Worldwide construction and engineering team enhanced with tunnelling expert

Integra has announced the appointment of Bill Newns as Senior Engineering Adjuster within its construction and engineering team. Bill, who is primarily a tunnelling engineer, will be based in Auckland, but be a global resource for Integra, supporting colleagues in its offices around the world.

Bill is a professional tunnelling engineer, who has worked in the civil infrastructure sector for over 25 years in the US, Asia, Europe, and Australasia. Throughout his career, he has supported many global construction projects in all matters relating to tunnelling including metros, road, rail, power, water supply, wastewater and hydropower using all methods of construction from manual excavation to mechanised tunnelling.

Bill’s experience covers planning, design, construction forensics, dispute resolution & expert witness matters. He is also a tunnelling specialist advisor for risk surveys and forensic investigations to the insurance market.

Thomas Pasley, Technical Director, Australia & New Zealand, Integra Technical Services said, “Bill has been involved in advising on all aspects of tunnelling projects, from planning and policy to procurement, construction, operations, and refurbishment throughout his career. His experience of working with and leading multi-disciplinary teams, while drawing on a pool of world class expertise will be beneficial to both our clients and the global Integra team alike. I am delighted he has decided to join us and look forward to working closely with him in the future”.

Leo Dixon, Chief Executive Officer, Integra Technical Services added, “Our vision is to be the first-choice loss adjuster for our clients in each sector we serve. Bill’s arrival is testament to this and tangibly demonstrates our commitment to providing world class loss adjusting services to our clients underwriting, placing and handling claims emanating from the construction and engineering sector.  In addition, Bill will be providing support to Integra Risk Services where he is uniquely qualified to supervise the management of the risk engineering on tunnelling projects around the world.”