Dr PHILIP WILKINSON
Structural Technical Manager
Philip is respected among his colleagues and peers and has been recognised for his dedication, technical know-how, and problem-solving abilities. With responsibility for project delivery, Philip is a target-driven, commercially aware leader, who is able to develop client opportunities as well as oversee the delivery of successful and profitable projects. He promotes knowledge sharing and collaboration within the project team.
Philip has a solid track record delivering projects by ensuring tasks on projects are resourced, managed, and completed efficiently, on time and with a keen desire to maintain client satisfaction. Philip is also a respected peer reviewer – reviewing reports, calculations and structural drawings produced by other firms, providing technical guidance and proactively resolving any discrepancies.
His passion is seismic assessment of existing buildings and structural design of low and medium-rise buildings. Philip graduated with a 1st class honours degree from Canterbury University and entered practice in pre-earthquake Christchurch before completing a PhD in seismic design abroad.
Qualifications & Affiliations
Doctor of Philosophy – PhD (Earthquake Engineering), Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 2016
Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Hons) (Civil), University of Canterbury, 2008
NZCE (Civil) – Wintech, Hamilton, 2002
Chartered Professional Engineer (Structural Engineering)
Chartered Member, Engineering New Zealand (Hawkes Bay Committee Member 2017 – 2022)
Structural Engineering Society of New Zealand
New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
Selected Academic Publications
Wilkinson, P. J., & Lavan, O. (2018). Extension of the effective modal seismic design method to generally irregular RC wall structures. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 16(11), 5341-5370.
Wilkinson, P. J., & Lavan, O. (2017). Effective modal seismic design of two-way asymmetric-plan RC wall structures. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 15(9), 3819-3853.
Lavan, O., & Wilkinson, P. J. (2017). Efficient seismic design of 3D asymmetric and setback RC frame buildings for drift and strain limitation. Journal of Structural Engineering, 143(4), 04016205