Frederick Furkert
Frederick William Furkert was a New Zealand engineer. He joined the Public Works Department in 1894, and was engineer-in-chief of the PWD for twelve years from 1920 until he retired in 1933.
Furkert was born in Ross, Westland in 1876. The projects he was responsible for included the New Zealand Railways Department the North Island Main Trunk Railway, the Otira Tunnel and the Tawa Flat deviation. He was also responsible for hydroelectric dam projects like the Waitaki Dam.
He worked with the Standards Institute on the draughting of building bylaws. Furkert was appointed Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George in the 1926 New Year Honours. He was a Wellington City Councillor when he died. He died in Wellington on 26 September 1949.
