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HOUSING AWARDS 2016 JUDGING PANEL
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ALAN BROWNE Alan Browne has been a building consultant since 1988. Previously, he was a licensed builder with a trade background in carpentry and joinery. He holds a Carpentry & Joinery Trade Certificate, Building Foreman & Clerk of Works Certificate, Building Certificate and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Building Surveying and Assessment from UTS. He has had a varied career, including being a part-time teacher at TAFE teaching the Building Supervision Course (now Certificate IV) and assessing earthquake damage for the Earthquake Commission of New Zealand following the earthquakes in Christchurch. He is a past president of the St George Division of the Master Builders Association, and has had heavy involvement with local St George and Chullora TAFEs.
PETER COURT Peter Court is managing director of Concourt Pty Ltd, established in 1971. He graduated from the University of NSW in 1966 with a building diploma (ASTC Build). Peter has been a member of the Master Builders Association of NSW for 33 years and has sat on the MBA Council of Management and the Housing Sector Committee since 1990. Concourt Pty Ltd won three excellence awards in the 1990s and subsequently Peter became a judge for the MBA Excellence in Housing Awards. He has been judging for the past 21 years and was also a board member of the MBA of NSW for 10 years.
matters including 11 years on a Saturday morning program called The Woodies. He is co-author of The Don’t Do It Yourself Handbook, published by ABC Books; and chief consultant to Trade Secrets, Save $20,000 With A Nail, and Fix It Yourself published by Reader’s Digest. Peter is a long-term member of the Master Builders Association, a former MBA Accredited Consultant and holds a BA from Macquarie University.
MAX MOSHER Max Mosher is an energy consultant and has worked in the industry for more than 35 years. During that time, he has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience, especially in solar and energy-efficient house design, including energy utilisation in the domestic sector and thermal performance assessments. Max has been a committee member on a Standards Australia Review Committee BD/058 titled “Materials for the Thermal Insulation of Buildings”. He has been on the judging panels for the Building Designers Association Annual Design Awards, the Master Builders Association Excellence in Housing Awards, the Master Builders Association Excellence in Construction Awards, the Master Builders Australia National Excellence in Building and Construction Awards, and the Local Government Association Environment Awards. Max is a founding member and former director of the Association of Building Sustainability Assessors (ABSA).
STEPHEN RAYNER Stephen Rayner has been a member of the Master Builders Association for the past 36 years. He is a past president of the MBA Northern Suburbs Division and has held the position of treasurer since 2008. Stephen holds a Carpenter and Joiner trade certificate along with a Clerk of Works certificate. He is the director of Stream Constructions Pty Ltd, which specialises in architect-designed projects, domestic and commercial renovations. His most recent project was a $2m home renovation at Longueville. Stephen was also a part-time teacher at Hornsby TAFE, teaching the building component of the Real Estate Certificate. He received the MBA Divisional Gold Member award in February 2012.
DANIELLE TOWNSEND Danielle Townsend is a freelance editor at Universal Magazines, a well-known publisher of niche titles for Australian and international markets. She has worked on numerous home titles including Grand Designs Australia, Pool + Spa, Australian Period Home Style, Build Home, Poolside, Kit Homes Yearbook, Master Builders Association Excellence in Housing Awards Annual, Renovate, Kitchens and Bathrooms Quarterly and Home Design. This is her 13th year as editor of the Master Builders Association Excellence in Housing Awards Annual. She was previously features editor at a country newspaper, where one of her main roles was as real estate editor.
MICHAEL O’DONNELL PETER HAIKALIS Peter Haikalis has been in the building industry since 1989 and has a background in project management for domestic, commercial and industrial projects. He graduated with an Associate Diploma in Applied Science Building and a Bachelor Degree in Building from the University of NSW. He is managing director Home and Investment Pty Ltd. He is also involved in his own property development of luxury residential homes and multi-dwelling projects
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PETER MASIA Peter Masia is a building consultant, building designer and former licensed building contractor, with more than 45 years of experience in the design and construction of mainly residential projects ranging from alterations/additions/houses to multidwelling/multi-level structures. Peter spent 17 years appearing weekly on ABC Radio 702 answering listener questions on building
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Michael O’Donnell is a licensed builder and has been elected vice president of MBA NSW and chairman of the MBA NSW Housing Committee. He is the NSW representative on MBA Australia’s Residential Builders Council and is one of four industry representatives on the NSW Government’s Home Building Compensation Fund Underwriting Committee. Michael joined NSW homebuilder Huxley Homes in March 1976 after serving nine years in the Australian Army. In 1979 Michael took over the running of Huxley Homes’ Regional Building Division. Michael resigned from Huxley Homes in 1995, which enabled him to establish his own building business, MKO Constructions, which specialises in the design and construction of residential extensions, renovations and first floor additions. In recent years Michael has gained his Diploma in Building and Construction and Diploma in Workplace Training and Assessment, enabling him to train and assess potential builders of the future.
JOHN WORTHINGTON John Worthington has been a member of the Master Builders Association of NSW since 1976. He graduated from Sydney Technical College in 1971 and holds a building diploma. He also received a Timber Pest Certificate from TAFE in 1989, Master of Dispute Resolution from the University of Technology in 1998, Professional Certificate in Arbitration and Mediation from the University of Adelaide in 1999, Accredited Certifier Program (BSAP) from the University of Technology Sydney in 2004, and is an associate member of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators. He was awarded national accreditation in 2008. John was chairman of the Building Consultants Council for the past nine years and a member of the Council of Management of the MBA for the past six years. He is currently engaged as a building consultant, acting as an expert witness in the Consumer Trader & Tenancy Tribunal and the court system in Australia.