John has over 35 years’ experience as a structural and civil engineer .

John started his own practice John Horton Engineering Group in 1991 and in 2004, the practice merged with TGM group. John became a major shareholder, director and the manager of TGM’s Melbourne office. In 2006 John became the executive manager of the structural division responsible for a team of approximately 30 engineers and draftspersons located across three offices.

Johns operational role was that of major projects manager, where his project design & optimization skill could best serve the companies key clients. Along with many other projects, John was responsible for the delivery of two $50+ million dairy processing facilities. As the acting principal consultant, John put together a team of sub-consultants (Building Surveyor, Quantity Surveyor, Mechanical, Electrical, Traffic, Acoustic & Fire Engineers) and oversaw the complete design and documentation of the building and civil works components of these projects. Both of these fast track projects were delivered on time and under budget.

In July 2011 John resigned from TGM Group, and after travelling around Australia with his family, returned to re-establish his original practice where he continues to seek new challenges and provide the very best project management, structural and civil engineering design services to the benefit of his clients.

In January 2014 John, Haydn, James and Armin joined to form 4Site Engineers with the vision of providing specialist consulting services to the dairy industry.

Johns pride, passion, and skill as a design manager and design engineer is evident by the quality of the clients, and project on which he has been involved with. Many of these projects have received recognition in the way of various State and or National awards.

Haydn has been working as a structural and civil engineer since 2008 when he finished his Masters in Civil Engineering. He has experience over a large range of projects, from volume residential, renovations and additions, high end luxury homes, multi-res, small industrial multi-warehouse projects, 20,000sqm plus warehouses, retail, commercial & educational , however his specialty is food and beverage manufacturing plants.

Over the years, his role his developed into providing complete building design solutions for food and beverage plants on both greenfield and brownfield sites , whilst overseeing various other projects over a wide client base.

Haydn understands that time, cost and quality are all critical, and works closely with the end user, the process engineers and the builders to ensure that their project is delivered in the most efficient way possible, while maintaining the required level of quality. He understands the interfaces with the process equipment, warehouse fit out, traffic and people movements, and existing site conditions. Haydn’s can take a project from initial concept layouts, through the town planning and building permit applications, and following through construction stage supervision-ensuring swift responses to all queries to keep the project moving.

As a structural & civil engineer, Haydn strives for engineering efficiency , and takes the time to ensure the best solution is achieved for every project. Haydn works well in a team environment and brings all parties together to ensure a collaborative and efficient approach to the design.