Mass timber

Mass timber engineering, from first sketch to site

I’ve led the structural design of some of New Zealand’s most significant mass timber buildings, including the 10-storey Auckland City Mission and Kāinga Ora’s six-storey, fully timber Highbury Building B. I’m a committee member of the NZ Timber Design Society.

The same thinking works at every scale, from a CLT home or a glulam hall to a multi-storey development. I help architects and developers decide whether timber suits the project, then design it to be buildable, consentable and cost-effective.

CLTGlulamLVLPLTHybrid steel–timber

CLT floor, wall and glulam beam mass timber structure

Services

How I can help

Timber homes and smaller buildings

CLT and glulam houses, terraces, walk-ups, halls and pavilions, with full PS1 to PS4.

Structural options study

Timber vs steel vs concrete vs hybrid, detailed enough for a QS to price and to compare carbon. A low-cost way to decide early.

Multi-storey mass timber to 10+ storeys

Led personally, with the project team scaled to suit.

Specialist timber engineer on larger teams

Diaphragms, connections, lateral systems and supplier coordination.

Mass timber peer review

Independent review of CLT and LVL diaphragms, shear walls and connections.

Not sure timber suits your project?

Ask for an options study. You’ll get an honest comparison, including when steel or concrete is the better answer.

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What I bring

Built, not just designed

Lateral systems in CLT and LVL: shear walls, moment frames and diaphragms. Hybrid steel–timber design. Foundations on difficult ground. Prefabrication and supplier coordination. Construction experience on CLT sites.

NZ Timber Design Society

Committee member, involved in the industry guidance shaping how New Zealand designs in timber.

Timber projects