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

Julian Prendergast
Director & Senior Engineer
CPEng | RPEQ | MBA | BE(Hons)

Matt Highsted
Engineer
BE(Hons)

Craig MacDonald
Director & Senior Engineer
MEngNZ | BE(Hons)

Matthew Rogers
Graduate Engineer
BE(Hons)

Max Waters
Director & Senior Engineer
CPEng | IntPE(NZ) | BE(Hons)

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.

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.

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.
​​
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.
​​​
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.
_edited.png)