and anchored, the material used to make it, and the funds available to build it.


Septic drain fields, also called leach fields or leach drains are used to remove contaminants and impurities from the liquid that emerges from the septic tank. A septic tank, the septic drain field, and the associated piping compose a complete septic system. The septic drain field is effective for disposal of organic materials readily catabolized by a microbial ecosystem. The drain field typically consists of an arrangement of trenches containing perforated pipes and porous material (often gravel) covered by a layer of soil to prevent animals and surface runoff from reaching the wastewater distributed within those trenches. Primary design considerations are hydraulic for the volume of wastewater requiring disposal and catabolic for the long-term biochemical oxygen demand of that wastewater.

Silos, tanks, tower & monopole design, mechanical plant and cranes support structures :
  • Silos are more commonly used for bulk storage of grain, coal, cement, carbon black, woodchips, food products and sawdust.
  • A tank is a container for storing water. The need for a water tank is providing storage of water for drinking water, irrigation agriculture, fire suppression, agricultural farming, both for plants and livestock, chemical manufacturing, food preparation as well as many other applications. Tank parameters include the general design of the tank, and choice of construction materials.
  • In addition to designing towers and monopoles structural analyses and tower modifications and their foundations
  • A crane is an overhead structure, generally equipped with a hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It is mainly used for lifting something heavy and transporting it to other locations within a building or plant.
Foundations design :

Foundations designed to have an adequate load capacity with limited settlement as dictated by a geotechnical engineer, and the footing itself may be designed structurally by a structural engineer.

Unauthorized building works reports :

Unauthorized building work and unlawful activity takes many forms and can range from very minor technical breaches which cause little or no environmental harm, to blatant building code breaches for projects that may never receive development approval.

Work carried out to meet the requirements of the NZ building codes :

Our work is carried out to be compliant with The New Zealand Building Code.


The NZ Building Code contains a range of requirements. The most significant of these relate to the design of buildings to ensure the health and safety of the occupants under all natural conditions, and the correct use and protection of building materials to ensure the continued working life of the building, which is generally 50 years.