My building career journey began 35 years ago, completing my Carpentry & Joinery Apprenticeship (proficiency) with a wise & knowledgeable house builder in the last years of trenched hardwood frames. Completing an Advanced Diploma in Building Construction & Management whilst also working on some of Melbourne’s high rise buildings, gave me a diverse skill set of domestic & industrial construction. Following promotion to Site Foreperson, I resigned at the conclusion of that project to pursue my passion for unique building construction & historic building methodology.

Building bespoke homes with recycled materials, Strawbale construction & conservation of historic buildings lead to the employment of 18 staff. This required me to be Construction Manager with a more “off the tools” role to maintain the production & quality control over numerous sites. Having a realisation that I enjoyed being hands on, I refocused the business to a model of specific skill sets. An opportunity to teach these skills & general construction to Certificate 3 apprentices & Certificate 4 diploma students was an enjoyable part time career, whilst maintaining an active building business.

My focus became concentrated on building conservation & I was appointed Central Victorian Site Manager for Period Building Conservation P/L. Working for Greg Owen, who is the industry pinnacle of the building conservation  industry, allowed me to further & diversify my knowledge in many lost skills & trades in specialist historic building conservation projects on Government assets & private homes.

From 2015, I have operated Build Conserve & have completed conservation works to many buildings throughout the Goldfields region. I aim to be a specialist in one building area, with this requiring many specific skills. Historic buildings remind us that they are the soul of the town & the story of where we came from. Build Conserve aims to conserve our building history, for generations to enjoy.

Historic buildings remind us that they are the soul of the town & the story of where we came from. Build Conserve aims to conserve our building history, for generations to enjoy.

Industry Skills

• Heritage Building Conservation & restoration.
• Site Manager.
• Carpenter & Joiner. Advanced Diploma in Building Construction & Management.
• Conservation reports & assessments.
• Tuck pointing & facade/chimney mould reinstatement.
• Rising damp solutions.
• Cocoon/poultice application for efflorescence removal.
• Slaked lime & lime renders.
• Cement mortar removal & lime mortar repointing.