Peter Downey founded Hydraulic Services Consultants in 1992. Having worked in Australia on many major projects with “Hydraulic Consultants”, Peter wondered why no such building professional existed in New Zealand. Sure there were Building Services Engineers, but they tended to know a little about a lot of things and not a lot about plumbing specifically!

So Peter decided to set up Hydraulic Services Consultants to mirror what he knew was outstandingly successful in Australia. The correctness of that decision is reflected in our success.

But New Zealand didn’t know a lot about plumbing design before 1992. So Peter undertook an extensive series of seminars nationwide to assist the plumbing fraternity to understand Australian Standard plumbing. Now, over 300 seminars later, we feel the industry is better informed and Peter is a well recognised and respected member of the plumbing industry in New Zealand.

That respect has fueled our success and to date, we have an enviable portfolio of successfully completed projects across the Auckland Cityscape and across other centres in New Zealand and the South Pacific islands. We estimate that Hydraulic Services Consultants Limited has been involved in the design of over 75% of all the high-rise apartment buildings completed in Auckland within the last 12 years.