My skills and experience have been developed over 25 years in the Property and Construction industry in New Zealand, the UK and Germany. Now self employed, I provide independent consultancy advice focusing on Building Services Engineering across Canterbury and New Zealand.

After completing a Batchelor of Engineering in Building Services Engineering at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle (UK) my career commenced in London with Ramboll and AECOM before immigrating to New Zealand in 2004. 

In Wellington with Norman Disney and Young I held various roles including Senior Mechanical Engineer, Project Leader, Associate and Mechanical Team leader. I ran the multi-discipline input of the Building Services team on several major projects including 1-3 The Terrace, The Supreme Court of New Zealand and several major office refurbishments. 

In May 2014 I moved to Christchurch and opened an office for WSP when they were a boutique Building Services practice in New Zealand. Securing the Building Services commission for Te Pae Christchurch Convention and Exhibition Centre enabled the team to grow rapidly whilst delivering various school projects under the Canterbury School Rebuild programme. I held several roles at WSP between May 2014 and August 2023 including manager of the Christchurch Building Services team from 2014-2021 and a National Business Development role between 2021 and 2023.

Te Pae- Christchurch Convention Centre

With a focus on collaboration from the early design stages, I led a multi-discipline team as Project Director from concept through to Practical Completion. During the early stages of design I managed the design team working directly for the end client, through to the subsequent Detailed Design and Construction phases nominated to the main contractor. The team focused on the buildability, ease of maintenance and operation of the technically complex building.  

The team designed the Building Services (Mechanical, Electrical, Hydraulics) Fire Engineering, Fire Protection, Digital Infrastructure (ICT, Broadcast, Audio Visual, Integrated Building Management System), Acoustic Consultancy, Specialist Lighting, Theatre Consultancy, Greenstar, Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) including Life Cycle Cost Analysis, Seismic Restraint and Non-structural elements design and Structural Fire Engineering Analysis