OUR STORY
Our story began in 1974 when engineer, Geoff Dainty, set up office in West Auckland. Peter Alderton, joined his small firm in 1986 and worked up to the position of Senior Director, a position he still holds today. From day one, the firm worked across both civil and structural engineering design undertaking projects from small residential alterations, up to large apartment complexes, subdivisions and commercial builds.
Following Geoff Dainty’s retirement, in 2002, Brett Chick and Nick Houlding both stepped into Directorship and the company has continued to flourish under their guidance. Together, our team weathered the economic struggles of 2008, the pandemic of 2020 and emerged stronger than ever. In 2022, Ying Li and Debbie Rippon were appointed to the board as Nick took a step back.
Today ACH employs around 40 staff in their Auckland office with 20% being Chartered Professional Engineers. Our staff are specialists across structural, civil and environmental engineering design. This has been illustrated across numerous projects in numerous fields including, retirement home developments, schools, apartment and retail buildings, residential subdivision, water pump stations, bridges, temporary works design, insurance and seismic assessments and many, many more.
Why choose ACH?
At ACH, our aim is to provide our clients with high quality solutions which are cost-effective. Led by three hands-on senior Directors, with a collective experience of over 70 years you can be safe in the knowledge an expert is leading your project to success. We are backed by, and fully exploit, the collective knowledge and experience of our expert team and those that we work with, to maximise the benefit to our clients and our environment. But don't just take it from us...
ACH was recently nominated by a client for, and named finalist in, the Westpac Business Awards for Excellence in Customer Service Delivery in both 2019 and 2020. Below are some comments from our happy clients that demonstrate our strong commitment to customer service, coming through in the level of service we provide.
Just wanted to take a moment to pass on our complements for the service provided at Greenhithe School… the service we received was fantastic. A very quick response and site visit, with practical solutions for the contractor, and excellent follow up documentation. Great work appreciated by the whole team.
- Pacific Environments Architects
Great work and prompt service.
- Rob Waddell, Barton Sound
Professional and efficient ACH Consulting deserves to be recognised and given a pat on the back.
- Mark Stuart
Thank you for your honest advice and really appreciate the quick turnaround.
- HLB Ltd
I have found ACH highly collaborative and solutions focused in the success so far at Waitakere Resource Recovery Park. I have confidence in their technical ability to find robust solutions in challenging demands. I appreciate the strong leadership in giving direction to the project outcomes and relationships with the client.
- Shane Millar, Waste Solutions
Our team
Our team is strong and diverse, with different ideas and perspectives allowing us to work together to reach the best outcomes for our clients. Smart people coming together with a common purpose - to design excellent infrastructure for the people of New Zealand.
Debbie Rippon
MInstD
Business Manager
Director
Peter Alderton
BE CMEngNZ
Chartered Professional Engineer
Director
Ying Li
BE IntPE CMEngNZ
Chartered Professional Engineer
Director
Brett Chick
BE(Hons) CMEngNZ
Chartered Professional Engineer
Director
Quality, Safety and Environmental Protection
We are audited to, and meet, the quality standards of ISO 9001, the environmental standards of ISO 14001 and the health and safety standards of ISO 45001. You can be confident that we are taking care of people, places and projects to an extremely high standard. If you would like to read our QSE policy, you can! Click here.
Quality Assurance
Health & Safety
Environmental Performance