Meet the Team

Colin McElwain

BSurv, MSSNZ Registered Professional Surveyor
Licensed Cadastral Surveyor
colin@cuttriss.co.nz
029 399 2450

Colin has over 35 years’ experience as a registered surveyor. He works on a wide range of projects, and has particular expertise in cadastral surveying and subdivision design. Colin has worked at Cuttriss since 1985, and has been a Director since 1998. He is based at the Lower Hutt office.

Neil Johnstone

BE (Civil), NZCE (Civil), CMEngNZ
Chartered Professional Engineer
neil@cuttriss.co.nz
029 200 1657

Neil is a chartered professional engineer at Cuttriss. He has over 20 years’ experience in civil engineering, including national and international work experience. He manages a wide range of civil engineering projects, and consults on a range of infrastructure projects for the local council. Neil has been a Director at Cuttriss since 2007. He is based at the Kapiti office.

Nick Taylor

BSurv (Distinction), MSSNZ, CPLDEng
Registered Professional Surveyor
nick@cuttriss.co.nz
020 460 8006

Nick has over 10 year's experience as a Licensed Cadastral Surveyor, and re-joined Cuttriss in 2015 after working overseas. His wide range of work includes planning advice, subdivisional engineering design, land transfer surveys and project management.

Nick manages a variety of projects, including large scale subdivisions and surveying projects. He is based at the Kapiti office.

Sam Godwin

BE(Hons), CPEng, CMEngNZ
Chartered Professional Engineer
sam.godwin@cuttriss.co.nz
027 864 4882

Sam became a chartered professional engineer after joining Cuttriss in 2019. He graduated from Canterbury University in 2017 and has over 6 years’ experience in the industry.

Sam has skills in project management and civil design, with a particular focus on multi-unit developments. He manages a wide range of engineering projects while overseeing the engineering team in the Lower Hutt office.