Clendon Burns & Park

What Clendon Burns & Park does

Clendon Burns & Park Ltd is a private consulting civil and structural engineering firm headquartered in Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand, operating for over 65 years. The firm provides structural engineering services including 3D static and dynamic structural analysis, foundation design, seismic design and strengthening, value engineering, temporary works, and forensic engineering. Its core technology stack centers on Building Information Modelling (BIM) using Revit Structure, which integrates all building services into a single coordinated 3D model, supplemented by drone-based reality capture that generates point-cloud surfaces for difficult sites. The firm holds specialist seismic engineering capability, notably in PRESSS (Precast Earthquake Resistant Structural Systems) technology, seismic base isolation design, and FRP strengthening techniques, positioning it within New Zealand's earthquake engineering niche.

The firm serves commercial, healthcare, education, civic/public, corrections, and residential clients across New Zealand, with selected international engagements in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, and Thailand. Notable projects include the Spark Central commercial development (19,000 m2, NZGBC 5 Green Star), IBM Petone 8-story high-rise, Kenepuru Hospital Satellite Dialysis Unit (IL4 PRESSS), Te Hopai Rest Home (IL3 PRESSS), St Mary of the Angels Church heritage seismic strengthening (NZSEE 2017 Low Damage Design Award), and Scots College Creative & Performing Arts and Hodge Sports Centre projects. The firm operates under a project-based professional services revenue model with quote-based pricing, multi-year contract cadence, and direct B2B sales motion leveraging long-standing client relationships and professional affiliations with Engineers New Zealand, ACENZ, NZSEE, and NZ Green Building Council.

Leadership consists of three directors: Philip Yong (Director since 2001, specialist in earthquake engineering and base isolation, with international experience including Hong Kong Airport Railway Olympic Station and Wenchuan earthquake reconnaissance), Anthony Taylor (Director since April 2017, NZ Green Building Council member and Green Star Professional focused on PRESSS and sustainable design), and Anthony Forlong (Director since 2003, NZCE Civil, CAD/BIM systems lead). The firm has no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, acquisition activity, or subsidiaries.

Name

Clendon Burns & Park

Legal name

Clendon Burns & Park Ltd

Website

https://cbp.co.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clendon Burns & Park is a Wellington-based consulting civil and structural engineering firm serving commercial, healthcare, education, residential, and civic clients across New Zealand and select international markets, with specialist expertise in seismic engineering, PRESSS technology, and BIM-integrated design.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Geotechnical Design, Engineering & Consulting (Analysis, Design, Peer Review) (IMAFAOAK)

Keywords

• Structural engineering consulting
• Seismic engineering design
• Civil engineering services
• Building information modelling
• Forensic engineering services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kelburn

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for civil and structural engineering projects, including design, analysis, investigation, and construction monitoring. Services are project-based with fees determined by scope and complexity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Clendon Burns & Park Ltd provides consulting civil and structural engineering services for commercial, institutional, healthcare, education, residential, civic, and corrections projects throughout New Zealand and internationally. Core offerings include 3D static and dynamic structural analysis, foundation design, seismic design and strengthening (including base isolation and PRESSS technology), value engineering, temporary works design, forensic engineering, and drone-based reality capture. The firm integrates its engineering services within a Revit Structure BIM platform to deliver coordinated 3D documentation.

Product overview

Clendon Burns & Park Ltd is a consulting civil and structural engineering firm operating in Wellington, New Zealand for over 65 years. The company offers a unified suite of engineering services anchored by core structural and civil engineering consulting, supported by Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology using Revit Structure for 3D coordination, specialist seismic engineering capabilities including base isolation and PRESSS technology for low-damage design, drone reality capture for site surveying, and forensic engineering services. The firm serves diverse project sectors including commercial, residential, healthcare, education, and corrections facilities throughout New Zealand and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Engineering Services Core consulting structural and civil engineering services covering 3D static and dynamic structural analysis, foundation design, seismic design and strengthening, value engineering, and temporary works design for commercial, residential, healthcare, education, civic, and corrections projects.
• Seismic Engineering Specialist seismic services including seismic base isolation design, seismic design, seismic strengthening, and low-damage design using PRESSS technology for earthquake-resilient buildings.
• Forensic Engineering Specialist structural investigation and forensic engineering services for analysing building failures and damage assessment, including post-earthquake building evaluation work.

Quantifiable outcome

• NZGBC 5 Green Star rating achieved for Spark Central commercial development
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dunning Thornton: Dunning Thornton is a Wellington-based structural engineering consultancy with comparable specialist expertise in seismic engineering, low-damage design and complex structural analysis. Most directly comparable in terms of size, Wellington location, and seismic specialisation, serving similar NZ commercial, heritage and residential clients.
• BECA Group: BECA is the largest New Zealand-headquartered multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, providing structural, civil, geotechnical and environmental engineering across building, infrastructure, water and industrial sectors. Directly comparable as a NZ consulting engineer serving enterprise, government, healthcare and education clients, though substantially larger in headcount and geographic reach.
• Tonkin + Taylor: Tonkin + Taylor is a New Zealand-headquartered environmental and engineering consultancy with strong capabilities in geotechnical, civil and structural engineering, particularly in seismic and post-disaster work. Directly comparable as a NZ specialist engineering firm serving government, infrastructure and commercial clients, with similar emphasis on seismic and resilience work.
• Calibre Consulting: Calibre Consulting is a New Zealand-headquartered multi-discipline engineering consultancy providing structural, civil, geotechnical and environmental services. Comparable as a NZ-based consulting engineering firm serving commercial, healthcare, education and government clients, with overlapping structural and civil engineering capability.
• Holmes Group (Holmes Consulting): Holmes Group is a New Zealand structural and civil engineering consultancy with strong seismic engineering capability, particularly in post-Christchurch earthquake work. Comparable as a NZ-focused specialist structural engineering firm serving commercial, healthcare, education and heritage clients, with similar size and seismic expertise profile.

Broad incumbents

• Aurecon: Aurecon is a global engineering, design and advisory firm with a substantial New Zealand presence offering structural, civil, mechanical, electrical and project management services. Comparable as a competing provider of structural and civil engineering to NZ enterprise and government clients, though it operates at much greater scale and as a multi-discipline incumbent rather than a specialist boutique.
• Mott MacDonald New Zealand: Mott MacDonald is a global engineering consultancy with New Zealand operations providing structural, civil, environmental and infrastructure services. Competes with CBP on NZ commercial, healthcare and infrastructure structural engineering projects, but as a broad multi-discipline incumbent rather than a specialist.
• WSP in New Zealand: WSP is a global professional services firm with a large New Zealand engineering practice providing structural, civil, environmental and infrastructure consulting. Competes with CBP on NZ structural and civil engineering tenders, but operates as a broad multi-discipline incumbent rather than a specialist boutique.
• AECOM New Zealand: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with a substantial New Zealand presence offering structural, civil, environmental and project management services. Competes with CBP on NZ enterprise, healthcare and government structural engineering tenders, but as a much larger multi-discipline incumbent.
• Arup New Zealand: Arup is a global engineering consultancy with a New Zealand presence providing structural, civil, seismic and infrastructure design services. Comparable on seismic and complex structural work, and relevant because Arup has a strong international pedigree similar to CBP's director experience — but operates at much greater scale and as a broad incumbent.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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