Introducing one of New Zealand’s leading structural engineers

Dr John Jing is an experienced structural engineer and arguably New Zealand’s leading seismic engineering expert. You’ll find he has more than 17 years’ experience in structural engineering consulting and design, research and development and project management. He has been working in civil and structural engineering since 2004, with a growing focus on seismic engineering since 2009. John has worked for, or has consulted to, many of New Zealand’s leading engineering and design consultancies.

John’s Qualifications and Research

Dr John Jing has a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) and a PhD in Civil and Structural Engineering from The University of Auckland. His professional qualifications and affiliations are many and extensive.

While studying for his Doctorate, he gained much of his knowledge through his own research. Because of this, much of his seismic engineering knowledge is proprietary and is not possessed by other engineers.

A Registered High-Risk Producer Statement Author

John is also a registered high-risk producer statement author (structural) and one of only a handful of structural engineers on the Council’s high-risk register. This means he is an Auckland Council-approved professional that issues Producer Statements and confirms the building work complies with the New Zealand Building Code (NZBC) for high-risk buildings and structures.

Expertise sought-out by property owners, councils and other engineers

For John, education and the accumulation of knowledge is ongoing. The fact that he is a registered high-risk producer statement author for the Auckland Council and that he is sought out by property owners/developers and other engineering consultants is clear evidence: John’s knowledge of structural and seismic engineering is at the top end within New Zealand.

Assessment and retrofitting of heritage and commercial buildings

He has assessed and retrofitted many noteworthy heritage and commercial buildings across New Zealand and has been involved in more than 300 projects. Property owners/developers, councils and engineering firms continue to rely on John’s extensive experience.

Engineering the future of a safer New Zealand

Like anyone passionate about their chosen field, John is committed to his own professional development. Ongoing research, and additional qualifications and affiliations reflect this. You’ll find he is also working to become a Fellow of Engineering New Zealand. This will enable him to contribute his expertise and opinions on advisory panels.

By being a Fellow, he will be well-placed to teach and encourage young, up-and-coming engineers to become experts in their craft, thereby raising engineering standards across the industry and helping to engineer the future of a safer New Zealand.

Mentoring, coaching and assessing others

John enjoys mentoring and coaching. He believes the development of others is important, and he has helped many talented structural engineers to learn, advance and grow. John works for the professional body, Engineering NZ (ENZ) as an assessor. The engineering industry is self-regulated by ENZ. John regularly assesses other engineers who apply for CPEng registration or renewal. As part of the assessments, these applicants need to submit evidence to demonstrate that they meet the required competence standard.

An approachable communicator

While highly qualified and extremely experienced, you’ll find John is a very approachable and down-to-earth. He knows good communication is key to all parties understanding the challenge at hand and for getting his advice and vision across to others.

He’s comfortable talking with project stakeholders at all levels, from councils and property-owners, to the engineers doing the work. Not only that, he relates well to others and has a high degree of patience, especially when explaining the complex nature of physics and engineering. Working with John not only gets you a great outcome, it’s enjoyable, too.

Contact

☎ CONTACT

0800 846 637
john@tinostructures.co.nz

➤ LOCATION

203a Symonds Street, Eden Terrace, Auckland 1010, NZ

• Jing, J, G.C. Clifton, K. Roy and J.B.P. Lim, 2020. Three-storey modular steel building with a novel slider device: Shake table tests on a scaled down model and numerical investigation. Thin-Walled Structures, 155.

• Jing, J, G.C. Clifton, K. Roy and J.B.P. Lim, 2020. Seismic protection of modular buildings with bonded rubber unit sliders: Experimental study. Thin-Walled Structures, 154.

• Jing, J, G.C. Clifton, K. Roy and J.B.P. Lim, 2020. Performance of a novel slider device in multi-storey cold-formed steel modular buildings under seismic loading. Structures, 27.

• Jing, J, 2019. Seismic Damage-Resistant System for Multi-Storey Buildings. New Zealand Patent Number 740105. New Zealand Intellectual Office, available at http://www.iponz.govt.nz

• Ormeno, M., J. Jing, R. Rogers and E.D.R Castillo, 2019. Capacity of diaphragm strengthened with FRP: comparison between ACI 440.2R and in-situ tests. Proceedings of 2019 Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, April 4-6.

• Ashcroft, D., T. Egbelakin, J. Jing and E.O. Rasheed, 2019. Cost comparison of seismic damage resisting systems for modules in multi-storey buildings. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 17(2), 330-346.
  

• Jing, J, 2018. Earthquake-Resilient Multi-Storey Modular Buildings: The Next Generation of Modular Construction in New Zealand. Proceedings of 3rd NZ Modular Construction and Pre-Fabrication Forum, Auckland, New Zealand, Oct. 24-26.

• Prionas, I. and J. Jing, 2017. Performance Based Seismic Assessment of Historic URM Structures Using True ‘Brick’ and Mortar Elements. Proceedings of New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Annual Technical Conference and 15th World Conference on Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Active Vibration Control of Structures, Wellington, New Zealand, April 27-29.

• Prionas, I., J. Jing, M. Seifi and J. Tahir, 2017. Progressive collapse analysis of existing buildings – A performance-based approach. Proceedings of 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, Jan 9-13.

• Jing, J, 2016. Seismic Damage-Resistant System for Modular Steel Structures. University of Auckland, Auckland.

• Jing, J and G.C. Clifton, 2016. Seismic Damage-Resistant System for Multi-Storey Modular Light Steel Framed Buildings. Proceedings of Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2016 Conference, Melbourne, Australia, Nov 25-27.