CROSS-AUS Expert Panel

With strong technical design and constructability expertise, Jarvis has international experience in the design and management of large commercial, institutional, residential, transport and industrial projects gained from over 16 years in the industry. Highly proficient in precast, concrete and steel structures, with extensive steel design and fabrication industry knowledge, Jarvis leverages a deep understanding of the impacts that constructability and detailing have on achieving complete, economic and buildable solutions. Jarvis worked for 12 years within an international multidisciplinary consultancy and is the founding director of Innovis, a boutique structural and civil consultancy operating across Australia.

Stephen is a fire safety and mechanical engineer with over 35 years’ experience in the provision of building services, mechanical and fire design in the construction and mining industry. Since establishing Ferm Engineering in 2001, Stephen has specialized in all aspects of fire and life safety aspects of building services design including product development in the Passive Fire Industry, BCA Safety Audits and High Hazard Fire Protection and Detection Systems, Fire Investigation, Egress and Smoke control. His work is active in the role of working with structural engineers to develop thermal protection and modelling in fire for code assessments and products for steel and concrete protection in a fire condition.

Stephen is a long-term volunteer for Engineers Australia’s Society of Fire Safety (SFS), and worked on the Queensland QBCC Fire Protection Licensing Group and their Sprinkler and Passive Fire Committee that develops industry reforms, and standards. He is currently involved in development of Australian Standards for Building Services earthquake preparedness, Sprinkler Systems, Passive Fire. In recent time, having sat on the residential bushfire sprinkler standards committee he is preparing submission for a revised NCC 2022 provisions and is actively involved in the NFPA and SFPE.

Eamonn is a Chartered Engineer and after gaining initial experience on a range of structural engineering projects with consulting engineers in Scotland and England, he joined Silvester Clark in New Zealand. He has a diverse portfolio of experience in a range of sectors including large scale residential developments, commercial, education and aged care. He utilises building modelling along with early stage collaboration with clients and contractors for all projects with a heavy focus on buildability which in turn reduces the potential for safety risk on site.

He has maintained a strong interest in CROSS for several years and uses CROSS publications as a learning platform within the design office.

Over the course of his career, John has held senior executive positions with major contractors, and has provided leadership for a number of peak industry organisations including Queensland Master Builders, Australian Institute of Building (Qld Chapter), Queensland Building Services Authority, and Construction Training Centre.

John has been engaged by both the Queensland and Australian Governments to provide professional advice and services. He also chaired three reconstruction/recovery taskforces on behalf of the Queensland Government, working to deliver new infrastructure to areas devastated by natural disaster.

In January 2015, John was appointed a member of the Order of Australia for his significant service to the building and construction industry in Queensland, to professional organisations, and to the community.

Gordon is a Chartered Engineer with over 50 years of experience in General Practice Civil Engineering concentrating on structural work for smaller residential, commercial, and institutional projects. He commenced his own practice in Hamilton NZ after periods of working for consultants, local government and civil engineering contractors and now has offices in Auckland and Hamilton. In addition to the design of buildings and structures, projects include design and repair of structural aspects of cranes, temporary works, and communication structures and he has a particular interest in “Better learning from mistakes”.

Gordon is a Life member of the Structural Engineering Society of New Zealand (SESOC). He has served on the Engineering NZ Competency Assessment Board; he is a Practice Area Assessor; he has been a member of several SESOC working Groups and he led a SESOC working group on ‘Higher Qualifications & Improved Practice.

Steve is a chartered structural engineer with a passion for integrating structure and architecture into sustainable and elegant solutions to his client’s aspirations. He has over 20 years’ experience working in the Asia Pacific region and Europe and throughout his career, he has delivered a wide variety of projects and peer reviews for many sectors, including aviation, education, industrial and commercial building projects.

More recently, he has acted as peer reviewer for several large and complex projects. This involvement with both private and public clients has included high level reviews through to expert evidence for legal claims arising from structural issues in existing buildings. During Steve’s 12 years’ of working in New Zealand, his skills and expertise have been broadened to include seismic assessments and reviews as well as seismic design for a number of high profile refurbishment and new building projects in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific.

Steve has a particular interest in passing on lessons learned and growing the depth of knowledge of our structural engineering community for the betterment of the construction industry.

After graduating from Surrey University, UK with a Master of Science (Distinction) in Structural Engineering in 1975, Charles undertook his initial engineering training with Taylor Woodrow, followed by Alan Baxter and Associates and White Young Consulting Group [now White Young Green] in London. 

In 1984, Charles moved to Australia to set up Rickard and Partners Pty Ltd, subsequently known as Bonacci Rickard and then Rickard Hails Moretti Pty Ltd. In 2008, Charles relaunched his own engineering team as Rickard Engineering, in Neutral Bay, Sydney where he has a highly experienced and capable team providing civil, structural, façade and building diagnostic consultancy services to the public and private sector.

With over 3 decades of designing and investigating a wide variety of structures, Richard has a broad range of experience. His past role as the Mines Inspector - Structural for the WA regulator adds an increased level of insight into structural failure causation. Richard previously owned and directed his own civil and structural consultancy for over 10 years in South Africa. His practice serviced the petrochemical, mining and heavy industries and had numerous international clients. Richard’s knowledge of structural codes, standards and practice across many countries, including Australia, Britain, Germany, Canada, South Africa and the United States of America, is expansive and wide-ranging.

Richard has acted as an expert witness relating to structural failure cases, both in the consulting and regulatory environment. He has advised various standards committees and committees investigating structural failure and investigation of professional misconduct.

John is technical director of temporary works for BG&E and has over 30 years’ experience in construction plant, building and civil construction methodology. John is currently Chair of the IStructE Australia Regional Group (Victoria) and has been a member of Standards Australia Code Committees for tower cranes and concrete placing equipment.

Mark also specialises in work outside of the typical areas covered by structural engineering, including specialist seismic design, design of water tanks and sculptures and dynamic analysis including gyms and bridges. He has provided expert witness services for structural design and also delivered technical presentations on areas such as seismic design. Mark is a member of BD-002 (concrete structures committee for Australian Standards) and is always looking for opportunities to deliver better engineering outcomes.

Geoff’s career has spanned both consulting engineering and academic experience in structural engineering.  Now semi-retired, he is a part-time Technical Director at AECOM and he is a casual lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology, teaching Bridge Design and Advanced Concrete Design.  He has experience in design, construction, assessment, repair and strengthening of building and bridge structures.  He has strong experience in the independent review of major transport projects.  He has been the Engineers Australia Eminent Speaker, and recipient of the Chapman Medal and John Connell Gold Medal awarded by Engineers Australia.

Glen has extensive experience drafting and negotiating complex construction and mining contracts in Australia, the Middle East and Asia. He also has considerable dispute resolution experience, including in claims management, mediation, expert determination, litigation, and arbitration. He has recently acted on a number of high-profile construction disputes and mining related arbitrations in Western Australia.

Between January 2009 and January 2011, Glen worked for Clyde & Co based in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. During this time, he acted for a United Arab Emirates government entity on the Dubai Metro dispute, probably the largest construction dispute in the world at that time. Glen divides his time between Sydney and Perth.

Glen Warwick is listed as a Leading Construction & Infrastructure Litigation Lawyer – WA 2020 by Doyle's Guide.

Mal has over 35 years of experience as a structural engineer. In his early career he designed bridges and maritime structures, but for the remainder of this time his focus has been on the design or investigation of building structures.  Mal was fortunate enough to work for some large structural engineering consultancies where he was mentored in a broad range of design activities. Having learned an enormous amount form those companies and his various mentors, Mal started his own company in 2003.  Since that time, he has concentrated on forensic engineering, building auditing and the structural design of Government owned buildings such as schools and universities.

Mal’s wide forensic engineering experience has given him a rich understanding of what goes wrong in design and construction and has developed in him a fascination with turning wreckages on the ground into stories of how it all came to be. Mal sees the consequences of temporary works and building failures far too often and has a passion for turning the failures of yesterday into the lessons of today.  He is currently a member of EA’s Structural College Board.

John has over 50 years’ experience in the building industry including 25 years with Connell Wagner before commencing his own practice in 2001. He has specialised in the structural design of buildings and concrete buildings, including prefabricated concrete, and is widely experienced and respected in that field. In recent years he has taken a keen interest in heritage engineering.

He was a member of the concrete standard committee for AS 3600 from 1986 until 1998 and is still associated with the standard. He was also chairman of the earthquake loading standard AS 1170.4 and is currently chairman of AS 2850, the ceiling standard.

John is an Honorary Member of the Concrete Institute of Australia and was awarded the Lewis Kent Award in 2011 by the Institution of Structural Engineers for his outstanding contribution to structural engineering in Australia. In 2006, he was awarded the John Connell Gold Medal by Engineers Australia for his outstanding contribution to structural engineering and eminence in consulting engineering in Australia and overseas.