On 29 November 84 T&T staff throughout New Zealand took on the ‘Wattyl Cycle Challenge’ around Lake Taupo. The cycle challenge began in 1977 and is not only New Zealand’s most popular sporting event, but also the largest cycle ride in the southern hemisphere. Over 10,000 competitors take part every year in this 160 km cycle around the lake.
T&T Konsult (T&TK), part of the Tonkin & Taylor Group of Companies, was recently presented with a third award for the Bukit Tagar Sanitary Landfill project in Kuala Lumpur. The ASEAN Distinguished Engineering Award was bestowed on T&TK by the ASEAN Federation of Engineering for outstanding engineering skills.
T&T hosts meeting to discuss Government Green Procurement!
On Tuesday 11 November T&T hosted a meeting between the ‘New Zealand Ecolabelling Trust’, ‘GreenMark’ (the Taiwanese Government’s environmental labelling programme) and New Zealand Government officials.
T&T Konsult wins prestigious IEM Outstanding Engineering Award for Bukit Tagar Sanitary Landfill!
T&T Konsult (part of the Tonkin & Taylor Group of Companies) was recently awarded the highly prestigious ‘IEM Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award for 2008’ by the Institute of Engineers – Malaysia.
Rebekah McAteer – enjoying life at Tonkin & Taylor!
Rebekah McAteer graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the University of Canterbury in 2006. For the past 18 months Rebekah has been working in T&T’s Auckland office as a Graduate Geotechnical Engineer in the Geotechnical Group.
Mr John Grimston, President of T&T Philippines (part of the Tonkin & Taylor Group of Companies) recently attended the 30th Anniversary celebratory dinner of HEDCOR (Hydro Electric Development Corporation). HEDCOR, based in the Philippines, is a subsidiary of Abotiz Equity Ventures.
T&T was acknowledged recently by Oxfam NZ as a significant contributor to their cause! Malcolm Sproull, Oxfam NZ’s Marketing Relationship Manager, awarded a special Certificate acknowledging T&T’s ongoing support on Wednesday 11 June.
Tonkin & Taylor take part in National ‘Workchoice Day’ on 20 May 2008!
This year Workchoice Day was held on Tuesday 20 May. The aim of Workchoice Day is to provide students with a chance to visit workplaces and gather information about the different professions they’re interested in.
As everyone at Tonkin & Taylor knows, our colleague and friend Kevin Butler passed away on 21 December following a year-long fight with lung cancer. Right to the very end and lovingly supported by his partner Lee, Kevin was positive and intent on facing this new challenge. His spirit remained strong, but eventually his body lost the battle against this cruel disease.