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Our story
It all started in a garage
Founded in 2016, Orogen was born from a desire to do things differently in the engineering and surveying industry. It all started in a garage - literally.
Our founders, Dion Mead and Darcy Brittliff, left big corporate consultancies with a straightforward idea: you don't need to be big to move mountains, just smart enough to find the path through. They'd seen the corporate machine up close - the layers, the meetings, the endless process that slowed everything down. More than that, they'd seen the clients waiting, hoping, and paying for work that could have been clearer, faster, and better. So they left.
They set up in a Tawa garage, armed with decades of experience and a vision for something different: a practice that would stay hands-on, stay honest, and stay in it with clients until the job was properly done. No fixed templates. No one-size-fits-all. Just people with the know-how to read the terrain and find a pathway through.
From that garage, Orogen has grown into a tight-knit team of around 25 professionals, operating from offices in Wellington and Kāpiti. Licensed cadastral surveyors, chartered civil engineers, planning consultants, and environmental specialists - all under one roof. Most of our work comes from repeat clients and referrals. We think that says something about the trust we've built.
Our founders, Dion Mead and Darcy Brittliff, left big corporate consultancies with a straightforward idea: you don't need to be big to move mountains, just smart enough to find the path through. They'd seen the corporate machine up close - the layers, the meetings, the endless process that slowed everything down. More than that, they'd seen the clients waiting, hoping, and paying for work that could have been clearer, faster, and better. So they left.
They set up in a Tawa garage, armed with decades of experience and a vision for something different: a practice that would stay hands-on, stay honest, and stay in it with clients until the job was properly done. No fixed templates. No one-size-fits-all. Just people with the know-how to read the terrain and find a pathway through.
From that garage, Orogen has grown into a tight-knit team of around 25 professionals, operating from offices in Wellington and Kāpiti. Licensed cadastral surveyors, chartered civil engineers, planning consultants, and environmental specialists - all under one roof. Most of our work comes from repeat clients and referrals. We think that says something about the trust we've built.
