Tonkin + Taylor

Tonkin + Taylor Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryEnvironmental and Engineering consultancy
Founded1959
FounderRalph Tonkin
HeadquartersAuckland (T+T NZ), Melbourne (T+T AU)
Area served
New Zealand, Australia and Asia
Key people
Dr Tim Fisher (Managing Director)
Jenn Bestwick (T+T Group Board Chair)
Penny Kneebone (Chief Executive, T+T NZ)
Nicole Neal (General Manager, T+T AU)
Websitewww.tonkintaylor.co.nz

Tonkin + Taylor is an employee-owned environmental and engineering consultancy company. Its head office is in Auckland,[1] New Zealand with offices in Australia, Malaysia and the wider Asia Pacific region.[2]

Services cover civil, environmental, geotechnical and water resources engineering.

History

In 1959, Ralph Tonkin established a laboratory testing and engineering consulting company Geotechnics Ltd, with technical input from Professor Peter Taylor of University of Auckland. In 1961, Ralph Tonkin and Don Taylor formed a partnership named Tonkin + Taylor.[2] The partnership was active in many engineering projects in New Zealand and Asia, and founded an office in Malaysia in the 1970s.

In 1981, the partnership was restructured into a limited liability company, which has grown into an employee owned company.[3]

Awards

  • 2014 Waterview Connection Project[4]
    • Year in Infrastructure Conference Innovation in Roads Award, awarded to the Well Connected Alliance (NZ Transport Agency, Fletcher Construction, McConnell Dowell Constructors, Beca Infrastructure, Tonkin + Taylor, Parsons Brinkerhoff and Obayashi Corporation)[5]
  • 2013 Newmarket Viaduct Replacement Project
    • ACENZ Innovate NZ Awards Gold Award[6]
    • NZ Contractors Federation Civil Construction Excellence Award
    • FIDIC Civil Construction Excellence Award
    • NZ Concrete Society Infrastructure and Concrete Award
    • NZ Engineering Excellence Awards Transportation Infrastructure Award
    • Roading Excellence Awards Supreme Award (Major Road Project)
  • 2012 Land Damage Assessment Team, Christchurch
    • ACENZ Gold Award of Excellence[7]
  • 2011 Rosedale Wastewater Outfall Tunnel, North Shore
    • ACENZ Gold Award of Excellence
    • Ingenium Excellence Award (Winner - Projects over $10 million)
    • New Zealand Contractors Federation Construction Award
    • New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards (Winner - Water Waste and Amenities Category)[8]
  • 2011 Silverstream Landfill Development, Hutt City
    • ACENZ Merit Award of Excellence
    • Ingenium Excellence Awards for Physical Works (Finalist - Projects over $10 million)
    • New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards (Finalist - Water Waste and Amenities Category)

See also

References

  1. ^ "TONKIN & TAYLOR LIMITED (110783) Registered". Companies Office. 18 March 1981. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b "About us". Tonkin + Taylor.
  3. ^ "History". Tonkin + Taylor.
  4. ^ "Awards". Tonkin + Taylor.
  5. ^ "Bentley Announces Winners of 2014 Be Inspired Awards". Bentley Systems. 6 November 2014.
  6. ^ "InnovateNZ Awards of Excellence 2013" (PDF). ACENZ. 12 July 2013.
  7. ^ "InnovateNZ Awards of Excellence 2012" (PDF). ACENZ. 3 August 2012.
  8. ^ "The Awards 2011". New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards.