Mr Rob Jury, of Lower Hutt, ONZM, for services to structural engineering and design
Rob Jury is Chief Structural Engineer at Beca. He has worked for more than 30 years on the development of seismic design codes for buildings in New Zealand and overseas, with much of this work on New Zealand’s Building Code prior to the 2010/2011 Christchurch earthquakes done on a pro bono basis. With the New Zealand Loadings Standard committees, he has led development of seismic performance standards used nationally and overseas. He was a key technical advisor for investigations into collapsed buildings conducted by the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission and New Zealand Police. Since the Christchurch earthquakes, he has undertaken several challenging commissions in seismic retrofits. Mr Jury was responsible for the curved Hapuawhenua Viaduct and Auckland’s Sky Tower, which remains the tallest building in the southern hemisphere.