Biography

Bevan carries the reluctant half-smile of a well-trained carpenter. His formative years were on the receiving end of the aesthetic desires of architects, who were more concerned with ‘what it looks like’ rather than ‘how to do it’. His dad was a carpenter, and he’s grown up with the whole spectrum of characters on a building site.

“I was going to be a police officer, but someone suggested I should learn about people first. Going into construction helped me do that”. After a decade on-site, he became a student at 28, studying building science at the University of Victoria Architectural School. Supported by RCP, he shifted from construction hard hats to collared shirts. “Going from on-site into boardrooms was a culture shock,” he quips.

Initially, Bevan thought he would be “thrust into the delivery of jobs.” Instead, he became engaged in ‘the dark side’ of design and tendering. “The industry has moved from the traditional old model to involving good builders at the table where practical solutions are discussed from the outset.”

“I have a personal interest in the environmental approach to building. We are one of the guiltiest industries in terms of impact. Environmental approaches can be sexy, and we are pushing a lot of new boundaries in the work we do. In my team in Wellington, we encourage an incubator environment. There are so many factors involved at the ideation stage.”

“We don’t hide people away. We have no back-office. Finding sensible design solutions; it’s a team thing.”

Bowen Campus Stage 1
Defence House
100 Cuba Street
61 Molesworth Street
Generator
30 Waring Taylor Street
PwC
Office Fitouts
6-8 Munroe Lane
Aurora Centre
56 The Terrace
Blue Mountains Campus
Stage 1 & 3
BRANZ Campus Redevelopment
Cardiac Catheter Laboratory & Dialysis Unit
Middlemore Hospital
Christ Church Cathedral
Dolomite Point
Eccles Building
University of Otago
Eden Park Redevelopment
RWC Event Overlay
Bowen Campus Stage 2
40 & 44 Bowen Street
Facilities Infrastructure Remediation Programme
Central Plant & Tunnel
Geyser
Haere-roa - Student Services Facility
University of Canterbury
Hagley Oval
Hadlee Pavilion Redevelopment
Harley Gray Building
Middlemore Hospital
Heke Rua
Archives New Zealand
IKEA
Isaac Theatre Royal
Kainga Ora Social Housing
Mangere Development
Kakariki Hospital
Kerepeti Housing Development
Leonard Isitt Drive
Auckland Airport
Lindis Lodge
Mercy Ascot Hospital Redevelopment
Ōtepoti
ACC Building
Queenstown Airport Terminal Redevelopment & Control Tower
Queenstown Research & Innovation Centre
Remarkables House
Scott Building Reclad
Middlemore Hospital
Te Kaha Stadium
Wellington Central Library
Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui
Christchurch Justice and Emergency Services Precinct
Te Omeka
Linwood Pool
Te Pou Toetoe
Dark Sky Project
Te Rehua
Victoria University School Of Biological Sciences
Te Toki a Rata
The Arts Centre
Te Matatiki Toi Ora
University of Otago Dental Facility
University of Auckland Engineering Building
Te Herenga Mātai Pūkaha
Wakefield Hospital