With offices in Valparaiso and Santiago with his brother Richard, the business greatly benefited from the critical situation created by the earthquake in Valparaiso in 1906. Thanks to the "perfect seismic performance of buildings designed and built" by them, they did work on public buildings, commercial and office buildings, in addition to many houses in the hills of , Concepcion, and the great British avenue of Cerro Playa Ancha.