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Swinburne University of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering, Civil (Honours, Structural Major).
Bachelor of Business, Finance (Finance Major, Law Electives).
MIE Aust
NER (National Engineering Register, Structural and Civil)
Professional Engineering Register (Vic)
Registered Professional Engineer (Qld)
Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM), Membership Lapsed - Former Charted Professional Project Manager (CPPM).
Lucas has near 25 years’ experience in bidding, planning and delivering major infrastructure projects uniquely across various engineering disciplines with Tier 1, 2 and sub-contractor level plus utilities.
Recently he has been leveraging off this experience to advise government infrastructure organisations and tier 1 design consultants in construction methodology which integrates sound design first principles, temporary works and staging smarts, plant capability and overall operational and management advice to catalogue opportunities and real risk possibilities. This has informed and steered said clients for scope, prioritity and time early planning prior to contractor engagement.
Although a heavy civil/structural engineering specialist, past management of process engineering water and wastewater projects, energy sector in HV transmission, switchyards (both green and brownfield) and windfarm civil and BoP, he has proven demonstrated ability to manage multiple technical disciplinary projects
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Strong management skills and experience with solid track record of delivering projects and programs through their complete lifecycle.
• Exceptional aptitude for creating work plans including scope, schedule / programme, cost, and quality parameters.
• Highly experienced with construction processes with the know-how on identifying and negotiating with qualified subcontractors ensuring maximum profitability through effective price rates offering and getting competitive quotes.
• Notable expertise on risk analysis, risk mitigation, strategy, and implementation plans.
• Talent for utilising effective communication strategies, interpersonal, tact and diplomacy skills to manage, influence, negotiate and foster long-term strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Achieves results – ability to build organisational capability and responsiveness, ensure closure, and deliver results on time, to budget and to correct quality standards.
• Visionary leader, capable of providing clear direction for the team and motivated to constantly drive efficiencies to a high standard. Promotes autonomy within teams, has a flexible approach, and encourages an ethos of managing upwards.
• Highly proficient across a range of operating systems and software platforms and expertise in MS Office Suite – (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Project, Primavera P6 and AutoCAD.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
• Extensive experience in constructability reviews, staging methodologies, and delivery sequencing for major infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of civil construction practices, including temporary works, site logistics, and risk mitigation during delivery.
• Proven ability to interpret and integrate complex design documentation into practical, buildable solutions.
• Demonstrates deep understanding of construction programming, cost control, and schedule optimisation across multidisciplinary teams.
WESTERN RENEWABLES LINK | CIVIL DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION ADVISOR
BROOKFIELD, AUSNET
Engaged to resolve the temporary access tracks, hardstands and drainage, contruction methodology, foundations, tower erection and stringing methods, logistics and productivity for a 190 km 500kV Transmission Line, 160km of access roads and 438 towers and 1,752 foundations.
WESTERN RAIL PROGRAM | LEAD CONSTRUCTABILITY ADVISOR
LXRP, AECOM
Civil/Structural advisor for quad track duplication of Melton Line concept design. Key methodology and productivities for rock excavation, space proofing and sequence lifting methodology of 114T U-trough sections amongst other elements to inform, program, disruptions & cost. Co-author report to client amongst other discipline peers.
NWPA | TECHNICAL ADVISOR
LXRP, AECOM/GHD JV
Reviewing and assessing Alliance approach on behalf of client via Technical and Construction Advice notice’s TAN’s and final TOC Assessment for constructability robustness, reliability, fairness and value.
VARIOUS RAIL PROJECTS WESTERN AUSTRALIA | CIVIL ADVISOR
WSP, PTA
Key civil/structural advisor for various rail and station upgrades advising constructability methods and timeframes for rail and road shuts. Also advising alternate designs for construction on speed required in shut downs.
URBAN SUPERWAY RECTIFICATION| PROJECT MANAGER
JOHN HOLLAND
Developed scope, program, budget procurement and design for the Urban Superway Rectification in Adelaide SA. Role was as per a true Tier 1 project management role such as leading, recruiting and developing the team, client facing (DIT), stakeholder management, contractor procurement and required authority approvals to plan, setup and steer the project at the crucial early stage for launch.
CITY LOOP RECONFIGURATION | SURFACE & DECLINE CONSTRUCTABILITY LEAD
DOT, AECOM/WSP JV
Key advisor and methodology developer for North Melbourne Station & decline, Ardeer Flyover, Richmond decline and South Yarra Flyover. Methodologies developed were solely relied upon to inform rail, road and tram closures required for early planning, stakeholder engagement and land acquisition. Complex long span beam lifts in confined spaces and vertical track lowering in various spoils were unpacked and documented in this process.
NORTH EAST LINK PROJECT | LEAD CONSTRUCTABILITY ADVISOR (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST & WEST)
NORTH EAST LINK AUTHORITY
A long term and ongoing assignment where Lucas were the senior and key constructability advisor to NELP. As the lead in small but high output team he was responsible for dissecting the design to develop a strategy to construct and assess against the clients’ objectives, namely commercial aspects such as completion dates and determine consequences with counter solutions and improvements. Essentially each entire package was staged and programmed with advice to the client for items such as occupation timing and scope, alternate design innovations, productivity, quantum of staging, stakeholder impacts, industry resourcing etc. to inform the client of next steps such as design focus, procurement strategy, planning approvals, stakeholder engagements and package interfaces etc. Also, part of the contactor bid assessment team for constructability.
SOUTHERN PROGRAM ALLIANCE (SPA) LXRP EDITHVALE, CHELSEA, BONBEACH | UTILITIES MANAGER
ACCIONNA/LEND LEASE ENG. JV
Secondment role to the Acciona/Lend Lease Alliance, undertook the management of key power and telecommunications utility relocations for rail under level crossing removal. Authorities included United Energy, Telstra, Optus, NBN, South East Water and Multinet Gas from design conceptualisation, staging planning, development of offers through to delivery and cutover for the whole of the Additional Works Package 2 Attending to the complexities and alignment of the rail corridor requirements through permits and outages to eclipse with alike Utility permit and cutover requirements and optimising rail under-bore crossings and innovatively staged track crossing for before and after main cut excavation. Prior expertise in bridge methodology utilised to integrate staged crossings into future bridges.
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE ALLIANCE | CIVIL ENGINEERING MANAGER
JOHN HOLLAND/CPB JV
A secondment role and integral part of the successful RIA development and delivery phase, emphasising structures and bridge
disciplines managing the engineering and design of the project to integrate into occupation planning and temporary works on
the eastern portal at South Yarra. The assortment of open trench, cut and cover and a large steel span bridge ensured complex
technical issues to be resolves and management of standard waivers.
SUBURBAN ROADS UPGRADE PROJECT | ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY
MRPV (INFORMING TREASURY)
Provided constructability insight and risk assessment to service cost estimating input to the nominated quantity surveyors for the MRPV Suburban Roads Upgrade Project, which was fast-tracked for then 14 significant road duplications and upgrades across the northern south-eastern suburbs. Areas of focus included quantum and productivity rates for reactive clays and rock, risk assessment, temporary works, utility relocations, bridge methodology and program. The final outcome of these areas led to the client submitting to Treasury for additional budget which led to a reduction to 12 projects. Was invited back to assess the 2 bidders at tender submission stage. The submission largely correlated with earlier predictions in budget development and methods.
VARIOUS PROJECTS | CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
JOHN HOLLAND
Engaged on a contract basis to develop and finalise constructability, design, temporary design and construction and occupation methodology to form the core of how the project performs. He relies on experience and first principles to develop elaborate rail staging and temporary works using known industry productivity, costs and engineering solutions. For example, he was a key to creating a heavy transport and jacking system (rather than dual lift cranes) for a 240T beam, reducing rail occupation time, increasing safety, reducing risk, and saving substantial cost. Completed the Frankston Station Rebuild Project over a six-week shutdown period as CM.
Projects Overview
Frankston Station Upgrade, LXRA | Construction Manager;
Skye Rd Level Crossing, LXRA | Construction Manager;
Ballarat Line Upgrade Tender, MMRA | Construction Manager;
North West Program Alliance Tender, LXRA | Methods Engineer; and
Ormond, Mckinnon and Bentleigh Station LXRA level crossing removal | Methods, Contingency Planning & Integration Engineer
(known as the trouble shooter)
BAYSWATER LEVEL CROSSING | PROJECT MANAGER, BRIDGES AND SERVICES
LAING O’ROURKE/FULTON HOGAN
Managed level crossing removals as part of the North East Program Alliance. A key focus was to manage the bridges and services works. Initially reporting to the bridges, roads and services (BRS) manager and later to the construction manager directly. Tasks included managing the bridges and services engineers (the latter comprising of liaison with ALL utility authorities) then as a senior representative upon the night shift for the occupation.
VARIOUS PROJECTS | PROJECT MANAGER
UNITED GROUP LIMITED (UGL) – WATER TREATMENT
After working in HV transmission was appointed to project manage a sand filter project in the water treatment industry drawing on a civil engineering background and recent primary and secondary electrical experience in HV transmission. This led to management of a multi-disciplined engineering team more weighed towards process/mechanical.
Projects Overview
UNITED GROUP LIMITED (UGL) – HV TRANSMISSION
Commenced with UGL to manage their civil scope of HV Transmission sub-station projects both greenfield and brownfields. Then progressed into site management of the entire sub-station scope including primary and secondary electrical.
Projects Overview
VARIOUS PROJECTS | PROJECT ENGINEER
ABIGROUP (NOW LENDLEASE/ACCIONA)
Formative years spent here whereby innovation and creativity was a necessity for budget survival. These practices still serve me to this day.
ASSOCIATE - SHAFT AND TUNNEL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT
Malabar Sewer Diversion Project (Sydney Water) | Agonis Group- Water & Infrastructure Division
May 2023 – August 2023
STATIONS CONSTRUCTION LEAD
Secondment to Gippsland Line Upgrade (GLU) Project
December 2022 – April 2023
SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER – SHAFT EXCAVATION AND PIPE-JACKED TUNNEL
John Holland Tunnelling, Hawthorn Siphon Project – Melbourne Water
April 2021 – October 2022
Key Achievements:
PROJECT MANAGER – TUNNELS
Major Transport Infrastructure Authority (MTIA) – West Gate Tunnel Project (WGTP)
December 2020 - April 2021
SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER – CROSS PASSAGES GROUND TREATMENT, TRAM TRACK REALIGNMENT WORKS
Lend Lease Engineering, (Cross Yarra Partnership) Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project
October 2017 - December 2020
Key Achievements:
SITE MANAGER / PROJECT ENGINEER – PROJECT DELIVERY – OCCUPATIONS
Touch Projects - Seconded to Yarra Trams – Special Projects: MMRP Enabling Works
April 2016 - September 2017
Key Achievements:
PROJECT ENGINEER - ASSET ENGINEERING, TAILINGS PIPELINE AND DAM CONSTRUCTION
Stellar Recruitment - Seconded to SOUTH 32 – GEMCO
June 2015 - December 2015
Key Achievements:
PROJECT ENGINEER - TUNNELLING, (8M EPB-TBM)
Redpath Australia Pty Ltd. Mining Contractors and Engineers
January 2013 - May 2015
Key Achievements:
Swinburne University of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering, Civil (Honours, Structural Major).
Bachelor of Business, Finance (Finance Major, Law Electives).
MIE Aust
NER (National Engineering Register, Structural and Civil)
Professional Engineering Register (Vic)
Registered Professional Engineer (Qld)
Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM), Membership Lapsed - Former Charted Professional Project Manager (CPPM).
Lucas has near 25 years’ experience in bidding, planning and delivering major infrastructure projects uniquely across various engineering disciplines with Tier 1, 2 and sub-contractor level plus utilities.
Recently he has been leveraging off this experience to advise government infrastructure organisations and tier 1 design consultants in construction methodology which integrates sound design first principles, temporary works and staging smarts, plant capability and overall operational and management advice to catalogue opportunities and real risk possibilities. This has informed and steered said clients for scope, prioritity and time early planning prior to contractor engagement.
Although a heavy civil/structural engineering specialist, past management of process engineering water and wastewater projects, energy sector in HV transmission, switchyards (both green and brownfield) and windfarm civil and BoP, he has proven demonstrated ability to manage multiple technical disciplinary projects
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Strong management skills and experience with solid track record of delivering projects and programs through their complete lifecycle.
• Exceptional aptitude for creating work plans including scope, schedule / programme, cost, and quality parameters.
• Highly experienced with construction processes with the know-how on identifying and negotiating with qualified subcontractors ensuring maximum profitability through effective price rates offering and getting competitive quotes.
• Notable expertise on risk analysis, risk mitigation, strategy, and implementation plans.
• Talent for utilising effective communication strategies, interpersonal, tact and diplomacy skills to manage, influence, negotiate and foster long-term strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Achieves results – ability to build organisational capability and responsiveness, ensure closure, and deliver results on time, to budget and to correct quality standards.
• Visionary leader, capable of providing clear direction for the team and motivated to constantly drive efficiencies to a high standard. Promotes autonomy within teams, has a flexible approach, and encourages an ethos of managing upwards.
• Highly proficient across a range of operating systems and software platforms and expertise in MS Office Suite – (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Project, Primavera P6 and AutoCAD.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
• Extensive experience in constructability reviews, staging methodologies, and delivery sequencing for major infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of civil construction practices, including temporary works, site logistics, and risk mitigation during delivery.
• Proven ability to interpret and integrate complex design documentation into practical, buildable solutions.
• Demonstrates deep understanding of construction programming, cost control, and schedule optimisation across multidisciplinary teams.
WESTERN RENEWABLES LINK | CIVIL DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION ADVISOR
BROOKFIELD, AUSNET
Engaged to resolve the temporary access tracks, hardstands and drainage, contruction methodology, foundations, tower erection and stringing methods, logistics and productivity for a 190 km 500kV Transmission Line, 160km of access roads and 438 towers and 1,752 foundations.
WESTERN RAIL PROGRAM | LEAD CONSTRUCTABILITY ADVISOR
LXRP, AECOM
Civil/Structural advisor for quad track duplication of Melton Line concept design. Key methodology and productivities for rock excavation, space proofing and sequence lifting methodology of 114T U-trough sections amongst other elements to inform, program, disruptions & cost. Co-author report to client amongst other discipline peers.
NWPA | TECHNICAL ADVISOR
LXRP, AECOM/GHD JV
Reviewing and assessing Alliance approach on behalf of client via Technical and Construction Advice notice’s TAN’s and final TOC Assessment for constructability robustness, reliability, fairness and value.
VARIOUS RAIL PROJECTS WESTERN AUSTRALIA | CIVIL ADVISOR
WSP, PTA
Key civil/structural advisor for various rail and station upgrades advising constructability methods and timeframes for rail and road shuts. Also advising alternate designs for construction on speed required in shut downs.
URBAN SUPERWAY RECTIFICATION| PROJECT MANAGER
JOHN HOLLAND
Developed scope, program, budget procurement and design for the Urban Superway Rectification in Adelaide SA. Role was as per a true Tier 1 project management role such as leading, recruiting and developing the team, client facing (DIT), stakeholder management, contractor procurement and required authority approvals to plan, setup and steer the project at the crucial early stage for launch.
CITY LOOP RECONFIGURATION | SURFACE & DECLINE CONSTRUCTABILITY LEAD
DOT, AECOM/WSP JV
Key advisor and methodology developer for North Melbourne Station & decline, Ardeer Flyover, Richmond decline and South Yarra Flyover. Methodologies developed were solely relied upon to inform rail, road and tram closures required for early planning, stakeholder engagement and land acquisition. Complex long span beam lifts in confined spaces and vertical track lowering in various spoils were unpacked and documented in this process.
NORTH EAST LINK PROJECT | LEAD CONSTRUCTABILITY ADVISOR (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST & WEST)
NORTH EAST LINK AUTHORITY
A long term and ongoing assignment where Lucas were the senior and key constructability advisor to NELP. As the lead in small but high output team he was responsible for dissecting the design to develop a strategy to construct and assess against the clients’ objectives, namely commercial aspects such as completion dates and determine consequences with counter solutions and improvements. Essentially each entire package was staged and programmed with advice to the client for items such as occupation timing and scope, alternate design innovations, productivity, quantum of staging, stakeholder impacts, industry resourcing etc. to inform the client of next steps such as design focus, procurement strategy, planning approvals, stakeholder engagements and package interfaces etc. Also, part of the contactor bid assessment team for constructability.
SOUTHERN PROGRAM ALLIANCE (SPA) LXRP EDITHVALE, CHELSEA, BONBEACH | UTILITIES MANAGER
ACCIONNA/LEND LEASE ENG. JV
Secondment role to the Acciona/Lend Lease Alliance, undertook the management of key power and telecommunications utility relocations for rail under level crossing removal. Authorities included United Energy, Telstra, Optus, NBN, South East Water and Multinet Gas from design conceptualisation, staging planning, development of offers through to delivery and cutover for the whole of the Additional Works Package 2 Attending to the complexities and alignment of the rail corridor requirements through permits and outages to eclipse with alike Utility permit and cutover requirements and optimising rail under-bore crossings and innovatively staged track crossing for before and after main cut excavation. Prior expertise in bridge methodology utilised to integrate staged crossings into future bridges.
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE ALLIANCE | CIVIL ENGINEERING MANAGER
JOHN HOLLAND/CPB JV
A secondment role and integral part of the successful RIA development and delivery phase, emphasising structures and bridge
disciplines managing the engineering and design of the project to integrate into occupation planning and temporary works on
the eastern portal at South Yarra. The assortment of open trench, cut and cover and a large steel span bridge ensured complex
technical issues to be resolves and management of standard waivers.
SUBURBAN ROADS UPGRADE PROJECT | ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY
MRPV (INFORMING TREASURY)
Provided constructability insight and risk assessment to service cost estimating input to the nominated quantity surveyors for the MRPV Suburban Roads Upgrade Project, which was fast-tracked for then 14 significant road duplications and upgrades across the northern south-eastern suburbs. Areas of focus included quantum and productivity rates for reactive clays and rock, risk assessment, temporary works, utility relocations, bridge methodology and program. The final outcome of these areas led to the client submitting to Treasury for additional budget which led to a reduction to 12 projects. Was invited back to assess the 2 bidders at tender submission stage. The submission largely correlated with earlier predictions in budget development and methods.
VARIOUS PROJECTS | CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
JOHN HOLLAND
Engaged on a contract basis to develop and finalise constructability, design, temporary design and construction and occupation methodology to form the core of how the project performs. He relies on experience and first principles to develop elaborate rail staging and temporary works using known industry productivity, costs and engineering solutions. For example, he was a key to creating a heavy transport and jacking system (rather than dual lift cranes) for a 240T beam, reducing rail occupation time, increasing safety, reducing risk, and saving substantial cost. Completed the Frankston Station Rebuild Project over a six-week shutdown period as CM.
Projects Overview
Frankston Station Upgrade, LXRA | Construction Manager;
Skye Rd Level Crossing, LXRA | Construction Manager;
Ballarat Line Upgrade Tender, MMRA | Construction Manager;
North West Program Alliance Tender, LXRA | Methods Engineer; and
Ormond, Mckinnon and Bentleigh Station LXRA level crossing removal | Methods, Contingency Planning & Integration Engineer
(known as the trouble shooter)
BAYSWATER LEVEL CROSSING | PROJECT MANAGER, BRIDGES AND SERVICES
LAING O’ROURKE/FULTON HOGAN
Managed level crossing removals as part of the North East Program Alliance. A key focus was to manage the bridges and services works. Initially reporting to the bridges, roads and services (BRS) manager and later to the construction manager directly. Tasks included managing the bridges and services engineers (the latter comprising of liaison with ALL utility authorities) then as a senior representative upon the night shift for the occupation.
VARIOUS PROJECTS | PROJECT MANAGER
UNITED GROUP LIMITED (UGL) – WATER TREATMENT
After working in HV transmission was appointed to project manage a sand filter project in the water treatment industry drawing on a civil engineering background and recent primary and secondary electrical experience in HV transmission. This led to management of a multi-disciplined engineering team more weighed towards process/mechanical.
Projects Overview
UNITED GROUP LIMITED (UGL) – HV TRANSMISSION
Commenced with UGL to manage their civil scope of HV Transmission sub-station projects both greenfield and brownfields. Then progressed into site management of the entire sub-station scope including primary and secondary electrical.
Projects Overview
VARIOUS PROJECTS | PROJECT ENGINEER
ABIGROUP (NOW LENDLEASE/ACCIONA)
Formative years spent here whereby innovation and creativity was a necessity for budget survival. These practices still serve me to this day.
ASSOCIATE - SHAFT AND TUNNEL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT
Malabar Sewer Diversion Project (Sydney Water) | Agonis Group- Water & Infrastructure Division
May 2023 – August 2023
STATIONS CONSTRUCTION LEAD
Secondment to Gippsland Line Upgrade (GLU) Project
December 2022 – April 2023
SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER – SHAFT EXCAVATION AND PIPE-JACKED TUNNEL
John Holland Tunnelling, Hawthorn Siphon Project – Melbourne Water
April 2021 – October 2022
Key Achievements:
PROJECT MANAGER – TUNNELS
Major Transport Infrastructure Authority (MTIA) – West Gate Tunnel Project (WGTP)
December 2020 - April 2021
SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER – CROSS PASSAGES GROUND TREATMENT, TRAM TRACK REALIGNMENT WORKS
Lend Lease Engineering, (Cross Yarra Partnership) Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project
October 2017 - December 2020
Key Achievements:
SITE MANAGER / PROJECT ENGINEER – PROJECT DELIVERY – OCCUPATIONS
Touch Projects - Seconded to Yarra Trams – Special Projects: MMRP Enabling Works
April 2016 - September 2017
Key Achievements:
PROJECT ENGINEER - ASSET ENGINEERING, TAILINGS PIPELINE AND DAM CONSTRUCTION
Stellar Recruitment - Seconded to SOUTH 32 – GEMCO
June 2015 - December 2015
Key Achievements:
PROJECT ENGINEER - TUNNELLING, (8M EPB-TBM)
Redpath Australia Pty Ltd. Mining Contractors and Engineers
January 2013 - May 2015
Key Achievements: