Tonkin Consulting | 9 teresting work, and I’ve had the chance to do that here.” By providing that flexibility to its employees, Tonkin has been able to cultivate an extremely talented team. And unlike many companies in the engineering field, they have been able to hold on to that team, and keep the knowledge in house. According to Gerry, the staff members that stay for more than a year tend to stay for 10 or 15 years. “People buy into what we’re doing,” he says. “It’s a little bit like a big family.” INDUSTRY RECOGNISED Tonkin Consulting’s depth of knowledge is virtually unparalleled, especially when it comes to stormwater engineering. That expertise was recently acknowledged by several industry bodies, for the Stormwater Management Plan they developed with the cities of Marion and Holdfast Bay. At the 2013 South Australian Engineering Excellence Awards, for example, the company was named a finalist in the category for Reports, Procedures and Systems. And at the 2013 IPWEA Excellence Awards for SA, they won in the category for Excellence in the Design and/or Construction of a Public Works Project. “That recognition is nice, but for us the number one concern is if our client is happy,” Gerry says. “So when we go for awards, we like to go in partnership with our clients. That way it’s about the overall success of the project and the relationships within that project.” “So we think those awards mean a lot,” he continues. “Because they were won by being collaborative, and they were won by both us and the client. They show that we were able to pull those relationships off, and deliver a great project as a result.”
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