Andrew is a Principal Engineer in the Dunedin Transportation team. For the last 18 years Andrew has been working for Stantec undertaking a variety of roles which now has him co-ordinating the design resources for Stantec, predominantly in the lower half of the South Island, but also more recently in the Hawkes Bay and Auckland. Andrew has worked on a large variety of national and international projects with some of the highlights being the Principal’s advisor role on the recently completed $50M Caversham Valley Safety Improvement Project; coordinating design staff in three countries to deliver $1 Billion worth of cyclone improvement works in Australia; but more importantly being able to bring the learnings back to his team and the wider Stantec business to benefit the projects he works on. In the winter Andrew can regularly be found coaching or refereeing football out at Green Island and in the summer he likes to spend his time relaxing with his family and friends in Bannockburn; enjoying the fishing, the lake and the heat.

Barry is an experienced Chartered Civil Engineer with over 40 years of infrastructure and project related experience. This experience covers all aspects of civil engineering from large road related projects to land development, recreation, cycle ways and public amenities. Barry has carried out projects from inception through the design development phases to Contract Document preparation and MSQA during physical works and through to hand over and close out. Barry has a thorough knowledge of the consent process both for NZ Heritage and RMA. Barry has lead teams where projects require significant stake holder and client engagement.

Martin is the Transportation Manager at Tauranga City Council. He has 32 years’ experience working in the transportation field with various local authorities both here in New Zealand and the UK. Starting his working career with the London Borough of Barnet (UK), he dealt with the investigation and design of traffic and parking management schemes. He then spent 18 years on the south coast of the UK at East Sussex County Council in a variety of transport related roles including Crash Investigator and Highway Maintenance Manager. 13 years ago, he moved to New Zealand and now heads up a team delivering a full suite of transportation activities, including a significant walking and cycling programme. Outside of work Martin is a keen cyclist and dog walker, and an armchair sports enthusiast.

Rob is a chartered professional civil engineer with over 40 years experience in the design, operation and management of municipal assets. His experience spans local government and the private sector in New Zealand and overseas. In 2015 Rob established a small consultancy specialising in providing engineering management advice and locum services to a range of local government clients. He holds a BE Civil Hons and post graduate business qualifications. Rob has completed projects in New Zealand, Australia, USA and Canada.

Chris has three years’ experience as a transport planner in Wellington. Chris joined Jacobs in 2017 from the Service Design Team at Greater Wellington Regional Council which is responsible for the timetabling and route design of bus services in the Wellington Region. At Greater Wellington, Chris tool a leading role in numerous service reviews which provided improvements in reliability, capacity and simplicity for customers.

An urban planner and urban designer, Nick has developed a love for designing walkway and cycleway infrastructure over the past decade. Based in sunny Hawkes Bay, Nick now works with an array of landscape architects and transport specialists across the country to design and deliver walking and cycling infrastructure underpinned by urban design and CPTED principles. Nick is currently the national market and technical lead for all WSP Opus' planning and environment disciplines, and the market lead for all of the company's services to Local Government.