Living in a country straddling two major tectonic plates has by necessity made New Zealand engineers specialists in earthquake-resistant structures. Beca now offers specialist seismic design and disaster mitigation expertise to clients throughout the world.

Our engineers have extensive experience working in New Zealand, the USA, Turkey, Nepal, Indonesia, Greece and India on a wide range of projects with a seismic design focus from infrastructure work to commercial, institutional and industrial buildings. Design innovation can play an important role in enhancing earthquake resistance with minimum capital investment. Beca has proven international capability in this regard.

We consider it vital to develop and maintain our seismic design expertise and support our team to take up advanced training and work opportunities overseas. Recently, one graduate Beca structural engineer went on to complete a PhD in Earthquake Engineering in Pavia, Italy and another is working in San Francisco for a firm of structural engineers with which we have close ties.

Beca can offer the best of New Zealand’s expertise in a wide range of associated disciplines through its active participation in the business cluster Earthquake Engineering New Zealand.

Interested in working in this team? Click here to find out about career opportunities with Beca.