2025 ACE Awards winners

The ACE Awards celebrate Aotearoa New Zealand’s best consultants working in the built and natural environment and the exceptional mahi being done for communities here and overseas.  

The awards recognise the consultants who go above and beyond ‘business as usual’ to deliver projects and initiatives that make a difference to people's lives. Our award entrants are often up against really complex challenges, like remote locations, tight timeframes or small budgets. 

It’s the rigorous judging criteria that makes the ACE Awards stand out. Our judges are consultants at the top of their game, handpicked each year from the industry. As well as outstanding consulting services, they focus on technical expertise, sustainable value and client satisfaction. This year there was a real showcasing of how consultants can shape communities and deliver great outcomes for their clients and communities.   

Projects are awarded gold, silver or merit based on the level of achievement, how much the project has exceeded expectations and whether it sets a new industry standard. Judges may also present special awards where there is a unique contribution to the industry or community.  

The 2025 ACE Awards were held on Thursday 23 October Under the Dome at Auckland Museum. 

 

Special Gold Award - Client and Consultant

 

Breaking Consultant Dependency 

Consultant: GHD 
Client: Tauranga City Council

Aotearoa New Zealand's infrastructure sector faces a productivity crisis that has persisted for decades. Typically, consultants promise knowledge transfer but lack systematic methodology to do so. Tauranga City Council’s (TCC) digital engineering team recognised that something needed to change dramatically to build capacity and avoid dependency on external expertise for future digital engineering needs. 

GHD’s "Wedge Model" breaks this cycle by building permanent organisational capabilities that outlast any consultancy engagement through empowerment, knowledge transfer and upskilling.  

TCC now leads industry discussions, trains peer organisations, and builds supply chain capability, multiplying productivity improvements across New Zealand's infrastructure sector. Adoption by Christchurch City Council, CentrePort, and Auckland Transport validates the systematic approach. The quantified results – 90 percent process adoption, 85 percent reduction in RFI queries, elimination of multi-year asset information and as-built handover delays – prove technical excellence that delivers measurable productivity improvement. 

TCC and GHD are recognised for their game changing, systematic capability transfer methodology that addresses national productivity challenges, empowers organisations, and elevates consulting practice by building client independence while establishing trusted partnerships for future challenges. 

 

Gold Award winners

 

B201

Consultant: Beca 
Client: The University of Auckland

Demolish or adaptive reuse. That’s the dilemma the University of Auckland faced with its Social Sciences building, which was built in 1971 and no longer fit-for-purpose: a workplace with extensive on-floor partitioning and limited natural light, carbon-based building services that were end-of life, and a structure that was just above a statutory ‘Earthquake Prone’ notice. 

The University challenged the project team to deliver an ambitious adaptive reuse of the existing structural frame to accelerate programme delivery and provide a high quality upcycled asset. Beca embraced this challenge by re-engineering the structural system, which lightened the structure, creating space for a naturally ventilated atrium, and introducing high performance building systems, including a world-leading two-stage heat pump.  

The stunning result – embodied carbon reduced by 30%, operational carbon reduced by 75%, and energy consumption reduced across three buildings by approximately 800 TCO2e/year and 2.7 GWh annually. 

Beca are recognised for innovative structural and building services design, which is an exemplar for adaptive re-use of existing structural elements, low carbon design and enhanced thermal efficiency.

 

Hiwa, Recreation Centre 

Consultant: Beca 
Client: The University of Auckland 

Imagine a roof top sports field, and a basement level three metre diving platform. Hiwa, the University of Auckland’s new recreation centre, has this and more. It is a striking visual landmark and vibrant community hub that embodies innovation while delivering competition-level amenities. 

Hiwa represents a transformative redevelopment of the University's outdated 1970s facility, driven by a bold vision to enhance student wellbeing and create a world-class hub for campus life. The existing recreation centre had reached its end of life, prompting the need for a modern replacement to meet the University’s aspirations and address growing demands for high-performance recreational spaces and aquatic facilities.  

Beca’s structural and building services solutions-focused methodology contributed significantly to realising the University’s vision – creating a high-performance facility that stands as a testament to excellence in engineering and design collaboration. Within five weeks of the new year, the centre had attracted over 11,000 members, with daily visits peaking at 8,000 – extraordinary figures for any fitness facility. 

 

Network Performance Modelling and Monitoring (NP2M) 

Consultant: Mott MacDonald 
Client: Watercare Services Ltd 

In 2019, Watercare embarked on a journey to transform its infrastructure delivery, create a step change in capital delivery, and meet its climate change goals. 

To address this, the Network Performance Modelling and Monitoring (NP2M) programme was created, and Mott MacDonald was appointed to provide Watercare with infrastructure planning tools (hydraulic models) that could enable optimised investment decisions. 

Mott MacDonald has taken traditionally fragmented work phases and integrated them to form a coherent end-to-end model development process. 

The NP2M programme has been unique, bringing together leading industry competitors in an open partnership led by Mott MacDonald, achieving outcomes and efficiencies beyond traditional joint ventures. The results include a 30 percent productivity benefit when compared to Watercare's 2019 baseline. The programme has successfully delivered a framework that saved Watercare both time and cost, resulting in a significant increase in funding to accelerate the works. This innovative, transformative approach has delivered a framework, which is a game changer. 

 

Silver Award winners

 

Central Plains Water Limited Labyrinth Weir 

Consultant: Riley Consultants
Client: Central Plains Water Limited 

Since commencing operation, flooding from the Rakaia River had impacted Central Plains Water Limited’s ability to consistently deliver irrigation water to shareholders.  

Riley was engaged to deliver a solution that mitigated the operational impact of floods. The innovative trapezoidal labyrinth weir design, the first of its kind for an in-river application, was refined through 3D modelling and collaborative consulting to solve a complex problem within the existing site constraints. The solution was to design and construct a new high-capacity labyrinth overflow weir within the existing supply canal to cope with frequent flood flows. This needed to be constructed within the original weir’s width, but with increased flow capacity, all within a tight timeframe to meet the start of the 2025 irrigation season. 

The new labyrinth weir is an example of creating sustainable, high value infrastructure to ensure critical water supply for food and fibre production, even during periods of flooding in the Rakaia River, thereby safeguarding agricultural productivity and local livelihoods. 

 

Kauri Glen Reserve Walkway Treetop Bridge 

Consultant: Frame Group
Client: Auckland Council 

Kauri are ecologically and spiritually significant to Māori, and kauri health is seen as a sign of the wellbeing of the ngahere (forest) and people. 

Kauri Glen Reserve, a mature urban ngahere in Northcote, Auckland, faced a significant ecological challenge. Track S18 and its associated accessways, which served as important community connections, had become compromised due to the risk of kauri dieback. 

Frame Group were engaged to undertake a track upgrade. Rather than returning to the valley floor, Frame Group proposed a fundamentally different approach: an elevated treetop walkway and bridge structure that would bypass the most sensitive areas entirely. This reframed the project from a technical upgrade to a broader opportunity – to create a durable, low-impact connection that could deliver long-term environmental, recreational, and social value. 

Frame Group demonstrated the potential of strategic consulting – applying technical understanding and contextual insight to help elevate the project beyond baseline requirements. A technically led collaborative process, Te Kawerau ā Maki described the project as “a great outcome for the forest and iwi”. 

 

Ōrākei Main Sewer Response and Recovery 

Consultant: WSP New Zealand
Client: Watercare Services Ltd 

The collapse of the Ōrākei Main Sewer (OMS), more than 10 metres beneath a busy commercial district of Parnell, triggered an incident that posed immediate threats to Auckland’s infrastructure and community with millions of litres of raw wastewater overflowing into the Waitemata Harbour. Watercare’s OMS conveys 85,000cum/day and is one of the most important sewers in Auckland’s wastewater network. It’s also one of New Zealand's largest. 

Responding to critical infrastructure failure highlights what’s important - practical emergency preparedness, maintaining and enhancing technical expertise, and ongoing, transparent community engagement. WSP were appointed to provide technical advice on the alternatives for the rehabilitation of the sewer, undertake design, provide procurement and construction guidance on the chosen solution of a segmental glass fibre-reinforced plastic (GRP) liner, and prepare an incident report. 

A swift and effective response was achieved through synergistic collaboration between key players – Watercare operations staff, contractor March Cato, and ACH for temporary works, with WSP designing permanent repairs drawing upon their international expertise to deliver innovation and excellence within an exceptional collaborative framework.

 

PM6 Primary Arms Redesign 

Consultant: Index Engineering 
Client: Oji Fibre Solutions – Kinleith Mill 

When the obvious isn’t obvious and difficult conversations are required, challenges abound. This project was initially scoped as a design for replacement of the primary arms on the PM6 paper machine, which had broken and been temporarily repaired. Oji Fibre Solutions’ (OjiFS) intention was to have the bottom segments and top boxes changed during a planned shutdown.  

Index Engineering’s role was to design and reverse engineer the top boxes and ensure that they would fit onto the new quadrants.  OjiFS assumed that the new quadrants they had procured would fit. 

Along with 3D scans, a photo scan was undertaken of the existing quadrants (in operation) and compared against the new quadrant. Unexpectedly, a mismatch was found. 

The challenge was for Index Engineering staff to convince OjiFS that there was an issue in a clear and respectful way. They did this by making a model, and Solidworks Simulation. Index Engineering went above and beyond to identify the issues, mitigating the risk of delayed startup and associated losses in the order of $100,000.

Index Engineering went above and beyond to identify the issues, mitigating the risk of delayed startup and associated losses in the order of $300,000 in fixed costs for each day the machine was down.

SH94 Homer Tunnel Avalanche Shelter 

Consultant: WSP New Zealand 
Client: NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi 

Situated in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand’s most renowned National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage site, the SH94 Homer Tunnel Avalanche Shelter project presented multiple challenges, including navigating environmental requirements while recognising and protecting the outstanding engineering heritage of the Milford Road and Homer Tunnel during the resource consent process. 

WSP provided the full consultancy services to scope, design, consent and procure a replacement avalanche shelter and plant room for the Homer Tunnel entrance, in an area subject to extreme hazards, on a fixed budget and within a constrained timeframe. Throughout construction, WSP also provided management, surveillance, and quality assurance (MSQA), contract management, and technical support. 

Successfully identifying and mitigating the project risks and accelerated construction techniques were crucial to the project’s success. Innovative connection details provided generous construction tolerances to enable rapid construction with minimal risk of clashes.  

The success of the project is a testament to WSP’s technical excellence, collaboration and consultation expertise. They delivered for NZTA as a truly valued and trusted advisor.

 

The Court Theatre Christchurch 

Consultant: Ruamoko Solutions 
Client: Christchurch City Council 

Arts and culture define communities. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, The Court Theatre is the flagship of the Performing Arts Precinct – Te Whare Tapere.  

The new Court Theatre, the largest theatre of its kind in Aotearoa, is a globally unique project incorporating world-class architecture, advanced seismic resilience, thorough adherence to sustainability principles, and a strong focus on the community and performing arts sector in Aotearoa.  

The structural complexity required innovative thinking from Ruamoko Solutions to address the challenges associated with the irregular layout driven by multiple spaces with individual and unique functional requirements. 

Ruamoko’s exceptional consulting services and innovative structural solutions were integral to the success of The Court Theatre project and ultimately dictated the final form and performance of the facility. Providing a level of service that always exceeded expectations forged extremely strong client, consultant, and contractor relationships, and this has been widely recognised as a major key to the project’s success. As the structural engineers, Ruamoko owned the project through an all-encompassing, proactive, cross-discipline awareness.

 

Tinwald SH1 Corridor Improvements 

Consultant: GHD 
Client: NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi 

Rail crossings, SH1 and local roads are a challenging environment at the best of times. The intersection of SH1 with Lagmhor Road, Tinwald, Ashburton, with a rail crossing thrown in for good measure, was no exception. 

GHD, working alongside NZTA collaboratively on a 'best for project basis’, prioritised de-risking the project outcomes, rather than falling back on traditional scope and consultant / client / stakeholder roles. This approach not only added value to the client through great community project outcomes but also enhanced the reputation of consultants with all the project stakeholders. By closely collaborating and reaffirming shared objectives with KiwiRail, GHD successfully agreed a robust, innovative, rail-integrated design within programme requirements. The KiwiRail double automatic gate crossing detail GHD developed has been adopted by KiwiRail as a national ‘type approved’ detail, setting a new industry standard. 

The project showcases the power of innovative consulting and partnering with all stakeholders to create lasting community benefits. 

 

Waimea Community Dam 

Consultant: Damwatch Engineering Ltd and MTLNZ Ltd
Client: Waimea Water Ltd

A legacy project for the Nelson Tasman region – vital for securing the water supply for generations to come. This is how the Tasman District Council describes the completed Waimea Community Dam (Waimea Dam). 

The Waimea Dam project involved the design and construction of a new 53 metre high concrete faced rockfill dam in the region. The dam forms the 13 million metre³ Te Kurawai o Pūhanga reservoir providing water to replenish groundwater that is subsequently extracted for horticultural irrigation and the town water supply for Richmond.  

Damwatch was appointed to provide design and construction quality supervision services during the construction phase and deliver critical technical input, including enhancing design to align with contemporary international standards, addressing unforeseen geological conditions, and supporting community engagement by communicating structural safety assurances. 

The first large dam built in New Zealand in the past 30 years, the Waimea Dam has already proven its worth when it released 20 percent of the reservoir last summer, minimising the effects of water restrictions on residents, businesses and irrigators. 

 

Merit Award winners

 

Mātiu / Somes Island Wharf Replacement 

Consultant: Holmes NZ LP
Client: Department of Conservation

Not just a wharf but a template for how infrastructure can serve multiple masters is the result of Holmes’ engineering response for the Mātiu / Somes Island wharf replacement. Technical performance, heritage requirements, environmental stewardship, cultural respect, and community accessibility all form part of the outcome. 

Mātiu / Somes Island is a predator-free scientific reserve. It is also an historic reserve with a rich multicultural history. Originally the island was known solely as Mātiu, named by Kupe after one of his daughters. Mātiu / Somes Island is now owned by local iwi (Taranaki Whānui), and it is governed by a Kaitiaki board and managed by the Department of Conservation (DOC). 

A pest-free haven hosting biologically significant populations of threatened species, the island is ranked 15th in DOC's Ecological Management Unit prioritisation. 

Holmes’ engineering response demanded innovation that could deliver critical new infrastructure while preserving the island's extraordinary biodiversity and cultural heritage values. Its solution demonstrates engineering innovation in addressing New Zealand's climate adaptation challenges, exemplary stakeholder engagement, integration of structural resilience, environmental stewardship, and future-proofed design methodologies. 

 

SH1 Mangatoetoenui Stream Bridge Superstructure Replacement 

Consultant: Beca 
Client: NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi 

Remember timber decked bridges on SH1. Well, the last one, the Mangatoetoenui Stream Bridge on the Desert Road, has now been replaced thanks to some innovative consulting and construction management.  The increasing risk of deck failure had the potential to cause significant disruption to the state highway network, especially heavy vehicles, given it is New Zealand’s primary freight and haulage route. 

By employing innovative Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) principles and retaining the existing substructure, Beca, in partnership with client NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi and contractor Oxcon, successfully delivered a cost-effective and efficient superstructure replacement within a tight five-week closure period in early 2025. 

This innovative DfMA approach, combined with collaborative pre-closure planning and tailored procurement strategies, enabled the successful delivery of a cost-effective and sustainable superstructure replacement at a challenging remote site and within a tight schedule.  

 

Client Award winner

 

B201 and Hiwa, Recreation Centre

Recognising:  The University of Auckland

Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland estate, as part of Waipapa ki Uta, The Landing Place, is a key enabler of Taumata Teitei and an essential platform for their extensive ambitions for the university. Te Rautaki Tūāpapa, the University of Auckland Estate Strategy, sets out the university's vision for how the estate will remain vital and relevant for the future. The estate supports a community of approximately 14,000 staff and 43,500 students, with more than 30 percent of students identifying as Māori or belonging to an equity group. In addition, the estate supports engagement with partners, collaborators, visitors, and the wider public.

The principles for the estate, as espoused in Te Rautaki Tūāpapa, revolve around distinctive, sustainable, effective, efficient, equitable, student first, responsible and adaptable aspirational goals. As partners helping Waipapa Taumata Rau deliver on its aspirational goals, ACE acknowledges the environment that has been created, which allows the estate's consultants to excel and innovate in collaboration with the university, its partners and stakeholders.

The university builds trusted relationships with its consultants in a manner that empowers them, giving them space to perform and innovate. It works with its consultants collaboratively and sets aspirational goals for projects at the outset, creating an environment that allows its consultants to thrive.

This is exemplified through the outcomes delivered for B201 and Hiwa. The university has enabled its consultants to be innovative and take risks through appropriate contract terms and risk allocation. It is an informed and nimble client, responsive to ideas and innovation if a better outcome is created, and it exercises great stewardship for its students and the city of Auckland.

The Client Award is given to Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland, for its exemplary collaboration and engagement processes for consultancy engagements, and the client-consultant relationships it fosters.

 

Emerging Leader Award winner

Sharon Parackal, Frequency

Sponsor: Tonkin + Taylor

As a Senior Associate at Frequency, Sharon Parackal leads complex, transformative projects for Wellington City Council, notably the Golden Mile upgrade – a high-profile and politically complex piece of work – and the Thorndon Quay and Hutt Road upgrade. Combining technical prowess with a deep commitment to building trust and fostering collaboration among diverse stakeholders, Sharon’s leadership is characterised by clarity, strategic thinking, empathy, professionalism and humanity, and is driven by her belief that good infrastructure shapes stronger communities. 

Sharon stands out for her ability to turn challenging situations into opportunities for growth and improvement. During the Golden Mile project, she led a critical shift from a reactive, defensive stance to a more proactive, transparent conversation about the case for change that focused on aligning around shared problems. This resulted in less resistance, improved decision-making and a boost in team morale, ultimately ensuring the project’s continued momentum. 

A core value in Sharon’s leadership is her commitment to diversity and inclusion. As a young woman of colour in the infrastructure sector, she is acutely aware of the challenges faced by underrepresented groups. She actively works to involve a broader range of voices in her projects, ensuring that mana whenua and community members are true partners in the process. Within her teams, she creates environments where people from all backgrounds feel empowered to contribute, fostering growth and encouraging others to embrace their unique leadership styles. 

Sharon tries to lead with health, safety, sustainability and the environment at the forefront, even when the pressure is on, believing they’re the foundation of good, whole-of-life infrastructure. She champions people-first and sustainable approaches on projects, advocating for construction methods that minimise environmental impact and prioritise the wellbeing of communities and project teams. Her efforts have led to the adoption of innovative solutions, such as the cableway approach on the Mt Messenger Bypass, which significantly reduced ecological disruption. 

Beyond her professional achievements, Sharon’s leadership extends into her community involvement, where she volunteers with Animal Evac NZ, leading emergency response teams during major events such as the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle. These experiences have shaped her crisis leadership skills and reinforced her belief in the importance of empathy, adaptability and supporting others in high-pressure environments. She is committed to making a positive impact in times of crisis and in her professional work. 

Overall, Sharon's leadership impact is outstanding. Her journey as a leader is marked by continuous growth, resilience, a willingness to embrace challenges and seek opportunities to push beyond her comfort zone, and an unwavering commitment to achieving better outcomes for people and the environment.

 

Diversity and Inclusion Award winner

Aimee Matiu, Pattle Delamore Partners 

Sponsor: Stantec

Aimee Matiu is a courageous and values-driven wāhine toa who has fundamentally reshaped the consulting sector’s approach to diversity and inclusion in Aotearoa. As Pou Tokomanawa – Māori Advisor at Pattle Delamore Partners (PDP), she has embedded tikanga Māori and mātauranga Māori across the firm’s people, projects and partnerships. 

Her influence is deeply personal and relational, drawing on her whakapapa and upbringing in both te ao Māori and te ao Pākehā to bridge worldviews and create spaces where all voices are respected and empowered. She embodies tika, pono and aroha in her mahi and self-reflection, traits colleagues and others in the industry have also commented on. As a wāhine Māori navigating predominantly Pākehā and male-dominated spaces, she has overcome challenges of identity and belonging, inspiring others to bring their full selves to work and fostering a culture of reflection and growth. 

Within PDP, Aimee is a trusted tuākana, mentoring and supporting kaimahi Māori, fostering belonging and professional growth, and encouraging courageous conversations, ensuring that diversity and inclusion are lived experiences. Through her leadership, she ensures that Te Tiriti o Waitangi is honoured in action, fostering genuine partnerships with mana whenua, iwi and hapū. She has elevated Māori voices in a traditionally monocultural industry through comprehensive cultural capability training and inclusive practices, setting new benchmarks for the sector.  

Aimee’s leadership extends to significant projects, such as the Ruakākā Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade, where she is Tangata Whenua Engagement Lead. By integrating hapū perspectives, mātauranga Māori and tikanga into decision-making, she has built trusted relationships and modelled inclusive engagement, helping her non-Māori colleagues grow in confidence and capability when engaging with hapū. Her approach of normalising tikanga in technical spaces and supporting others on their learning journey is moving the sector toward whanaungatanga-based partnerships. 

Aimee’s sector-wide impact is also evident through creating and leading initiatives grounded in tikanga Māori and challenging conventional consultation models, such as Niho Taniwha and the Tangata Whenua Advisory at PDP. These internal frameworks have created culturally safe environments, advanced sustainable practices, and ensured that Māori perspectives are meaningfully integrated into engineering and environmental consultancy. 

Aimee has contributed to national conversations and professional development, facilitating hui, developing training modules, and advocating for Māori representation in decision-making roles. Her work has shifted diversity and inclusion from a peripheral topic to a business-critical foundation, influencing industry standards and encouraging others to follow suit.

 

Futurespace Award winner

Tania Hyde, Beca

Sponsor: AECOM

Tania Hyde is recognised for her visionary leadership in sustainability, circular economy adoption and climate resilience within the infrastructure sector. A Technical Director and Circular Design Lead at Beca with over 25 years’ experience, she has championed systems-based, future-focused approaches to infrastructure delivery in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific.

Known for her leadership in technical innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration and empowering others to think differently about value creation and legacy in the built environment, her leadership is also grounded in partnership with iwi, which she approaches with humility, empathy and a commitment to honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi, to co-create iwi-led opportunities delivering tangible benefits for communities.  

Her journey in innovation and future-focused practice has been shaped by her whānau and pivotal experiences that deepened her understanding of systems, values and responsibility in infrastructure. An early catalyst was her leadership role in developing the Safety in Design (SID) process for the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team, a virtual organisation created in 2011 to rebuild Christchurch’s earthquake-damaged horizontal infrastructure. Tania's SID process was integrated into delivery which eventually formed the basis of the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) national standard. This experience supported her systems-based approach and collaborating to deliver different outcomes.  

This led to her co-creation of Beca’s Circular Design Framework (CDF), a nationally recognised tool integrating circular economy principles, cultural perspectives, socio-economic outcomes and resilient strategies into engineering design.

Her work has influenced national practice, shaping Engineering New Zealand’s Practice Note 32 and CPD modules for Climate Action, and supported central government adoption of these approaches through the development of guidance notes. 

Tania has led significant initiatives, including embedding carbon reduction and circular practices within Beca, developing national guidance for resource efficiency, and creating youth-focused systems thinking workshops, contributing to long-term sector development and awareness. These examples, which, among others, have the potential to influence and reshape parts of the industry, demonstrate her strategic foresight and innovation. Two of her most impactful initiatives were leading the integration project for NZTA’s Project Emission Estimation Tool (PEET) and using planetary boundaries to assess infrastructure impacts. Her digital innovation includes integrating AI-driven tools for real-time environmental impact analysis, empowering teams to make informed, sustainable decisions. 

Tania’s influence extends beyond Beca. She is on Engineering New Zealand’s Climate Action Steering Group, and is a national thought leader, keynote speaker and facilitator at major forums, inspiring engineers, students and policymakers to embrace circular and regenerative practices. Her wide-reaching connections across community, industry, and youth education, reinforce her collaborative approach.

Sustainability and digital transformation are central to Tania's day-to-day responsibilities and, through her passion, expertise and collaborative approach, she has transformed engineering practice, enabling the sector to meet climate goals and create lasting value for people, place and planet.  

 

President's Award winner

 

ACE New Zealand Legal Roundtable

The President’s Award recognises outstanding service or special effort to ACE New Zealand and the engineering and consulting sector. The award winner is chosen by the current ACE New Zealand President, Andrea Rickard, and recipients are leaders in their community, and game-changers in our sector. 

This year the President’s Award goes to the ACE New Zealand Legal Roundtable. A forum of inhouse lawyers working in ACE New Zealand member firms, the Roundtable generously volunteer their time and expertise to support ACE with our Kaupapa of ensuring fair and insurable terms and good procurement behaviours in the market. They help identify emerging issues, assist ACE with contract negotiations on behalf of the sector, lead the development of guidance notes and resources, and support ACE in issuing practice alerts so ACE members can make informed decisions about the terms they sign up to.   

The Roundtable members are bold and active champions for a better sector, and we are delighted to recognise their significant contribution as a collective through this award. 

The current ACE New Zealand Legal Roundtable members are:

• Alex Hazledine, Beca (Chair)
• Tristan Meo, Aurecon Group (Deputy Chair)
• Alice Ruddenklau, Stantec
• Asra Hewitt, AECOM
• Charlotte Harris, Abley
• Charlotte Kuhn, Holmes Group
• Claudia Prescott, GHD
• Fi Lindop, Mott MacDonald
• Jennifer Pilkington, Harrison Grierson
• Joanne Kenworthy, Stantec
• Josie Lewis, Stantec
• Kate Trusler, Tonkin + Taylor
• Kelly Wilshire, WSP
• Nathan Watt, WSP
• Rebecca Brehmer, Pattle Delamore Partners
• Sarah Holderness, AECOM
• Sonya Hill, Beca
• Tiffany Dvorak, GHD