"She did try to get me to retire about eight years ago when business got quiet and I seriously considered it back then, but then jobs started to pile back up so I just kept on going."
Eddy said he got into the industry when he was only 17, just because there was a job vacancy.
He decided to take it and has spent most of his 59-year career since then based in Hawke's Bay.
"I was in sixth form and the career advisor asked what I wanted to do for a job and I had no idea so they told me about a company that had a job vacancy and then from there I never looked back," Eddy said.
Quantity surveyors manage finances for construction projects. They calculate budgets based on clients' requirements, and prepare detailed estimates to ensure budgets are sufficient for each stage of construction.
Eddy says that the industry has changed quite a bit over the years.
"Some of the kids these days can do a lot of the things on the computer now but I always preferred the old fashioned way of doing things," Eddy said.
"I did always try to keep up with the changing ways of doing things, maybe not as much as I could have, but I always found if I kept my ear to the ground I learnt new things along the way."
Having spent so long in the same industry, he never felt like changing things up and finding a new career to pursue.
"I've never really considered doing anything else because I've always really enjoyed what I've done and I always met new and interesting people along the way."
