Arthur Tyndall established the practice in 1969. Noel Hanham became a partner in 1978 and one year later the practice was incorporated to form Tyndall and Hanham Ltd.

Over the years a wealth of experience on a diversity of projects has been created and retained in the practice. Although the practice is based in Christchurch, it has serviced projects throughout New Zealand as well as Australia, Pacific Islands, United Kingdom and France. The company has designed and developed, in conjunction with client organisations, innovative projects related to the structural/civil engineering field.

Our Philosophy

It is our policy to provide value services that are timely and efficient, and meet the clients’ requirements. Highest level of Engineering Design Services by using the highest standards & professionalism with creativity and innovative expertise of the firm shall be given.

Innovation & Creativity

Tyndall & Hanham is recognised to be an innovative and creative structural engineering consultant. Our designs have won several Gold Medal Awards from Association of Consulting Engineers New Zealand (ACENZ) and most importantly Tyndall and Hanham Ltd is able to maintain a high profile among our Consulting Engineering colleagues nationwide.

The company has excellent technical experience and an innovative approach to each individual project. We endeavour to provide the highest services and standards to our clients. We undertake to achieve the agreed expectations of clients as well as providing added value to the projects.

What We Do

Our projects vary from residential and commercial building to multi storey buildings, as well as adventure structures like giant chairlift/gondola type structures, floating structures, etc.

We have established a good relationship with our clients to deliver successful projects by a well co-ordinated team. We promote our self with friendly professional service and innovative design.

Here are several major projects we have done over the years:

Building Projects:

All-scale Residential & Commercial Buildings
Apartments Buildings
Educational Institutions (Long beach School, Lincoln High School, Ashburton Borough School, Mt Hutt College, etc)
HealthCare Projects (Rita Angus Retirement Village, etc)
Carpark Building (Dundas-Colombo St, etc)
Supermarkets, Shopping Malls, Restaurants, Motels
Bridges
Warehouses & Workshops
LPG Foundation (BOC Gases), Machinery Foundation
Civil work & Roading
Advertising Signage (WAHO Billboard)
Underground Building
Harbour / Marina Development
Earthquake Strengthening for Existing Buildings (Lyttleton Time Ball, Christchurch Star Times Building, etc)

Special Structures:

Wharf (Fiji Mobil Wharf, etc)
Mining Structure (Giant Conveyor structure eg 100m long Conveyor Structure for L&M Mining, Solid Energy Coal Mining Structure, etc)
Floating Structure & Underwater Building (Milford Underwater Observatory)
Giant Flying Fox (Skywire Nelson)
Chairlift Bungy (Nevis Bungy)
Bungy Jumping Facilities
Submarine Docking

Our Team & Resources

A team effort by all parties involved in a project is the key to ­maximising the success. Tyndall and Hanham maintains close­ associations with allied professional consultants, in the fields of­ Architecture, Building Services, Electrical and Mechanical ­Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Land Surveying and Project­ Management.

The company believes in maintaining technical excellence to ­keep abreast of current directions in the industry. We have computer based 3-D Structural Design Software (Microstran V8) and custom made Design Spreadsheets, as well as Computer Aided­ Design CAD (AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, etc) to enable us to carry out most of the complex Structural Engineering Designs.

CAD drawing is used on all projects to provide both efficiency and quality­ and also provide the capacity to carry out both the complex and­ larger commissions. Our new large size A1 colour plotter enables us to print drawings our own. High speed internet and internal networking systems allow us to explore new ideas and make instant communication with our clients anywhere in the world. CAD drawings are can be shared with other consultants to maintain accuracy and substantially increase the speed of design.