Tonkin & Taylor is delighted to announce that five of its senior engineers have been elected to the class of Fellow of IPENZ Engineers New Zealand. A special ‘Fellows and Achievers’ Dinner’ was held in Auckland on Friday 19 March where Fellowship certificates were presented.
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Tonkin & Taylor congratulates Arthur Amputch, Keith Dickson, John Grimston, Richard Reinen-Hamill and Graham Salt on being elected to class of Fellow of IPENZ.
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Arthur Amputch was elected for his contribution to major award-winning solid waste and environmental protection projects in which modern technology has been adopted, and for his part in documenting good practice guidelines for landfill design and management. Arthur is also an active Member of the IPENZ Auckland Branch.
Keith Dickson was elected for his contribution to developing best practice in designing and managing tunnelling projects. He has been the design director for several important and complex tunnelling contracts, which have been characterised by meticulous attention to detailed planning and design, enabling the work to proceed smoothly.
John Grimston was elected for his contribution to design methodologies for dams. He has led design teams for several major dams in New Zealand, Australia and South East Asia. In addition, he has undertaken numerous inspections and reviews. He has shared the knowledge gained through technical presentations and through contributing to good practice guidelines.
Richard Reinen-Hamill was elected for his contribution to enhancing the practice of coastal engineering in New Zealand and the South Pacific. His expertise in using mathematical models and sound analysis to develop engineering solutions that meet environmental and planning constraints has been sought for several types of coastal project, including seawalls, breakwaters and beach replenishment.
Graham Salt was elected for his contribution to developing design procedures for pavement technology. His long term interest and more recent research work into the causes of failure mechanisms has led to a better understanding of base course material performance, and is expected to result in improvements to design methods.
Peter Millar, T&T’s Managing Director, said he was pleased that each of these five individual contributions to the advancement of engineering had been recognised by IPENZ. “The invitation to be elected to the class of Fellow is an outstanding achievement and indicative of the hard work and dedication shown by these individuals to the wider engineering profession.”
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