[Editorial]
[Re: START project takes re-lifing to a new level]
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Rob Dickie
Todd Crighton
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[Green Leaf Engineers]
[THE BUCHAN GROUP]
Rob is the founding director of Green Leaf Engineers and began his career in Zimbabwe where his training and energy as an engineer pushed him to the cutting edge of a burgeoning industry known as building services.
Todd Crighton is a Director and Lead Designer for The Buchan Group in Brisbane, and has more than 25 years of experience in the industry. Todd's focus since joining The Buchan group in 2001 has been on master planning mixed use, retail and multi-residential and hospitality projects. Recent projects include Hilton Surfers Paradise, Marina Mirage redevelopment, Changning Retail and the Gulou Retail developments in China and 5 Mile in Queenstown.
He has since worked in Europe, the Middle East and Australia where he is highly proactive in incorporating sustainable elements into projects of every type and scale. He believes a sustainable agenda is integral to lean and cost effective design. Rob has been a guest lecturer at London's South Bank University and is an active contributor to journals such as Construction Weekly, The Australian Architectural Review and Property Australia Magazine.
Todd has been responsible for a range of international projects in Malaysia, Jakarta, New Zealand and China and was also invited as a guest speaker to the Tall Buildings Conference (Seoul) in 2008 and the Waterfront Conference in Dubai, 2009.
[ Re-lifing: Realising
[Rejuvenation & Revaluation]
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Graham Legerton
Yves Du Bois
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[Thomson Adsett]
[MBM]
Graham is the Director of Education for ThomsonAdsett, a leading Australian architecural practice. He has an international portfolio, encompassing projects in Europe, the Middle East and Australia, and specialises in the design of education buildings. He believes in collaborative and personable approaches to design and practice.
Yves is an associate director with MBM. Responsible for opening the Brisbane office in April 2010, Yves began his career in South Africa before relocating to Australia. He has acquired more than 24 years experience in the construction and property industries and served on the Property Council of Australia's sustainability committee.
Having qualified with distinction in his professional practice examinations, he is a believer in life-long professional education. He is the founder and Chair of the Friends of the Industry (FOTI) construction industry forum and is a regular speaker at education design symposiums, such the upcoming Nobel Forum in Sweden, where he will showcase the Griffith University Gold Coast Library Extension and GUMURRII Centre while elucidating 'How space impacts on learning'.
Yves has provided all aspects of Quantity Surveying services from inception and feasibility studies to settlement of accounts on a large variety of projects including prestige residences, high rise office and residential towers. He believes that it is of utmost importance to carry the acquired intellectual knowledge from start to finish through personal involvement in all phases of a project.
[39 Hunter Street, Sydney]
[Evolving Buildings to Serve Growing Business]
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Damian Barker
The Gambaros
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[[JACKSON TEECE]
[Gambaros MG Hotel]
Damian leads Jackson Teece's architecture and urban design teams. Since 1998, he has been instrumental in establishing the Brisbane office servicing QLD and the greater Asia Pacific region.
Gambaros is an excellent case study to the relationship between reinventing business through reusing space.
Over his 25 year professional career, his work has won many awards across a broad range of sectors and has been widely published, most notably, for projects that excel in Environmentally Sustainable Design. He has led two Six-Star Green Star commercial projects and has a strong interest in the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings and master planning for Brownfield developments. Damian is skilled at community consultation and is heavily involved in several industry groups and contributes as a guest lecturer to several universities.
The Gambaro family is highly motivated to continually improve their business in all ways possible. In this persuit, their premesis has undergone a series of transformations. The main drive comes from Michael Gambaro, who at 75 is still a visionary businessman. He works closely with his two sons John and Donny to continually redfine their business edge and quench changing markets damands
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