Company: Flux Structural Collective

The modhouse was the first opportunity for our collective and a project that spoke to our core values. The hook “logs for jobs” credo stuck with us as we begun exploring the rapidly advancing New Zealand engineered timber industry that has sprung up around this aspirational philosophy. Adopting progressive methods of prefabrication, combined with bespoke ductile detailing from readily available components, the structure becomes the architecture. In simplistic terms no gib will be harmed in the making of this house. Whilst this high quality and precisely manufactured timber is not inexpensive, with this quantity of off-site prefabrication perhaps the single greatest benefit is the speed with which the house can be assembled onsite which should go a large way to offsetting the upfront capital costs.

John, our friend and client, has very clear ideas yet he is always willing to listen - so through the lost art of butter-paper sketches, friendly banter, coffee and the occasional brew we find solutions. The same can now be said of our newest project member, builder Mark Boys.

Company: Mott Macdonald, Senior structural engineer

Auckland's tallest residential building formed by architectural diagrid frame on the outside of the floor plate. The exoskeleton structure forms the main lateral stability structure. The slender aspect ratio of the tower required the design to adapt a distributed damping solution to control wind induced vibrations. This small but powerful technology fits within the existing structure and will be the first of its kind. 

Company: Mott Macdonald, Senior structural Engineer

Rejuvenation of Festival Square within Adelaide CBD by reinventing the "public realm" to open a space for interactions. The site forms a connection between the CBD, River, Government house and the redeveloped Adelaide Oval. The landmark reinforced concrete tower is currently in concept stage, but once complete and will be one of Adelaide's tallest buildings. We are are using our experience with towers, to form part of the wider team apart of the team to deliver the lateral stability for the tower.

Company: Spencer Holmes Limited, Structural Engineer

An existing concrete skeleton with detailing deficiencies has had its life extended without compromising its use or functionality with a sympathetic strengthening approach. The introduced structure informs a new load path, bypassing detailing issues and forces the structure to perform in a ductile nature. The fuses are designed as the weak link and can be replaced in a post-event scenario. This damage avoidance for the main structure eliminates downtime and disruption.

Company: Spencer Holmes Limited, Structural Engineer 

An existing social housing building was demolished and rebuilt in unchanging proportions. The new build seemed as if organically the original building seed germinated the second generation. The concrete fabric again formed the roots and branches which the yellow bloom cladding flowered itself around the facade.  The concrete structure allowed flexibility in internal layout was elegant in its simplicity, speed of construction, the reliability of performance, and repetition of detailing.

Company: Spencer Holmes Limited, Lead structural engineer

No project should be judged solely on budget or size, in fact, we find the smaller jobs rely on more innovative and flexible thinking to achieve clients expectations. We took our first steps in the industry on these projects typologies and fostered lasting connections. It was the underpinning ideas which allowed us to amplify ideas to the big scale. We never turn away a new opportunity to relive and start new journeys with fellow dreamers. 

Company: Mott MacDonald, Lead structural engineer

We are not limited now by data, tools or technology, so lets use them to solve the critical site issues in the cloud rather than in the hole.

Our goal is to design for construction. All projects need to be built to realize our work, therefore it makes sense and go that an extra step to document how our design works and and break down any complexity to effectively share any unspoken knowledge.