A Whangarei-based engineering consultancy has used its experience of working in the aftermath of New Zealand's most recent earthquakes to develop an idea for a navigation and data system as part of NZ's effort to facilitate life in space. Christine Allen speaks to Adrian Tonks of Engin.Systems about how his team developed the system which came third in the northern regionals of the NZ Space Challenge this week.
Engin.Systems was established by Adrian Tonks, Raghu Koushik and Philip Cook as a sister company of Cook Costello after the consulting engineering and geotechnical crew were commissioned to the scene of the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes.
Civil and environmental engineer Adrian Tonks of Engin.Systems told the Business Advocate he was due to give a presentation at the Space Challenge Regional Showcase at GridAKL in Auckland last night as part of Techweek'18, with the idea having come third in the Northland, Auckland and Bay of Plenty regions.
Cook Costello, which operates in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Whangarei, developed the award-winning Sapper Project at Christchurch as a foundation solution and costing model to help insurers progress residential claims, streamlining the process with a special database and a web user interface.
The data system allowed teams on the ground to collect and store digital data, as opposed to scanning in pdfs that meant that basic information couldn't be extracted and reused.