CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
OVER 25
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
FOOD INDUSTRY LEADERS
Planning, design and construction management of cold storage and food processing facilities.
ABOUT
In our thirteen year’s operation, Connor Consulting have become industry leaders in the planning, design and construction management of cold storage and food processing facilities.
We work with most major cold storage operators, particularly the integration of food processing, hygiene and NZFSA requirements into cold environment analysis and design.
We have the capability to do layout planning, civil & structural engineering, specification, detailing, tendering and construction management, and trouble-shooting in the cold storage and food industry.
We have twelve permanent staff, and three contract staff we use as required to ensure we have the capacity to undertake significant projects. We maintain contacts in the industry to enable us to providing additional resources and disciplines often needed on our projects – fire, electrical, refrigeration, ventilation, mechanical, geotechnical.
CLIENTS
We work with most major cold storage operators around New Zealand,
and a wide variety of industrial/food processing clients, some shown below.
PEOPLE
PETER HAMPTON
Mobile: 021 559 389
Peter is a Director at Connor Consulting. He is a Chartered Professional Civil/Structural Engineer with over 25 years’ experience in both New Zealand and the UK.
He has experience in commercial and industrial design and construction, including extensive food processing and cold storage knowledge undertaking projects for most of the clients listed above.
AMIR MALEK
Mobile: 021 263 6117
Amir joined Connor Consulting
in March 2019 and has nearly 10 years' of engineering experience. Amir completed his PhD in Structural Engineering at the University of Canterbury in 2018 and had been working in Christchurch since. He has extensive experience in seismic assessments and strengthening earthquake-damaged buildings.
ANDY KELLY
Andy joined the Connor Consulting team in 2023 as a Structural Engineering Technologist. He brings with him a wealth of experience in both draughting and engineering design, across both residential and commercial projects. Andy completed his Bachelor of Engineering Technology degree through Ara in 2014 and a Master of Architectural Engineering through the University of Canterbury in 2019.
MARK WESTPHALL
Mobile: 021 198 9956
Mark is a Director at Connor Consulting with over 25 years’ experience as a Chartered Professional Structural Engineer working in New Zealand and the UK.
His skills are in the planning and design of commercial, industrial, food processing and cold storage facilities. Mark believes projects are most successful when all members work and communicate as a team.
MAX CHEN
Mobile: 022 644 1214
Max joined Connor Consulting in September 2019 as a Graduate Structural Engineer. He had carried out numerous structural assessments for earthquake-damaged buildings in Christchurch and residential designs for a year and a half before joining the team. He completed an engineering degree at the University of Canterbury in 2017.
SAM LÊ
Sam joined Connor Consulting's draughting force in early 2020, bringing with him many years of modelling and draughting experience in commercial, industrial, civil, and high-end residential structures. Sam enjoys learning and using Dynamo and Revit API to create useful tools (at least for him) for the draughting team in his down time between projects.
DIANA BARR
Mobile: 027 529 5776
Diana is an experienced, Chartered Structural Engineer with an interest in specialist building structures.
Her design work has included classrooms and school buildings, coldstores, warehouses, office buildings, memorial arches and waste water treatment plants.
DAN ALABASTER
Mobile: 027 266 3037
Dan joined Connor Consulting in 2022 as a graduate engineer. He has carried out numerous residential structural assessments from the Christchurch earthquakes in addition to doing design for architectural homes for a year and a half before joining the team. He graduated the University of Canterbury in 2020.
ERIC KIM
Eric joined Connor Consulting’s draughting team in early 2022 as a junior draughtsperson.
He has experience in residential, commercial and civil modelling and draughting.
Eric believes that the person’s attitude is the most fundamental for achieving all successful results.
ANDREW PAULI
Mobile: 021 043 6089
Andrew is a Chartered Professional Structural Engineer in New Zealand and Canada, with 20 years’ experience working on a variety of industrial projects in New Zealand and abroad.
This includes hydro and debris protection projects in Canada, power station construction in Egypt, as well as New Zealand experience in the food and power industry including seismic assessments/strengthening.
CLAIRE HILL
Claire has been with Connor Consulting since 2013, as an
Administrative Specialist.
She is involved with client billing, account reconciliations, payroll, receptionist duties in the office, and various other administrative tasks.
RHONDDA VINCENT
Rhondda is also part of our drafting team. She has over 30 years of drafting experience, the majority of which has been in the within food processing and cold storage space.
We can also draw upon three additional contract staff as required to undertake significant projects.
ASSOCIATIONS
CONTACT
CONNOR CONSULTING HEAD OFFICE
Unit 4, 5 Wordsworth Street,
Christchurch 8023
03 940 7124 | 021 559 389