How CROSS-AUS is structured

The CROSS-AUS Board is responsible for setting CROSS-AUS’s strategy. The CROSS-AUS Board works with the Expert Panel to implement the strategy.

CROSS-AUS Ltd is the legal entity for CROSS-AUS. CROSS-AUS Ltd is wholly owned by the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), a registered charity in the UK. The entity was established in 2018 to manage CROSS-AUS. It provides benefits to professionals and the public and is independent of influences which could affect the objectivity of decision making.

CROSS-AUS Board

Colin Caprani

PhD BSc(Eng) DipEng CEng CPEng FIEAust MIEI MIABSE MASCE MIStructE

Director, CROSS-AUS Ltd

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An Associate Professor and Chartered Structural Engineer, Colin is working on the probabilistic modelling of structural safety and decision-making with specialisms in bridge safety, structural health monitoring, and human-induced vibrations, and he contributes to standards and media on these topics.

Colin is a Chartered Professional Engineer, Fellow of Engineers Australia and Chartered Structural Engineer with considerable industrial and academic experience. His work specializes on the safety assessment and performance monitoring of bridges. He has worked as a design structural engineer on a wide range of projects covering building structures and bridges. His research specialisations involve highway bridge traffic loading for short and long-span bridges; vibration serviceability of footbridges; structural reliability and statistics of extremes.

Colin is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Civil Engineering at Monash University. He has supervised many PhD and MSc students in a variety of topics related to structural safety and bridge engineering. He has received numerous awards and attracted significant research funding. He is a prominent media contributor on structural safety issues and is the current Chair of the Australia Regional Group of the Institution of Structural Engineers.

Karlie Collis

BE(Civil) FIEAust CPEng

Director, CROSS-AUS Ltd

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Karlie’s many years’ experience as a Structural Engineer in the building design sector combined with her long involvement with the Structural College of Engineers Australia aides in her determination to “do things better”.

Karlie is a structural engineer and Director of Northrop, where she has provided design services for many large-scale residential, commercial, institutional, and mixed-use developments, including heritage and modular off-site construction projects. She is a Past Chair of the Structural College of Engineers Australia, a member of numerous groups within Engineers Australia and is actively involved with the University of Newcastle as their Chair of the course advisory committee.

Karlie has a passion for better communication and the sharing of knowledge within our profession. Through her work with Engineers Australia, Karlie has been an active lobbyist for the establishment of the registration system for Engineers in NSW.

Mike Fordyce

BSc MEng FIStructE FIEAust CPEng

Director, CROSS-AUS Ltd

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Mike’ extensive experience of structural engineering in Australia, UK and the USA includes many investigations of existing structures, building systems and construction materials; he has been retained as an expert witness, and acted as a mediator for building disputes.

Mike is a Chartered Structural Engineer with over 50 years’ experience in the fields of conceptual planning, project management, design, and superintendence for building and engineering infrastructure projects; asset condition reports; feasibility studies; materials investigations; and development of building systems. He has worked in consulting engineering in the UK, USA and Australia, latterly with KBR where he was a Principal Engineer, Project Director and Resource Group Leader for the Civil Structures group in Queensland.

Following his retirement from KBR he has maintained an active involvement in Structural Engineering through the IStructE Australia Regional Group and with the development and management of CROSS-AUS. Mike is a Past President of the Institution of Structural Engineers and the Concrete Institute of Australia, and he is a recipient of Engineers Australia’s John Connell Gold Medal for his services to the profession.

Peter Ho AM

BSc PhD FIStructE FIEAust MICE MHKIE CPEng RPEQ

Director & Secretary, CROSS-AUS Ltd

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With over 40 years’ experience in Civil & Structural Engineering, including specialist forensic engineering work, Peter is fully engaged with promoting structural design & safety and sharing his experience with the younger generations of engineers.

Peter has 40+ years’ experience in Civil & Structural Engineering in Australia and throughout the Asia Pacific region. His last post before retiring in May 2017 was the Manager Forensic and Integrity in a mining consultancy practice. He continues his Sessional lecturing at Queensland University of Technology from first year to final year undergraduate construction and engineering subjects, besides fostering structural engineering knowledge to young engineers through structural engineering workshops.

Phil Latham

BEng (Hons) BEngSc MSt(IDBE) (Cantab) MIStructE MIEAust CEng CPEng RPEQ

Director, CROSS-AUS Ltd

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Having delivered projects across Australia, UK, UAE and Europe, Phil has broad international experience, and he believes an interdisciplinary design approach to be the crucial ingredient for project success.

Phil is a Chartered Structural Engineer who has delivered projects across Australia, UK, UAE and Europe having worked in offices across Australia, Middle East and Europe. Phil brings experience across a wide range of building and infrastructure typologies including commercial buildings, public assembly buildings, rail stations, defence, judicial facilities, theme parks, offshore wind and public art. Phil has held positions on the Structural College Board of Engineer Australia and is an active member of the Institution of Structural Engineers Australia Regional Group.

David Lilley

EurIng BSc PhD CEng FIStructE FICE FIMechE FIEAust CPEng

Director, CROSS-AUS Ltd

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David brings practical solutions to engineering problems through his combination of many years of experience in higher education in Australia and the UK, with his consultancy work with a variety of clients including government departments.

David has many years of experience in higher education (teaching and research) in Australia and the UK. He has also worked in a research and consultant role with a variety of clients, including Government Departments. His research and consultancy interests have always been in areas directly related to practical engineering problems.

He is a Fellow of the Institutions of Structural, Civil, Mechanical Engineers, and Engineers Australia and is a corresponding member of the Institution of Structural Engineer’s Health, Safety and Wellbeing Panel. David is currently working as a Consultant for Clancy Consulting Ltd in their office in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.