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Richards Consulting Engineers

Engineering consultant · Addington-Middleton, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 252 Christchurch architects.

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Richards Consulting Engineers

Engineering consultant · Addington-Middleton, Christchurch

Where you stand#109of 252 architects
Overall health5.7/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Richards Consulting Engineers, based in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, are structural and civil engineers who design residential and light commercial structures and civil works. A small, experienced team, they describe a practical, down-to-earth approach and aim to be easy to contact and responsive to project deadlines. Customers note professionalism and friendly, readily available service.

Richards Consulting Engineers is a structural and civil engineering practice located in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch. Since 2009 they describe themselves as a small but highly experienced team working across residential and light commercial projects and civil works throughout New Zealand.

They specialise in designing residential and light commercial structures and associated civil works, with an emphasis on practical, down-to-earth solutions that account for local conditions. The website states the firm is committed to meeting deadlines and being easy to get hold of when clients need assistance.

Customer feedback highlights professionalism, clear communication and a readiness to be available for projects. Reviews mention quick, efficient service from staff, repeat clients returning for further work, and patient guidance through complex processes such as EQC claims. Clients commonly describe staff as friendly and supportive during renovations and other developments.

Locally, Richards Consulting Engineers stands out as a compact practice focused on hands-on engineering for homes and small commercial builds. Their combination of practical design focus, accessible communication and experience with earthquake-related processes shapes the customer experience for clients in Christchurch and surrounding areas.

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Your Google listing

Richards Consulting Engineers shows a low overall health score on Google Business Listing, with room to improve its completeness and engagement. The strongest current status is that contact details and the address are present, and the listing is claimed. The most important opportunities are updating status to open, expanding a meaningful description that highlights services and benefits, adding a logo, and continuing to add photos to lift engagement.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    Description lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
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    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou have fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
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Your reviews

Richards Consulting Engineers shows a high overall health score on Google reviews, indicating solid review performance. The strongest finding is a high confidence in ratings and a strong number of reviews, with credible customer trust. A key area for improvement is engaging with customers by replying to reviews, which will build trust and responsiveness.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
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    Star ratingYour rating sits ahead of half the businesses here, so the number is not pushing anyone away.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #54 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Richards Consulting Engineers shows a very low Google Maps health score of 0.9 out of 10, indicating limited visibility in maps searches. The business ranks reasonably for top keywords like architect in upper riccarton and architecture firm in upper riccarton, suggesting potential through targeted improvements. The top opportunities focus on improving aggregate and borough-specific maps results and ensuring the listing address matches the exact suburb spelling.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbWe are not seeing you in Maps searches in your own suburb, which is the search a customer standing a street away actually makes.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
1.0Room to grow
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1Seen in 1 search across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #226 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Richards Consulting Engineers shows a solid social and directory footprint overall, with an average health score of 4.9 out of 10. The strongest current asset is a very high trust Facebook profile, while LinkedIn presence is accurate and accessible. Key opportunity areas include expanding Instagram, TikTok, and directory listings to improve trust and discoverability among potential customers.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/richards-consulting-engineers) found via: Google search results, Your website.
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    White Pages ListingWe can see your White Pages Listing listing (https://whitepages.co.nz/richards-consulting-engineers-christchurch) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page through search alone, with no link from your own website and nothing on your Google listing.
  • 2
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.1Room to grow
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.
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    An email addressCustomers can see an email address on the page, which gives the one who wants a quote in writing a route that does not depend on anyone picking up the phone.

Top three opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageNo recommendations sit on your page, so a stranger who came to see whether anyone else has used you leaves with only your own posts to go on.
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    A page address you choseYour page address is one Facebook generated rather than one you chose - your business name with a long number bolted on, or just the number.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.9Room to grow
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #154 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Richards Consulting Engineers shows an above-average health score for on-page SEO, indicating solid technical foundations with room for targeted improvements. Key strengths include a valid favicon, adequate text for context, no use of frames, an SEO-friendly URL, and a compact page size. The most notable opportunities are refining meta description length, adjusting the title tag, and reducing render-blocking resources to lift overall performance.

Strengths

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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from about as wide a range of sites as anything in this market, and the mix of link types looks entirely natural.
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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.

Top three opportunities

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    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
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    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
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    Meta descriptionThe length of your search summary is close enough now that most people see all of it, so the gain left is in the words: one concrete reason to ring you beats another description of what you do.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Richards Consulting Engineers shows a very healthy Website Traffic health score, indicating strong overall performance in traffic volume and local visibility. The most notable findings are outstanding organic traffic and top-tier local keyword coverage, supported by a high organic traffic value. Paid traffic is the clear area for improvement, with opportunities to initiate small, targeted campaigns and optimize landing pages.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
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    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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About 666 visits a month from search, across 80 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #30 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Richards Consulting Engineers has no published opening hours, so alignment with Christchurch demand cannot be confirmed. Without hours, the analysis cannot identify when the practice is open during peak local search periods or closed during high-demand windows. Publishing accurate office hours will allow measurement of strong alignment, highlight missed opportunities during busy search times, and reveal any low-demand hours that might be reduced.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
1.7Room to grow
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Opening hoursChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #210 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#109of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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