DTCE Consulting Engineers

DTC were sub-contacted by Wellington City Council as the consulting engineers to review of structural designs of a small reno to replace an existing deck and windows at our home. The estimated amount of work was 8-10hours, or$1k within a total $4k WCC's consent estimate. DTC charged us, via WCC, over 44 hours to review the deck design. Their stated rate for a Senior Engineer is $210 per hour, yet we were charged $375 ph, which contravenes the ACENZ regulations. Which is several times what took to do the actual design work. The total cost was over $22K, more than 600% the estimate - for a very small project - At no point did WCC contact us or seek our agreement about the the extraordinary high costs or time that DTC were accumulating. Both apparently just kept billing us without our agreement. There appeared to be a total lack of oversight, responsibility or communication between DTC as a sub contractor and WCC. They never advised it would take such a substantial time and cost beyond the estimate and we simply don't understand how it can take a qualified senior engineer 44 hours and 59 questions to the design engineer, to review a drawing for replacement deck and windows. At the end of their process they simply demanded an additional payment of $17k for DTC's time, without our agreement on the work, and are threatening to withhold our consent if we don't pay. We are seeking legal assistance.
Nov 29th, 2021

The service I received regarding foundation cracks was excellent. Hiroshi and Kyle arrived ahead of time, were courteous and thorough in their inspection,providing a full and complete report within three days subsequent. I would happily recommend the services of DTCE Structural Engineers.
Feb 4th, 2023

Really good team with quick turnaround and responses to emails.
Jan 10th, 2023

Dec 3rd, 2022

DTCE have provided engineering services for my company for a number of years. I work with a specific team for all my projects which makes life much easier for myself & my clients.
Oct 25th, 2022