86 | ENGINEERING Vecta T T Hugh de Lacy Services offered over several disciplines Vecta is now a multi-disciplinary firm focused on consulting engineering, surveying and three waters designing. A vigorous young engineering agency with branches in Wellington and Whangarei, Vecta, has grabbed a segment of both those markets on the strength of its pumping station technology successes in particular, and it’s casting a cautious eye over Auckland. Vecta has engineering design capabilities across the structural, civil, three waters and survey sectors, and a history of successful projects behind it in all four, in Wellington and Whangarei alike. Launched in Whangarei by Trishn Nand in 2017, originally under the label of Macroventures, the company has 15 staff in its Wellington office and five in Whangarei. Trishn had spent the previous seven years with the Whangarei firm Cooks and Costello, before branching out on his own, offering engineering advice in the land development market while building up the company’s core expertise in civil engineering. In 2022, Trishn and Vecta amalgamated with the Wellington firm Three Waters Ltd, which had been founded in the capital in 2008 by 30-year engineering design veteran Rob Jack, who has a vast background of experience in the design and construction management of stormwater, sewer and water reticulation systems. Vecta is now a multi-disciplinary firm focused on consulting engineering, surveying and three waters designing for a range of land development projects from small to large, for clients who include local authorities, retirement home and land developers. The company’s work has included multi-unit residential developments, civil structures and reservoirs, seismic assessments and strengthening design, commercial and industrial structures, scaffolding and temporary works. “Among our current projects in Whangarei is the $4.5 million design and tendering of the Three Mile Bush Road reservoir for the Whangarei District Council,” Trishn says. “Vecta is carrying out the construction monitoring and engineering support, and has delivered the civil and 3D earthworks design. It took careful design to mitigate acoustic concerns while avoiding over-heating of the equipment in Whangarei’s warm summers.” The two 750-cubic-metre reservoirs, to improve the supply to the Te Kamo area, connect to a new pump station, and construction started in July last year. Vecta’s Wellington office has lately completed the mechanical and civil design of the $8m project to upgrade the seven main wastewater pumping stations for Wellington Water in the capital’s CBD. “The stations all operate off a network of shared pressure mains, and this required detailed modelling to ensure the pumps will work together through a range of hydraulic scenarios,” Trishn says. “Vecta was chosen for this job due to our history of excellent results with pumping station investigations and designs in the Wellington Region.” The project is part of the Wellington City Council’s programme of works to accommodate central city growth while minimising the impacts on the environment by reducing the likelihood of wastewater overflows. Now firmly entrenched in the Wellington and Whangarei markets, Vecta is considering eventually expanding into the country’s biggest market, Auckland. “Potentially, we could be setting up an Auckland office – maybe in 2026-27 – but we’ve got a bit more consolidation to do before then,” Trishn says. Architects + Project Management 04 801 8180 | kinexplus.co.nz
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