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It has been four years since the tragic events of Grenfell, and it seems like we have any scratched the surface of the combustible cladding issue in Australia today. The tragic sequence of events demonstrated the need for a coherent and international approach to fire safety.
In NSW alone, an audit of more than 4,127 buildings found cladding on hundreds of buildings posed a safety risk, including a “high risk” in 372 cases[i]. The urgency to resolve this risk has led the local government to work towards reforming NSW’s troubled construction sector.
Recent times have seen several developments in NSW – from the conception of NSW Cladding Taskforce to Project Remediate created in effort to boost the building rectification programs. Whilst the progress has been deemed “too slow”, NSW has set the end of 2023 as their target to remove high-risk flammable cladding.
Corpolinx, therefore, is hosting the 4th Annual Fire Safety and Cladding Summit, (1-2 December 2021 in Sydney, NSW) to bring together all the relevant stakeholders from the building construction sector for a truly exceptional learning and networking experience.
Highly interactive event format involving all stakeholders from Regulators, Certifiers, Building Surveyors, Developers, Designers, Contractors, Manufacturers, Suppliers, Insurers & Lawyers
1Keynote Presentation from Cladding Safety Victoria's Chief Executive, Dan O'Brien featuring an update on the progress of Victoria’s $600m Cladding Rectification Program
2Listen to an exciting session on cladding replacement process and traps for new players
4Solution-focused, interactive roundtable discussion sessions
3Gain the legal perspective and insight on the recent changes to the NSW Building Legislation
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Chief Executive
Cladding Safety Victoria
Dan O'Brien has extensive experience across the public and private sectors. Most recently he was Chief Executive of Incolink – delivering services to Victoria's building and construction industry. He has also held key executive roles at the National Australia Bank and Medibank Private, and senior roles in both the Victorian and Federal governments – including Chief Executive of Regional Development Victoria and Deputy Secretary of the Department of Regional Development, Arts and Sports (Federal). Dan was previously the Chief of Staff to former Victorian Premier John Brumby. Dan is currently a Director on the board of VicTrack.
Managing Director
Basic Expert Pty Ltd
Dr Jonathan Barnett is an internationally acclaimed technical expert in fire safety engineering with over forty two years’ experience in his field. Previously a professor at WPI in the United States, Jonathan has researched topics such as computer modelling of fire, structural fire protection, combustible cladding and the development of new fire test standards. Jonathan has done projects throughout the world including the United States, Europe, New Zealand and Australia. Starting in 1992 he has worked with the CSIRO, the University of Melbourne, Victoria University, the University of Newcastle, the Australasian Fire Authorities Council, and fire brigades in Victoria and New South Wales. Jonathan is a chartered professional engineer who has designed numerous commercial, residential and special purpose buildings. He is a leader in building defect rectification strategies. Today he is the managing director of Basic Expert Pty Ltd, a specialist forensic engineering and fire engineering firm; focusing on helping people with non-compliant buildings deal with dangerous cladding, inappropriate Essential Safety Measures (fire alarm and detection systems, fire rated doors and the like), and helping them with building rectifications from design, to permits, to construction and through the legal quagmire of litigation.
Project Director
Cladding Rectification Program
Ms Di Stewart, Program Director - Cladding Rectification Program, Major Projects Canberra, ACT Government Di is the Program Director of the Cladding Rectification Program in the ACT. This involves two distinct schemes – directly rectifying combustible cladding on 21 ACT Government owned buildings, and providing a grants scheme and concessional loan to private apartment buildings to rectify their cladding. Prior to joining Major Projects Canberra, she was a senior executive at the Australian National University and a 30+ year career in public service at National and State level in Australia. She held senior executive roles for over 15 of those years. She is highly skilled in public policy and program leadership, and served as a ministerial advisor. Her particular areas of speciality are in major transport and infrastructure projects, economic regulation, and service delivery to remote areas.
Managing Director of Australia
BCA Logic
Allan Harriman OAM is a respected fire safety engineer and building regulations consultant with close to 40 years of experience. Pragmatic and solution-focused, his impressive background and outstanding legislative knowledge allow him to build trusted relationships across the sector. Allan established BCA Logic in 1997 to provide expert consultancy that empowers clients to create safer buildings. Renowned for his strategic nous and problem-solving skills, he’s talented at identifying practical solutions that meet compliance requirements and support project objectives. Allan specialises in building defects and litigation and spends much of his time acting as an expert witness in matters before the courts. Allan is generous with his extensive knowledge and enjoys sharing his expertise to build the capability of those he works with. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to the building and construction industry through professional associations in 2015.
Assistant Commissioner, Community Safety
Fire and Rescue NSW
Trent joined the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) in Melbourne as a recruit firefighter in 1999 having previously been a fire communications dispatcher. Working as a firefighter and an officer at several stations across metropolitan Melbourne, he spent most of his time working at MFB’s No. 1 Station in East Melbourne. In 2010, he undertook the role of Manager Strategic Analysis and Reporting where he oversaw MFB’s business intelligence and spatial analysis functions. During this time, he worked to improve fire station strategic location planning, community risk profiling and operational response performance outcomes. Following promotion to the rank of Commander in 2013, Trent moved into the community development portfolio where he led the development of emergency risk management systems to assist emergency services and municipalities in assessing risks in the built environment. He then worked as a staff officer to the MFB Chief Officer and led the Office of the Chief Officer. More recently as MFB’s Assistant Chief Fire Officer for Operational Learning and Development, Trent played a lead role in improving interoperability in Victoria by delivering the first combined recruit firefighter courses for both MFB and the Country Fire Authority whilst managing the Victorian Emergency Management Training Centre. He was also responsible for MFB’s regulatory responsibilities in the built environment and for engagement with key regulators and industry bodies during his appointment as the Assistant Chief Fire Officer of Fire Safety. A key focus in this role was to improve firefighter and community safety around the non-compliant use of building materials, high-risk dangerous goods and high-risk waste and recycling sites. He then held a key sector reform leadership role in MFB’s transition to the newly formed Fire Rescue Victoria. Most recently, Trent has taken up the role of Assistant Commissioner Community Safety with Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW). In this role, he has responsibility for FRNSW’s Community Safety portfolio covering a diverse range of functions including community education, fire safety, compliance, infrastructure and special hazards, fire investigation and research, community fire units, and FRNSW’s commercial training business ComSafe. Trent has extensive operational experience at the Incident and Strategic level and has led responses to several major emergencies in both the built and natural environments. He has held leadership roles at a variety of major fires including large waste and recycling plant fires, bushfires, a high-rise building fire involving combustible cladding and numerous large industrial fires.
Director
Gardner Group
Wayne has 25 years’ experience as a practitioner and is considered one of Victoria’s experts in building control and is often called upon by media outlets for comment. Wayne is a Director of the Gardner Group Pty Ltd, a multi-skilled building surveying and consultancy company, and a Fellow, Vice President and Board Director of the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors (AIBS). He is currently the AIBS nominated representative on the Building Advisory Council in Victoria. Wayne has served on the Building Practitioners Board, Victoria. Having worked and consulted in both the private and public sector, Wayne has broad-ranging skills and experiences, both in the construction industry and specifically in relation to the area of building control. He has strengths in domestic and commercial construction, legislation interpretation, building and practitioner auditing, problem-solving, mentoring and having been engaged on many significant projects over the years, a practical approach to project implementation. Wayne is registered in Victoria as a Building Surveyor- Unlimited and in Western Australia as a Building Surveying Practitioner Level 1.
Managing Director
CJK Fire & Safety Pty Ltd
Christina is an accredited chartered fire safety engineer, registered in Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales, who is listed in the National Engineering Register. She is the founder of CJK Fire & Safety - a successful fire engineering consultancy in Queensland. Christina works on an extensive range of building projects providing Expert Witness services, as well as fire engineering for all sectors in the building industry. She also has been extensively involved in combustible cladding risk assessment and litigation projects in Queensland and NSW. Her involvement includes, but is not limited to, residential, commercial, educational, heritage and infrastructure projects. Christina's reputation is that of a knowledgeable expert who does not assume without checking. She is an advocate of education and does not leave a question unanswered.
Senior Associate
Lander & Rogers
Arjunan is a Senior Associate in the Insurance Law & Litigation and Construction teams at Lander & Rogers. He is a litigation lawyer with demonstrated experience in providing advice and conducting litigation. He undertakes a broad cross-section of work for both insurance and corporate clients, with a focus on insurance and construction disputes. He handles complex disputes and advises professionals and insurers on litigated claims, policy coverage and disciplinary investigations. Prior to coming to Lander & Rogers, Arjunan worked at a global international law firm in the litigation and regulatory team.
Associate Principal
Fire Engineering, ARUP
Alistair has over 20 years fire safety engineering experience and is an Associate Principal and Project Director at Arup, leading projects and delivering multi-disciplinary engineering solutions to a range of government and private clients. His experience incorporates leading teams, developing integrated fire strategies and fire risk assessments for a range of new and existing complex buildings, from Arts and Culture landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House, to Sport stadia, and healthcare precincts. Alistair has represented Consult Australia in the development of the NSW legislation and contributed to the feedback to the Building Stronger Foundations consultation paper and ABCB consultations for the organisation. As the Fire Skills leader for Australasia, his role is to help create the vision and structure to advance the skills, research agenda and knowledge development and collaboration of nearly 50 fire engineers in the region.
Manager Building Surveying
HENDRY
With over 20 years of experience, Kingsley has extensive knowledge of Building Regulations and the BCA honed across work in certification, building control and surveying. As the Manager of the Hendry NSW Building Surveying Team, Kingsley works directly with our clients to satisfy the performance criteria of the BCA and the overarching objectives to improve compliance across the built environment. He has lent his knowledge and perspective to leading industry bodies, including giving expert advice to the Fire Protection Association of Australia for the NSW government recognised Fire Service Maintenance and Assessment Scheme, representing the industry as a spokesperson for Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, giving counsel to the NSW O‑ce of Fair Trading for the Certifiers Practice Standard 2020, policy meetings for the Western Australian Department of Fire and Emergency Services and state-building Commission. Further to this, Kingsley has successfully proposed changes and improvements to the Building Code of Australia. He has worked on numerous landmark projects in Australia and in Europe, including the Royal Houses of Parliament redevelopment, the Royal Wharf development (largest residential project in the UK), the Olympic Park and the Sydney University Healthcare Training Precinct funded by the late philanthropist Susan Wakil.
Corpolinx Fire Safety & Safety& Cladding Summit Series has garnered the reputation of bringing together the relevant stakeholders of the safe buildings supply chain fraternity.
From industry regulators to senior level decision makers and practitioners, this conference gives your business the perfect platform to:
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Former Victorian Premier & Current Co-Chair
Victorian Government’s Cladding Task Force
The Hon. Ted Baillieu is a former Premier of Victoria, entering Parliament in 1999 as Member for Hawthorn. He was elected Leader of the Liberal Party in 2006, becoming Victoria's 46th Premier and Minister for Arts from 2010 to 2013, and retired from Parliament in 2014. As a former architect and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects, Ted uses his knowledge and experience to explore Victoria's challenges and build a better future for all Victorians. He pursues a significant International Engagement Strategy to provide increased opportunities for Victorian business to grow the economy. He is the recipient of the Aust. India Business Council's 2013 Ashoka Medal, the 2014 Asian Leadership Special Public Service Award, and is Melbourne University's Honorary Enterprise Professor associated with the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. Ted is currently Co-Chair of the Victorian Government’s Cladding Task Force, and has been Chairing the Victorian Government's ANZAC Centenary Committee – coordinating Victoria's commemorations. Ted is passionate about connecting as many Victorians as possible with our Original ANZACs. In 2017, Ted joined the Committee of the Melbourne Cricket Club, and was appointed Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University. Ted is Patron of a number of groups including Multicultural Arts Victoria, Public Record Office of Victoria, The Sovereign Hill Museums Association, Queenscliffe Historical Museum and Cancer Council Victoria: Relay for Life Hawthorn. He is also Chieftain of the Victorian Highland Pipe Band Association. Well known for his love of swimming, Ted tries to find time for a few laps or a swim in the ocean. Ted and his wife Robyn have three children.
Director Building Policy Program and Governance
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria
Aaron Hemsley is the Director Building Policy Program and Governance in the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. Key accountabilities include the interjurisdictional work for the Building Ministers Forum and Senior Officials Group, the state’s policy work relating to cladding, portfolio governance and program oversight. Aaron has held numerous roles across the state government relating to infrastructure strategy, regulatory reform across the transport portfolio and working for the several regulators.
CEO
Consult Australia
Nicola Grayson is the Chief Executive of Consult Australia. Nicola is responsible for implementing the organisation’s strategy, building ongoing external relationships, and for leading Consult Australia’s advocacy and government relations agenda on behalf of member firms. Nicola is a government relations specialist, and has represented industry associations in the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Australia. Nicola has worked across a range of sectors including general insurance, consumer finance, alcohol, and education, in addition to consulting engineering. She has an Honours Degree in Law from the United Kingdom, and was previously Consult Australia’s Director of Policy and Government Relations.
Director
Gardner Group
Wayne has 25 years’ experience as a practitioner and is considered one of Victoria’s experts in building control and is often called upon by media outlets for comment. Wayne is a Director of the Gardner Group Pty Ltd, a multi-skilled building surveying and consultancy company, and a Fellow, Vice President and Board Director of the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors (AIBS). He is currently the AIBS nominated representative on the Building Advisory Council in Victoria. Wayne has served on the Building Practitioners Board, Victoria. Having worked and consulted in both the private and public sector, Wayne has broad-ranging skills and experiences, both in the construction industry and specifically in relation to the area of building control. He has strengths in domestic and commercial construction, legislation interpretation, building and practitioner auditing, problem-solving, mentoring and having been engaged on many significant projects over the years, a practical approach to project implementation. Wayne is registered in Victoria as a Building Surveyor- Unlimited and in Western Australia as a Building Surveying Practitioner Level 1.
Director
Gallagher Jeffs
Fonda holds more than 25 years’ experience in both Commercial Building & Project Management together with Gallagher Jeffs and his own firms. Since joining Gallagher Jeffs, Fonda has taken on responsibility for the delivery of a number of significant landmark projects.
Manager – Major Projects
RED Fire Engineers Pty Ltd
Blair Stratton is a founding partner and Manager of Major Projects for RED Fire Engineers. He has over 14 years' experience as a fire safety engineer in Australia and New Zealand and has lead the fire engineering design for significant infrastructure and building projects -including the Victorian desalination plant, and the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery redevelopment. Blair has spent much of the past four years reviewing issues relating to combustible facades. He has developed risk assessment techniques that have assisted owners, builders and regulators to understand and manage facade fire risks.
Manager - Fire Safety Policy Unit
Fire and Rescue NSW
Jamie has a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Fire Safety Engineering. He worked for 9 years in private industry as a practising fire safety engineer with Stephen Grubits & Associates. Following this, Jamie joined Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) to provide fire engineering support to its operations. He has been with FRNSW for over 8 years and is currently the Manager of the Fire Safety Policy Unit, providing technical engineering advice and assisting in developing FRNSW policies in relation to fire safety.
Senior Project Manager
Gallagher Jeffs
Sam is an extremely motivated and dedicated Senior Project Manager, with extensive property development and management experience. Sam’s detail and diligence through the design documentation and tender phase sets up the early phases of projects for commercial success. More recently, Sam has had led our inhouse team of cladding remediation experts and helped navigate the evolving regulatory process.
Senior Lecturer
Industrial Design RMIT University
Dr Simon Lockrey is a leading sustainability and design innovation researcher, having been based at RMIT since 2009. His research domains include life cycle assessment (LCA), co-design, design innovation, marketing, resource efficiency, combustible cladding, and food waste. As a result, he has generated millions of dollars of ‘industry facing’ Category 1, 2 and 3 research, creating global impact in policy changes, commercial innovation outcomes, media coverage, intellectual property and quality academic publications. He's worked with global and nationally significant companies, including CHEP, Visy, Nestlé, Dyson, Grocon and Breville. Relevant government and NGO projects have also ensued, with Sustainability Victoria, Environmental Protection Agency, Australian Food and Grocery Council, Australia Post, Australian Antarctic Division, Uniting AgeWell, and Meat and Livestock Australia. Simon has been published through international masthead newspapers, trade magazines, academic literature, and UN agency the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). His collaborations across industry and external universities have culminated in the successful Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) bid in 2017, national supply chain and technology projects over 10 years from a pool of $210 million cash and in-kind funding. He is now a key leader in the 2018 funded Fight Food Waste CRC, worth $121 million over 10 years.
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin Business School
Dr Nicole Johnston is an admitted Legal Practitioner currently working as a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at Deakin University’s Business School. She is a co-leader of Deakin’s HOME research group, an interdisciplinary research network. Nicole researches strata related topics from a socio-legal perspective. Her work focuses on strata governance, conflicts of interest, purchaser knowledge acquisition, and building defects in residential schemes. She is the Chair of the International Research Forum on Multi-owned Properties, a multi-disciplinary research conference held annually.
Managing Director
CJK Fire & Safety Pty Ltd
Christina is an accredited chartered fire safety engineer, registered in Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales, who is listed in the National Engineering Register. She is the founder of CJK Fire & Safety - a successful fire engineering consultancy in Queensland. Christina works on an extensive range of building projects providing Expert Witness services, as well as fire engineering for all sectors in the building industry. She also has been extensively involved in combustible cladding risk assessment and litigation projects in Queensland and NSW. Her involvement includes, but is not limited to, residential, commercial, educational, heritage and infrastructure projects. Christina's reputation is that of a knowledgeable expert who does not assume without checking. She is an advocate of education and does not leave a question unanswered.
Director/Senior Building Certifier
Certis Group
Peter is a Senior Building Certifier at CERTIS. His involvement in the building industry began in 1985 and he has been a building Certifier since 1994. He became a Director of CERTIS in 2000. Peter specialises in identifying areas of cost savings and performance solutions while maintaining compliance with the requirements of the Building Code of Australia. He has considerable experience in providing advice on aspects of Building Regulation matters as they relate to all commercial buildings. Peter has a specialist interest in the laboratory and educational buildings. He is also the inventor of the Risengo Stair Checker, a device to quickly and accurately check the rises and goings of stairs.
National President
Builders Collective of Australia
Phil Dwyer has been a successful and award winning builder for over 40 years in the categories of Domestic and Commercial – Unlimited. In the year following the introduction of the Last Resort Builders Warranty Insurance scheme in July 2002 the Builders Collective of Australia was formed and registered as a non profit association to advocate for the reform of the industry. Phil has held the position of National President ever since campaigning for and on behalf of both consumers, builders, and the national industry.
Managing Director
Akritidis Group Building Consultants
Ari Akritidis is Managing Director of Akritidis Group Building Consultants, a medium sized building surveying company providing statutory and consulting services throughout Australia. He is a registered building surveyor in Victoria since 1996, registered as a fire safety engineer since 2002, and also registered for practice in the ACT and Western Australia. Ari is a current serving member of the Building Appeals Board (BAB) and the Building Regulations Advisory Committee (BRAC) as appointed by the Minister. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors (AIBS) National Technical Specialist Advisory Group (TSAG) providing specialised technical advice to the AIBS for adoption across State and Federal jurisdictions. Ari has previously served as a member of the Building Practitioner Board and the Australian Standards Committee for AS 2047 Doors and Glazing. He has been an active member of the building industry throughout his career and continues to strive for improved professional practices across all building disciplines and sectors.
Lecturer School of Property - Construction and Project Management
RMIT University
Dr Trivess Moore is a leading sustainability in the built environment researcher and is based in the Sustainable Building Innovation Laboratory (SBiLab) in the School of Property, Construction and Project Management at RMIT University. Trivess’ research is looking at socio-technical transitions to a low carbon urban future, with a focus on housing, energy efficiency, liveability, and through-life affordability. Trivess has worked on a number of local, national and international research and is currently a chief investigator and an Australian Research Council Linkage project focused on retrofitting of existing housing with a focus on households in fuel poverty and a sustainable rental housing project funded by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Operations Chief Engineer
FM Global
Michael is FM Global’s Australian Operations Chief Engineer. In this role he is responsible for the delivery of quality loss prevention engineering services to client locations throughout Australia and New Zealand. Michael is also involved in a number of external organisations including the Insurance Council of Australia, Fire Protection Association of Australia and Standards Australia. Prior to joining FM Global in 2001 as a loss prevention engineer Michael spent 10 years working as an electrical engineer in both the coal mining and water/wastewater industries where he gained skills in design engineering, project management, maintenance and operations. He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Newcastle and a Masters of Commerce (Finance) from the University of NSW.
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