M A T T S T E W A R T
Matt is a senior structural engineer chartered in NZ and licensed in California as a Professional Engineer. He has over 16 years of experience working in San Francisco, Tahoe City and New Zealand. He is experienced in new design, seismic assessment, and peer review of multi-storey steel, timber, and concrete structures. He also has experience in strengthening and peer reviewing heritage buildings.
Matt has born and raised in Northern California. He moved to New Zealand in 2011 to assist with the Christchurch Earthquake rebuild. He gained valuable experience working for Holmes Consulting, fine tuning his skills in new design, seismic assessment and strengthening work.
Matt prides himself on being approachable, knowledgeable, and collaborative. His “Honest, Helpful, High Quality” approach is proven to build lasting relationships. He is a personable individual who sees the big picture while having an eye for detail. He strives to find the best solution for your needs and budget.
Matt loves to travel and have active adventures in the outdoors. He has traveled to more than 75 countries, was a whitewater raft guide in California and a ski instructor at Mount Hutt. His mountaineering, packrafting, and backcountry skiing adventures are not so frequent these days. His new adventures usually involve his young family at the beach or a local park.
Qualifications and professional memberships:
Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng - Structural)
Chartered Member of Engineering NZ (CMEngNZ)
Professional Engineer (California)
International Professional Engineer (NZ)
Chair of the Canterbury Structural Group
Member of Structural Engineering Society of New Zealand (SESOC)
Member of Timber Design Society (TDS)
Member of Steel Construction New Zealand (SCNZ)
Member of Concrete NZ
The Name
Honest.
Helpful.
High quality.
HHH are our core values – Honest. Helpful. High quality. It is also the initials of the founder’s Grandfather Herb (Howard Herbert Hoover), who introduced Matt to engineering. Herb was a civil engineer who wrapped up his career as the head of the roads department in American Samoa. Herb’s distance cousin was President Herbert Hoover, also a civil engineer, who is the namesake of the engineering marvel Hoover Dam.
Grandpa Herb taught Matt about bridge design and tension/compression members. In high school, Matt entered a “65 popsicle stick bridge contest” – design a bridge from 65 popsicle sticks (and glue) to span a gap of 300 mm. Matt’s truss bridge design held 240kg and took 1st place.