What sets him apart is the technical and commercial discipline this demands. He is at home in tightly controlled settings, from secure forensic mental health units to PC-rated containment laboratories where specialist commissioning and accreditation cannot fail, and where specialist services and equipment have to be procured and integrated with care. He is regularly the Engineer to the Contract, the impartial point holding the commercial and contractual line, setting procurement direction and weighing buildability and risk where the consequences of getting it wrong are high.
He sees a maturing industry, one that is no longer a race to the bottom, and a New Zealand coming of age, where he counts it a privilege to sit at governance tables helping set strategy, always with the independence he sees as central to RCP. He also puts real store by bringing younger teams through, in what is, above all, a people business.
"Construction has many moving parts. It's a bit like golf. Every build is a challenging round, and you do your best to stay on the fairway. Coming to the 18th with a fine score and finishing well is the goal."
