Veteran engineer Terry Kehoe retires from Kehoe-Myers after 30 years with Toowoomba company

For more than four decades, Terry Kehoe’s company has been involved in some of Toowoomba’s biggest projects. Now the veteran engineering consultant is saying farewell.

FAREWELL: Kehoe-Myers co-founder Terry Kehoe (right) has retired from the company he established with business partner Chris Myers 30 years ago.

Terry Kehoe has been involved in the development of some of Toowoomba’s most iconic buildings and projects, whether it’s Wellcamp Airport, St Vincent’s Hospital or the Toowoomba Showgrounds.

The veteran engineer and co-founder of Toowoomba Kehoe-Myers said goodbye to the company he built over 44 years, 30 of which with former business partner Chris Myers.

The consulting business, which now employs about 30 people, works with developers and architects to create efficient and cost-effective engineering designs for a variety of projects.

Mr Kehoe said he had been honoured to be involved in Toowoomba’s growth from country town to major regional centre.

“I will miss being part of Toowoomba’s progression and its significance as a major city — it’s got a great future.”

Along with working on several major projects, the company helped pioneer a new business structure, where the directors are invested in the business and still involved in day-to-day activities.

Mr Kehoe said the model was to help attract the best talent to a regional centre like Toowoomba.

“We pioneered that sort of ownership locally and its acceptance by the banking financiers, so that it’s a bankable business,” he said.

The leadership is now made up of John Pikramenos, Grant Pendlebury, Bjorn Jachmann, Grant Parker and Peter Sparksman.

Mr Kehoe’s retirement party featured a number of notable faces, including former politicians Ian Macfarlane, Mike Horan and Wagners chairman Denis Wagner.