John Kaczon

Director

John has 15 years' experience in the civil engineering industry. He lives in Waihi with his wife (who is also a local business owner/operator) and 3 children. He is passionate about the lifestyle that comes with living in the region and is actively involved in the community as a junior rugby coach and school board member.

John is a Chartered Professional Engineer and is a Certified Tender Evaluator with particular expertise in business, project, design and contract management. This has been developed delivering road network maintenance and construction projects throughout the East Waikato region. This experience also spans across a range of other civil engineering disciplines, such as rail, bridging, landscaping, retaining structures, river protection and wastewater for a range of public and private sector clients.

Cory Simpson

Director

Cory has over 10 years' civil engineering experience. He lives in Paeroa with his wife and 2 children and is actively involved in the community, which gives him a strong affinity with the region and the people.

Having worked on projects for numerous Local Authority and State Highway roading networks, Cory specialises in Project and Asset Management. He previously managed one of the largest specialist data collection teams in the country successfully delivering data projects for over 20 clients nationwide. Cory is also a recognized training provider and certifier of the RAMM inventory practitioner certification process.

Bradley West

Director

Bradley has over 10 years experience in civil engineering. Having been schooled at Hauraki Plains College, Bradley is a qualified professional engineer who now lives in Waihi Beach. He is a car enthusiast who has fully restored a 1964 Chevrolet Impala convertible, which has recently been the subject of a feature article in NZV8 magazine.

Bradley has significant experience on a range of Local Authority and State Highway road maintenance contracts as well as construction projects throughout the Waikato and Bay of Plenty Regions. He specialises in Contract, Safety, Design and Project Management as well as Land development. He has extensive experience in designing and managing retaining structures and general civil works projects within constrained timeframes.

More recently, he has been involved with a range of land development projects including site investigation, design and reporting for subdivisions and building projects. This includes storm water, sanitary sewer, pavements and earthworks.

Brad Laurenson

Senior Project Manager

Brad has 9 years experience in civil engineering. He is born in bred in the area having grown up and currently living in Whangamata. He is a long-standing member of the Whangamata Rugby Club.

Brad has a range of experience with specialisation in Data Collection and Management, Asset Management as well as managing projects. He has previously managed a large range of Asset Management and Data Collection contracts for a number of different clients throughout the country.

More recently, he has been involved with construction noise planning and monitoring, drainage design, ONRC data collection and reporting, programme business cases, maintenance management plans (MMPs) and asset management plans (AMPs).

Cameron Robertson

Project Manager

Cam has 5 years' experience in civil engineering. Having lived in the area all his life, he currently resides in Paeroa. Cam is a keen sportsman having recently competed in competitive boxing and an international yachting event.

Cam is a well rounded engineer who has experience in Site investigation and laboratory testing as well as road maintenance management & contract/project management. He has been involved in roading, pipeline, retaining and general earthworks projects throughout the Waikato and wider Bay of Plenty having being based for work in both Paeroa and Rotorua.

Ryan Stanley

Senior Project Manager

Ryan has 13 years' experience in the civil engineering industry and is a Senior Project Manager for Pinnacles Civil.Ryan lives in the Waikato area with his wife and enjoys hunting and fishing.Ryan has worked as a roading engineer on a range of NZTA and HCC projects.

Ryan has significant experience in civil engineering transport infrastructure, in particular the design of highways and civil infrastructure projects, both in Australia and New Zealand.

His experience ranges from concept design through to detailed design and construction. This has provided him with a strong understanding of the delivery process for projects, as well as providing him with comprehensive knowledge of the involvement of the various civil engineering design disciplines in the delivery of complex roading projects. In his various roles, Ryan has worked closely with both clients and contractors.

Ryan's experience on various multidisciplinary projects has developed his ability to work well with the wider team members including dealing with many interfaces both internally and externally.

Brent Kilford

Senior Project Manager

Brent has 10 years of experience in civil engineering. He has grown up in the Waihi area living and working on a farm throughout his school years, he also has a young family. Brent enjoys getting out surfing, walking the local bush trails, and woodworking projects.

He has held a number of roles starting out as a cadet and working his way to Project Manager on the NZTA Western BOP and WBOP DC performance based and contractor led road maintenance contracts. Working on a range of transportation and transportation related projects throughout the Waikato, BOP, and Wellington Regions. This includes extensive experience working on road maintenance contracts, emergency works projects, and minor improvement packages. He has a range of skills including Project, Contract, and Design Management.

Brent has a well-rounded view of contract delivery models having worked on 3910, 3916, and 3917 contracts that vary from measure and value to performance-based contracts on both State Highways and Local Authority networks.

Carlin Chamberlain

Data Analytics Manager

Carlin has been involved in civil engineering for over 17 years, starting as a chainman and surveyor before graduating with a bachelor's degree in information science. He was born and raised in Paeroa, then left to travel the world, study at Massey, returning to Paeroa to raise his two daughters.

After graduating, Carlin began to apply his existing civil experience and his knowledge of IT and computers to create practical tools and solutions to improve the quality, efficiency and safety of many different types of civil engineering practices. These include field-based tablet tools through to large-scale, database-driven desktop applications that have been used widely across New Zealand.

He has presented regularly at the national RIMS conference, sharing his ideas and solutions both on the main stage and the rapid-download sessions. Carlin now looks forward to continuing to help improve the outcomes for clients at Pinnacles Civil.

Caitlin Speedy

Engineering Geologist

Caitlin is new to Engineering Geology. Having grown up on the Hauraki Plains, Caitlin studied Geology and Environmental Science at Auckland University and worked in Auckland, Wellington and Melbourne as a project manager and Asbestos Assessor. Away from work she can be found outdoors and walking the local bush trails.

Caitlin has worked for Environmental consultancies in Auckland, Wellington and Melbourne, where she had the opportunity to undertake investigations for projects ranging from small residential to large scale commercial contaminated soil projects. She has experience in preparing and conducting site investigations, testing and analysis, preparing comprehensive reports and client and sub-contractor liaison.

Samantha Trow

Contract Administrator

Samantha has had over 5 years' experience in Administration. Having grown up in the Hauraki Plains area and attending Hauraki Plains College, Samantha enjoys living back in the area as it has everything from bush walks to beaches.

Samantha has gained her Business & Administration certificates while living and working in Otago, as well as having worked in the roading industry in the past. She is now the Contract Administration for Pinnacles Civil - Roading Professional Services Providers to TCDC.

Deirdre Henderson

Administrator

Deirdre is new to the civil engineering industry and is enjoying the new challenge. She resides in Waihi with her husband who is in the farming industry, they have two children. She has been in the Waihi area for over 20 years and is actively involved in the Waihi Judo Club as club secretary and is a school board member.

Deirdre comes from a Law background and is an Administrator for our office.