Hugh Tuttle P.Eng. – Owner & Main Engineer

Education: Hugh graduated from the University of Calgary (BSc, Civil Engineering, 1980). He has been registered as a Professional Engineer in B.C. since 1982.

General Experience: Hugh’s primary experience is in the design and construction of marine structures ranging from the very small (e.g. docks and boat lifts) to the very large (e.g. Roberts Bank Superport).

Career Timeline:

• After graduation, Hugh was hired by Dillingham Construction Ltd. where he worked for 7 years primarily as a Project Engineer and Project Manager.
• After that Hugh went to work for Miller Contracting Ltd. as Manager of Marine and Special Projects, assisting in developing and expanding their marine construction capabilities, until a group of managers (Hugh included) decided to break off from the family owned company to form a new completely independent non-union company: JJM Construction Ltd. As one of the founding shareholders of JJM, Hugh was part of the team that quickly developed the new company into one of the leading non-union construction companies of the time.
• In 1990 Hugh and his family moved to the Gulf Islands and Hugh took a job working for Pacific Piledriving Ltd (a specialist marine contracting company). He worked with Pacific for over 15 years and then assisted with the transfer when the company was sold to Ruskin Construction in 2005.
• In June 2005 Hugh left the pressures of working for others to branch out on his own. As an Independent consultant Hugh has worked for a variety of different clients including a mix of public (eg: BC Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure, Provincial Capital Commission, Prince Rupert Port Authority, Fisheries and Oceans Canada), semi-private or privately run Crown Corporations (eg: BC Ferries, Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, CRD) and private enterprises (eg: RVYC, Saltspring Island Sailing Club, Oak Bay Marine Group, Lafarge International, Interfor, WFP, Ladysmith Maritime Society). In addition, Hugh has worked as a consultant for many Construction companies, providing design services specific to the construction industry (eg: Fraser River Pile & Dredge, Construction Drilling, South Island Aggregates, Ralmax, Lehigh, Lafarge, RKM Services, Ruskin Construction, JJM Construction, Vancouver Piledriving, Heavy Metal Marine, PCL Construction) and others.
• In 2019 Hugh incorporated his independent company to form Hugh Tuttle Engineering Ltd., still offers the same personalized independent service, just under a new name.

Hugh is self-motivated and tenacious, with an ability to gather information from a variety of sources to reach reliable conclusions. As a contractor-trained engineer he has always maintained a focus on risk-assessment. This allows him to pursue innovative ideas with an eye to practicality and constructability.