About Rcon Pacific
Rcon Pacific has almost 40 years of international engineering experience. Natural Hazard research and resilience engineering have been an additional feature of the last 4 years. We support commercial and government clients in New Zealand and the Pacific region.
We believe that resilience building supports investment and community growth in the face of sea level rise and climate change and establishes a secure foundation for blossoming cities and businesses. By providing solutions based on solid science, current research and experienced engineering we are confident we can build a sustainable nation.
We believe that resilience building supports investment and community growth in the face of sea level rise and climate change and establishes a secure foundation for blossoming cities and businesses. By providing solutions based on solid science, current research and experienced engineering we are confident we can build a sustainable nation.
Research Papers:
Resilience Planning in Growing Coastal Cities Through Multi-Hazard Mapping.
Proceedings of the 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Raynor, S., & Boston, M. (2020).
Multi-hazard analysis and mapping of coastal Tauranga in support of resilience planning.
Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 54(2), 176-183. Raynor, S., & Boston, M. (2021).
Proceedings of the 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Raynor, S., & Boston, M. (2020).
Multi-hazard analysis and mapping of coastal Tauranga in support of resilience planning.
Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 54(2), 176-183. Raynor, S., & Boston, M. (2021).
Steve Raynor
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My career reflects my belief that the specialist-generalist Engineer is most beneficial to global development, and most useful in adapting our cities to climate change. After academia, consulting, construction and business management in eight countries I also think we have the most fun.
My first assignment was earthquakes in Papua New Guinea, now pretty much a full circle brings me back to preparing NZ cities to overcome natural hazards such as sea level rise, volcanic activity, floods and earthquakes. In the intervening years I have achieved Chartership in two languages and three countries and grown to love intercultural working environments. Civil and structural engineering in NZ and around the Pacific was my initial technical background. In 2000’s I moved to materials engineering and explored carbon composites for extreme conditions in the Arabian Gulf. Until recently I served as Resilience Specialist at Tauranga City Council developing hazard mapping and mitigation projects to bring resilience to the civil infrastructure. Tauranga is currently the only NZ city with a comprehensive multi-decade resilience plan. Curiosity and lifelong learning is an essential state of mind that drives my choice of vocation and recreation. As engineers I feel we have more responsibility than most professions to keep learning and so I am currently a Doctoral candidate at Waikato University developing multi-hazard mapping techniques. The most interesting natural hazard resilience project I experienced was in Oman where tropical sea worms tunneled so vigorously into the concrete quay walls that strength was compromised. Steve Qualifications: PhD candidate. University of Waikato Masters of Materials Science. UAE University Bachelor of Engineering (Civil). University of Auckland NZ Certificate in Infrastructure Procurement Practices |
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