LINDSAY MACK
Lindsay is a very experienced Architect, particularly in commercial, hospitality, and institutional projects. In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, Lindsay spent 7 years in Sydney as the Chief Architect for a well known major property developer with interests in large scale commercial, hotel, and apartment developments.
Lindsay was a founding partner of Tabletop in 1994. Few architects would have made the transition from a pure architectural practice to a practice encompassing the more earthy aspects of engineering as easily as Lindsay has. His easygoing nature has ensured that the fledging practice has flourished.
Lindsay is a lover of Peugot motor vehicles, having bought his first one when he discovered that it was the only car he could find that would safely seat his 5 children. He has been an active supporter of his children’s schools but—sadly for the schools concerned—is starting to run out of children.
Lindsay is married to his accountant (which could give rise to some rather appalling jokes).
TONY LOVEDAY
As well as being the “staff partner” and managing the office housekeeping (someone has to do it), Tony is a very experienced engineer. He gained rare experience in large projects as part of the design team, and subsequently Resident Engineer, for the very large Cressbrook Dam project for Toowoomba City Council in the early 1980’s. He has been the partner responsible for special projects in the company since 1988.
Tony’s main interest is in hydrology and hydraulics (particularly flood studies, channels and overland flow), and in water hammer analysis. However, since the opportunity to design large dams is relatively rare, Tony’s main project focus is usually on industrial and commercial developments and overland flow.
Tony says that being able to go home for lunch and enjoy a cup of tea under the trees in the backyard is perfect for stress relief and is one of the great benefits of regional city living.
MARK ROGGENKAMP
Mark has 20 years experience in Building Services engineering. His particular expertise is electrical and related services, and air conditioning and ventilation. He is also the office guru on the finer points of the BCA, particularly with respect to fire services and access and egress requirements.
As yet unmarried, Mark is unencumbered by the weekend family duties that come with a wife and children. Guilt free he is able to happily spend his weekends on the golf course.
RAY MOORE
Ray has spent a large part of his working life as an Engineer and Town Planner in Local Government. He was the Toowoomba City Engineer from 1981 to 1991.
Nominally semi-retired, Ray is very active in our company as Principal Town Planner.
He is well known and respected, both in Local Government and State Government circles. The combination of engineering and town planning skills that Ray possesses is rare, and he is constantly in demand for his practical and knowledgeable advice.
Ray is very active as the Secretary of the Local Government Engineers Association of Queensland.
GRAHAM MAYES
Graham is our Senior Structural Draftsman and has amassed over 40 years experience in drafting (in general) and building projects (in particular). Graham’s easygoing nature adds a calmness to the office, but also camouflages a tenacious perfectionist who takes great pride in his projects.
Graham and his wife are talented potters, although Graham says he prefers the decoration phase more than the actual throwing these days.
KEN MURPHY
Ken is our counter of beans and keeper of the first aid kit (officially the company Business Manager and Safety Officer).
As the Regional Chair, and a Director of Commerce Queensland, Ken has a very public face and is well known in the business community. In his spare time, Ken is a JP (Qual) and used to enjoy being in the thick of things as a baseball umpire.BILL SMITH
Arriving in Australia in 1976 from the UK, Bill spent some 14 years with the Hydroelectric Corporation in Tasmania. He carried out civil and structural drafting for many of the major structures designed by the HEC at that time.
Chasing the sunshine for which Queensland is famous, Bill moved to Queensland in 1993 and joined our company in 1996.
Bill has experience in a variety of engineering disciplines from structures, to building services, to earthworks. Judging by the stories at our occasional Friday afternoon “happy hour”, Bill seems to spend many of his weekends carting his daughter’s horse around (or trying to catch it).
DEAN GRIFFIN
A very experienced drafter, Dean is currently expanding his technical skills and knowledge through part-time study at the University of Southern Queensland. In recent years his rold has expanded from pure drafting to mapping and GIS and asset management.
He is very interested in computers and computer drafting and is a frequent contributor to CAD drafting newsgroups on the Internet.
Dean likes to tweak his drafting software, and is always on the lookout for utilities that will increase productivity and drawing output.
DAN TURNER
Dan is a young engineer, fast developing his skills and expertise. He came to use to broaden his experience after spending a couple of years designing heavy steel mining structures.
Project diversity we have in abundance so Dan has worked on projects ranging from a viewing platform and access way at Canarvan Gorge National Park to a 9 storey apartment building in Toowoomba to overland flow hydraulic studies.
Dan’s weekends are booked up for the next year or so as he owner builds his home.
RICK BAZLEY
A building inspector in a previous live, Rick has wide experience in building.
He co-ordinates many of our building projects and is our main specification writer, as well as carrying out much of the architectural detailing. Rick is always willing to pass on his knowledge to our younger staff.
On weekends, Rick can be found (or not found) enjoying nautical persuits on Moreton Bay.