Parsons Brinkerhoff aquired DesignPower in 1998 which was a subsidiary of Electricity Corporation of New Zealand (ECNZ) which was formed in 1988 from New Zealand Electricity Department (NZED) which was reorganied in 1987 from Electricity Division of the Ministry of Energy (EDMOE). I started work as a Draugthing Cadet soon after State Hydro Department became EDMOE. There may have been a few holding companies thrown in the mix during this period, but thats it in a nutshell. I started as a General Draughstman, worked on Substations then Transmission lines and then Power Stations (Hydro then Thermal) then back to Substations with Electrical as my main discipline. Lately I have been involved in everything from Structural to Civil to Mechanical Plant.