Big Pig Ltd

With nearly 40 years’ experience in the industry, Andrew brought a very broad skillset to New Zealand. His recent work here has primarily involved Construction Monitoring of multi-storey precast concrete apartment blocks, the design of new buildings as well as the inspection and appraisal of existing buildings (including seismic assessments). He also managed structural projects from concept to completion, looking after progress, quality, client satisfaction and coordination of all those involved.  

 As a Chartered Civil Engineer, Andrew has held numerous senior and executive level positions across the UK and NZ. His extensive commercial experience includes the design and construction of steel, concrete, composite, timber and masonry structures on new build and refurbishment projects, ranging from the small and traditional to the large and innovative. His work covers the residential, commercial, retail, leisure, medical and defence sectors, with designs in line with British, European, US and New Zealand standards.

 As a Technical Specialist in nuclear safety structures, he was responsible for the design reviews and regulatory interfaces of buildings designed to withstand the effects of extreme loading including earthquake, blast, impact and explosives.                                   

Until his migration to New Zealand in 2019, Andrew was providing security and engineering advice to clients requiring multi-disciplined design solutions. Specialist topics include Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM), Counter Terrorism Measures (CTM), Explosive Consequence Analysis (ECA), Probable Maximum Loss (PML) Studies, Human Vulnerability Assessments, and casualty estimates for terrorist scenarios proposed by clients for various sites around the world.