Meet the CROSS-AUS team

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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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 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 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.

Brian has had significant experience with several major consultants working in the structural design of multi storey buildings in reinforced concrete, structural steel and composite structural systems, and the design of offshore structures. He regularly provides higher level consulting advice and certification for major national manufacturing and infrastructure companies, and for forensic/expert witness purposes for many of Australia's leading legal practices.
  
He is Chairman of the Standards Australia Committee BD32 on Composite Structures and a member of BD90 on Bridge Structures. He also serves on BD01 and BD02 for Steel and Concrete Structures, respectively. 

Brian is currently a Vice-President of the Institution of Structural Engineers; he is the Immediate Past Chair of the IStructE Australian Regional Group; he is the Chair of the Australia Group of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE); and he was the recipient of the Lewis Kent Award from The Institution of Structural Engineers in 2017.