Summary
Manos Bairaktaris is a chartered Lead Structural Engineer and Technical Director with 14 years of experience in New Zealand and a long career designing major buildings, bridges, tunnels and stadiums using reinforced, prestressed concrete and structural steel. He specialises in earthquake and seismic design, foundation engineering, finite element and nonlinear staged-construction analysis, routinely delivering complex projects while leading multidisciplinary teams of architects and MEP engineers. Manos has hands-on experience developing software for real-time structural monitoring used in two international research programmes, bridging practical design and research-grade instrumentation. Based in Wellington, he combines robust consulting leadership at Spectrum Consulting Engineers with earlier director-level and entrepreneurial practice experience, giving him uncommon end-to-end insight from appraisal to construction. Known for translating rigorous analysis into buildable solutions, he brings a practical, research-informed approach to resilient infrastructure in seismic regions.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Civil/Structural Engineer, Civil/Structural Engineer at University of Patras