Specialist Services

Our specialist expertise gives us, and therefore our clients, an advantage over other companies.   We believe we are design and service leaders in New Zealand in the following:

  • Large span industrial buildings – we consistently design more economic structures than any other in the field.  Up to 70m clear spans in steel and 50m in timber to date.
  • Timber structural design – more than a quarter of a million square metres to date.
  • Food processing – canning plants, meat works, factories, cool storage, effluent disposal, etc.
  • Wineries – process buildings, barrel stores, racking, etc for more than 20 wineries in Hawke’s Bay, Martinborough, Canterbury, Marlborough and Central Otago.
  • Leisure facilities – sports halls and gymnasia. We are the most prolific designers of aquatic centres in New Zealand.
  • HVAC specialisation in design of mechanical services for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and humidity control for aquatic facilities New Zealand wide.
  • Forestry – major sawmills at Lautoka, Kawerau and Napier, treatment bunds, dry stores, kiln facilities, etc elsewhere.

Solid knowledge base
LHTDesign also has robust knowledge and experience in a number of specialised areas including Fire engineering where we can provide solutions to large and complex fire safety scenarios, access to specialist and specific fire modelling and design mechanical smoke extraction systems.

Specialised sector expertise
We have the skills, knowledge, experience, and support structure to handle building design and management assignments in the following sectors:

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