Meet the Highrise Team

Fatu Fuatavai purchased Highrise Construction in October 2022 to be part of his portfolio of Construction Services businesses. Fatu has extensive experience in both the engineering and building industries, following university degrees in both Mathematics and Engineering. Previous engineering work included positions with Angus Construction, and Wilkins and Davies. He also has extensive experience in the building and property development sector as a self-employed developer. The combination of engineering and building experience provides support for Highrise in projects for multi-story towers as well as for in-ground concrete placement and mid-sized concrete projects. Fatu has formerly held the positions of Chairman New Zealand/Samoa Trade Commission and President of the Hospitality Association (Counties Manukau Branch).

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Nigel has 34 years + experience in both Residential and Commercial construction in NZ. He has been in Project Management and Construction Management type roles for over 22 years. He has worked for prominent well known NZ Main Contractors which has enabled him to successfully start and complete some large-scale greenfield Retirement/Residential and Commercial developments throughout various centers in both the North & South Island. One of Nigel’s key highlights was being involved for 5 years in Christchurch to help with the rebuilding following the devasting 2011 earthquake.

Denton has 21 years’ experience in the construction industry in New Zealand and South Africa. Starting out on the tools Denton progressed through Foremen, Site Manager & Project Manager roles with substantial experience in management of self-performing teams on the civil and structural elements of projects. Denton is particularly experienced in the Apartment, Hotel & Retirement Village sector and led the operation of the Jump Form system on the 17 level Antipodean Apartments Project.

Sajid has 8+ years experience in the construction industry in Quantity Surveying & Project Management both here & in Australia where he also completed his Bachelor in Civil Engineering & Diploma in Structural drafting.  Sajid joined Highrise in June of 2024 following his time in Christchurch at Smith Crane & Construction where he held position of Precast Commercial Manager / Estimator.

Steve has 41 years’ experience in construction of large scale structures in New Zealand, Australia and Asia. Steve started as a Formworker becoming familiar with most insitu, precast and post tensioned construction techniques before promotion to supervision and management roles. Steve is a co-founder of Highrise Construction and career highlights include Hong Kong Airport, Petronas Towers and PB Com Tower, Manila. Steve has an on-site presence across all Highrise Projects.