BENSON Consultancy (NZ) Limited

Jim Benson is a Civil Engineer with over 35 years experience in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Pacific and Europe. He has held Directorships at 5No. companies concurrently, led large multidiscipline teams of engineers, and managed business operations in a variety of Asian countries.

We have been involved in the design and construction of mega infrastructure including  Hydropower, Metros and a wide variety of tunnelling projects, in many countries.

Jim specialises in providing advice related to technical, contractual and management aspects.

In Hong Kong, Jim was the Design Director on 901-Admiralty Station responsible for the tunnelling and cavern Engineer’s Design servicing 4No. new platforms.

Jim was also the Independent Checking Engineer on various Hong Kong MTR WIL, XRL, SIL, KTE packages, and DSD Lai Chi Kok and Stonecutters Island Tunnel projects. Jim was the designated ‘Designer’ and led the successful Tender (based on an alternative tunnel design) and subsequent Detailed Designs for the Kowloon Southern Link (KDB200) and also the CLP - Castle Peak Cable tunnel.

Jim was also the Tunnel Design Manager for 3.5km of rock and soft ground tunnels and stations on SDC100 – Tai Wai to Diamond Hill; and carried out the detailed design of the tunnel lining for the Route 8 (Previously Route 9) Nam Wan Tunnel at Tsing Yi in granite.