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Our People, Your Partners

Our team is dedicated to quality, efficiency, and most importantly, your success.

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Julian Prendergast

Director & Senior Engineer

CPEng | RPEQ | MBA | BE(Hons)

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Matt Highsted

Engineer

BE(Hons)

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Craig MacDonald

Director & Senior Engineer

MEngNZ | BE(Hons)

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Matthew Rogers

Graduate Engineer

BE(Hons)

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Max Waters

Director & Senior Engineer

CPEng | IntPE(NZ) | BE(Hons)

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Sam Dougherty

Graduate Engineer

ME | BE(Hons)

Built on Innovation.
Backed by Experience.

We’re a young, dynamic team backed by over 25 years of combined experience across lightweight structural design projects on both sides of the Tasman. Long before Inside Collab, we were delivering practical, compliant solutions for architectural elements, building services, and other seismic or wind-loaded features. Inside Collab was created to bring that same expertise into a more streamlined, efficient, and collaborative workflow - now further enhanced through our partnership with Moddle to support faster delivery and more sustainable outcomes.

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The Why Behind Our Work

Our Mission Statement: 

"To transform the way lightweight structural design is delivered - making it faster, clearer, and more sustainable through collaboration, innovation, and deep industry experience."

Expertise

25+ years of combined experience.

We bring deep experience across lightweight structural design and compliance - practical, proven, and always evolving.

Trust

97% of projects are for repeat clients.

We deliver what we promise - on time, to code, and with complete transparency. That’s why clients keep coming back.

Excellence

Over 3500 projects delivered.

From precise documentation to seamless coordination, we hold ourselves to the highest engineering standard.

Efficiency

Quotes delivered within 24 hours.

Fast, responsive, and informed. Our systems allow us to move quickly without compromising on detail.

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Sustainable Design

We believe that sustainability isn't a feature - it's a responsibility. At Inside Collab, we embed sustainable thinking into every stage of our engineering process, helping clients reduce embodied carbon through smarter material choices and efficient lightweight structural design.

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With backgrounds in both construction and energy industries, our team brings practical insight into how sustainable outcomes can be achieved without compromising performance or cost. Through our partnership with Moddle, a design automation platform, we can rapidly revise and optimise structural solutions - enabling us to explore lower-carbon options and implement changes with speed and precision.

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From early baselining to value engineering and materials selection, we actively work to reduce environmental impact. For carbon that can’t be designed out, we can guide clients toward certified offset options - ensuring even the hardest-to-reduce impacts are addressed.

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