Mark Bellamy

Position

Senior Structural Engineer, Director

Years of Experience

15 years

Qualifications

BE(Hons)
CPEng

Professional Associations

CMENGNZ - Chartered Member of Engineering New Zealand

Technical Skills

Analysis of structural steel, timber, reinforced concrete and reinforced concrete block buildings from concept to detailed design

Seismic analysis including base isolation and low damage design

Design verifications and construction observation

Management Skills

Managing single or multi-disciplinary design teams and managing portfolios of work

Mark Bellamy

Senior Structural Engineer

Mark is a senior structural engineer and owner of BUD Design Ltd, a structural engineering consultancy he started in May 2017. He has 15 years of experience within the industry as a structural engineer, including 10 years as a chartered structural engineer.

Mark graduated from the University of Canterbury in 2008 with a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honours in Civil Engineering.

He worked for Aurecon, a large multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, in their Christchurch office for 5 and half years gaining experience in a wide range of structural engineering designs from smaller residential projects to complex engineering designs including a rocking column solution for a retrofit of a historic church and a base isolated design of a three-story commercial building. Through these early years Mark learnt to work as part of a design team and gained the knowledge and confidence required to progress designs from the concept stage through to detailed design and to carry out construction monitoring.

Following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 Mark worked on many seismic assessments and strengthening of existing buildings helping further his knowledge on the behavior of buildings during seismic events.

In 2014 Mark moved to London in the United Kingdom to gain overseas experience where he worked for Arup, a leading and innovative international engineering consultancy. Mark worked on large scale projects whilst in London furthering his structural knowledge and understanding and expanding his design skills. Projects Mark worked on whilst in the United Kingdom included a sports stand, 30-story and 60-story towers in London and Taiwan, a museum, a theatre and an art gallery. Smaller projects carried out whilst in London such as WikiHouse and Kamkorp Park required challenging structural solutions as well as allowing Mark to take a more senior role in the design teams.

Mark returned to Christchurch at the start of 2016 to continue to help with the Christchurch rebuild. He returned to work for Aurecon where he took on a larger leadership role within the structural engineering team and spent much of his time leading large multi-disciplinary projects and portfolios of work as well as performing verifications on structural engineering designs carried out by his Aurecon peers.

In May 2017 Mark left Aurecon to begin his own structural engineering consultancy where he is a sole practitioner and has worked on a range of projects from architectural homes, mult-unit residential apartments, alterations to existing houses to light commercial/industrial designs.

Mark uses his structural engineering expertise to provide cost effective, efficient structural engineering solutions for his clients.

Selection of Project Experience - Working for Aurecon

53 Victoria Street, Christchurch

Architect: Thom Craig Architects

Lead structural design engineer of a three-story base-isolated commercial building in Christchurch. A half-height basement with cantilever concrete column support the friction-pendulum bearings. The ground floor was of concrete construction supporting the steel superstructure above.

Triangle Centre, Christchurch

Architect: Warren and Mahoney

A concept design for a three-story base-isolated commercial building in Christchurch. The building had a large foot-print and full depth basement and was to be founded on highly liquefiable soils. The superstructure consisted of two-way steel moment frames supporting concrete floors on metal decks.

Queenstown Airport Baggage Hall, Queenstown

Architect: Unknown

Part of the design team for the expansion of Queenstown Airport for a new baggage hall. Mark helped carry out the design of the steel portal and braced frame superstructure supported on reinforced concrete strip foundations. Mark carried out some site inspections during construction.

Hornby High School, Christchurch

Architect: Stephenson and Turner Architects

A large multi-disciplinary project, Mark was the project leader for Aurecon and the lead structural engineer for the redevelopment of Hornby High School that included the construction of three new buildings (administration/library/sciences and technology building, gymnasium and classrooms).

Knox Church, Christchurch

Architect: Wilkie and Bruce Architects

Lead structural design engineer of a retrofit of a historic church in Christchurch that lost all its brick walls during the earthquakes leaving only the ornate timber arches and roof. The retrofit consisted of post-tensioned reinforced concrete "rocking columns" with replaceable steel dissipaters'.

Christchurch Earthquake Assessments, Christchurch

Architect: N/A

Work carried out initially involved safety assessments of buildings following the earthquakes followed by residual capacity assessments and if required, strengthening designs. Buildings assessed ranged from residential buildings to industrial warehouses to multi-story commercial buildings.

Anglican Church Portfolio

Architect: Varied

Portfolio lead working on the assessment, repair and strengthening of over twenty Anglican churches in Canterbury following the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. The portfolio included many challenging structures with heritage listed stone and timber churches requiring strengthening.

Parklane Retirement Village, Christchurch

Architect: Dalman Architects

Lead structural design engineer of a large three-story reinforced concrete shear wall structure with rib and infill concrete floors. The building was supported by a reinforced concrete raft that was founded on a gravel raft. Mark also carried out all construction monitoring on the project.

Selection of Project Experience - Working for Arup

Portland House, London, United Kingdom

Architect: David Chipperfield Architects

Structural design engineer for the stability system of the redevelopment of an existing 1960's 30-story office tower into a high end residential apartment building with a larger foot print. The concrete core and the foundations only of the building were to be retained, requiring complex analysis and strengthening design to be carried out.

Fubon Tower, Taipei, Taiwan

Architect: Renzo Piano Architects

Senior structural engineer working with a technical director on the preliminary design of a 60-story, 280m tall tower in Taipei. The design used a dual system consisting of buckling restraint braces and steel moment frames. A deep four-story basement covered the entire site below the tower.

WikiHouse, London, United Kingdom

Architect: Architecture 00

WikiHouse is an innovative open source project that aims to reinvent the way we make homes by creating more sustainable buildings with the help of the latest building technology. Mark carried out the structural design of WikiHouse 4.0 helping to progress previous designs into a two-story structure. The house was built and presented to the public during the London Design Festival 2014.

Lord's Warner Stand, London, United Kingdom

Architect: Populous

A member of the structural engineering team for the new stand at Lord's cricket ground in London. The 2800 seat stand was of reinforced concrete construction with glue-laminated timber roof beams supporting an ETFE roof. Mark carried out the detailed engineering analysis of much of the reinforced concrete elements.

New Taipei Museum of Art, New Taipei, Taiwan

Architect: Kris Yao | Artech

Senior structural engineer working with a technical director on the concept design of a large four-story steel structure for a museum and a reinforced concrete structure for a theatre. The concept design was developed with the Taiwanese architects to achieve the complex architectural vision.

Kamkorp Park, Surrey, United Kingdom

Architect: GMW Architects

Kamkorp Park is a project for an electric engine developer and included the refurbishment of two existing buildings, a new factory, monorail station and showroom constructed from steel, concrete and glulam timber and a secondary factory with testing rooms constructed using concrete block and steel portal frames. I helped develop and lead the preliminary and developed designs.

Selection of Project Experience - Working as BUD Design

7 Allister Avenue, Christchurch

Architect: Cymon Allfrey Architects

This project involved the renovation and extension of an existing 1960's house. As much of the existing structure was retained as possible with additional steel and LVL members designed where required to achieve the complicated new roof form. A deep rib-raft was designed to span liquefiable soft spots.

20 Avenger Crescent, Christchurch

Architect: Thomas Associates Architects

A light commercial warehouse structure designed using steel portal frames and concrete tilt panel walls. Concrete mezzanines designed to span 10m to achieve maximum flexibility of the space above and below are supported with centrically braced steel frames. A concrete raft was designed without any contorl joints or saw cuts providing a tidy finish to the slab.

38 Thorrington Road, Christchurch

Architect: AO Architecture

A two-story architectural house in Christchurch near Cashmere hills and the Heathcote river. The house has many structural steel cantilevered beams and portal frames supporting the first-floor structure. The foundations consists of a deep gravel raft supporting a concrete raft with embedded timber piles and a timber sub-floor.

42B Valley Road, Christchurch

Architect: AO Architecture

An architecturally designed two-house to be built on the Christchurch port hills. The home is of reinforced concrete construction with complicated openings and layout of walls driven by the architectural intent. A rib and infill concrete floor has been designed to tie the concrete walls together.

Wakatipu Heights, Queenstown

Architect: Connell Architecture

A pair of three-storey architectural houses sitting side-by-side on a steep site above Queenstown. The houses utlise large steel cantielvers requiring innovative design and detailing. Large glazing at the front of the house were formed using a structural steel elements with concrete block walls providing the retaining structure at the rear of the house.

22 Overdale Drive, Christchurch

Architect: NSA Architects

A two-story architectural home on a hill section. Mark worked with the client and geotechnical engineer on a palisade retaining wall to help support a concrete pool in the neighboring section above whilst excavating the house. The house is designed with concrete block ground floor walls tied together with a plywood floor diaphragm.

E mark.bellamy@buddesign.co.nz P +64 27 420 2826