Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) NZ 1972

Master of Engineering (Civil) NZ 1973

Fellow of Institution of Professional Engineers NZ (FIPENZ)

Member of Institution of Engineers Australia  (CPEng Aust)

Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng)

NZ Timber Certification Board Member representing the Institution of Professional Engineers NZ, elected 1997 and continuing

IPENZ Professional Membership interviewer

Pacific Timber Engineering Conference '84 & '99 Member of Organising Committee

NZ Structural Engineering Society (SESOC) Management Committee, elected 2002 & continuing

IPENZ'02 Representative on NZ Standard 3603 "Timber Structures Standard" Amendment Committee

IPENZ'03 Representative on NZ Standard DZ 3622 Committee: "Verification of Timber Properties"

IPENZ'03 Representative on NZ Standard 3603 "Timber Structures Standard" Review Committee

BRANZ  Appointed to Building Research Board of Directors (IPENZ representative (2005-2007)

1986 SETMA Timber Design Award

• 10,000 sq.m. triboard Mill, Kaitaia, NZ

1989 SETMA Timber Design Award

• Bowens Timber and Hardware Store, Melbourne, Australia

1993 SETMA Timber Design Award

• Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club Project, Hong Kong

2002 Australian Timber Design Award

• "Best Use of Timber Engineering" to Melbourne Holy Trinity Church

"Improved Plywood Gussets for Timber Portal Frames"

• Pacific Timber Engineering Conference, Auckland, NZ, 1984

"Multi-bay Timber Portal Construction"

• Pacific Timber Engineering Conference, Auckland, NZ, 1989

"New Zealand Engineered Timber in Overseas Markets"

• IPENZ Conference, Auckland, NZ, 1991

"Composite Plywood and Steel Gusset Plates for Moment Resisting Joints in Timber Frames"

• M.L. Batchelar and R.D.Hunt
  International Timber Engineering Conference, London, UK, 1991

"Full Scale Bolted Joint Tests for Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club Project"

• M.L. Batchelar and R.D.Hunt
  Pacific Timber Engineering Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 1994

"Glue-laminated Timber Roof Structures for Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, Clubhouse Development"

• Australasian Structural Engineering Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1994

"Structural Joints in Glulam"

• M.L. Batchelar and K.A.McIntosh

• World Conference on Timber Engineering, Montreux, Switzerland, 1998

"CCCAS Youtd Centre Kanana Fou - Case Study"

• M.L. Batchelar

• Pacific Timber Engineering Conference, Rotorua, NZ, 1999

"New Zealand Radiata Pine and Timber Grading Methods"

• SESOC Journal Vol. 15 No.1 2002

"Timber Frame Moment Joints with Glued-In Steel Rods - A Designer's Perspective"

• Mark L Batchelar, World Conference on Timber Engineering, Portland, USA, 2006