Tonkin + Taylor
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Environmental and Engineering consultancy |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Founder | Ralph Tonkin |
| Headquarters | Auckland (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) |
| Website | www |
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[edit]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "TONKIN & TAYLOR LIMITED (110783) Registered". Companies Office. 18 March 1981. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ a b "About us". Tonkin + Taylor.
- ^ "History". Tonkin + Taylor.
- ^ "Awards". Tonkin + Taylor.
- ^ "Bentley Announces Winners of 2014 Be Inspired Awards". Bentley Systems. 6 November 2014.
- ^ "InnovateNZ Awards of Excellence 2013" (PDF). ACENZ. 12 July 2013.
- ^ "InnovateNZ Awards of Excellence 2012" (PDF). ACENZ. 3 August 2012.
- ^ "The Awards 2011". New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards.
