Richard started his engineering career at Gandy and Roberts in 1993, while still a student at university. After working as a graduate engineer for 2 years at Gandy and Roberts, he went on to gain valuable experience working overseas in the UK (2years) and interstate in Western Australia (4 years).
Richard returned to Hobart in 2003 with a renewed appreciation for the specialist skills and innovative thinking within Gandy and Roberts. He has been a director of the company since 2008. In recent years, Richard’s role has developed into managing his design team assisting them to deliver the standard of project services that he and Gandy and Roberts aspires to, managing client and stake holder relationships and working to continuously improve internal technical processes. Richard is “hands on” in his approach to projects, developing structural solutions early on and supporting his team to deliver projects on time and on budget.
Richard’s interests lie with challenging projects and whilst he has extensive experience in concrete design, he most enjoys distilling complex steel and timber structures into simple forms which achieve the architect’s brief through innovative, economical design and simple detailing. Notable projects Richard has delivered are the Brooke Street Pier Ferry Terminal, the Blundstone Arena Western Stand, Mona Pharos, Mona Devine Comedy, UTAS Melville Street Student Accommodation, Huon Aquaculture’s, land based, Salmon On Growing Facility, St. Lukes 8 Storey Timber Office Building, the UTAS $160M Inveresk Precinct development which included 3 impressive award winning campus buildings designed by John Wardle Architects.
Richard draws satisfaction from diversity in projects, delivering a good outcome for his clients with a focus on continued project partnering, enjoys challenges and problems solving irrespective of scale and generally loves working in the industry.