Tonkin + Taylor Explained

Tonkin + Taylor Limited
Industry:	Environmental and Engineering consultancy
Foundation:	1959
Founder:	Ralph Tonkin
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)
Location:	Auckland (T+T NZ), Melbourne (T+T AU)
Type:	Private

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. 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

• ACENZ
• McKinlay Hendry Ltd v Tonkin & Taylor Ltd

Notes and References

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