My name is Charles de Vilder,

I am an Engineer with a Dutch background who has been living in New Zealand and South Africa for most of his professional life. I am an Associate of the New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors and a Registered Quantity surveyor. I work in an estimating role for the largest construction company in New Zealand. I have a professional interest in trenchless underground construction and I am also interested in modern history, rowing and model railways. I have also made some minor contributions to the Dutch edition of Wikipedia.