Peter Hawkins

Date of Birth: 11 December 1950

Qualifications: B.Sc(Eng) Civil Engineering
University of New South Wales


'A' Class Building License - ACT

Professional Affiliations: Member
The Institution of Engineers, Australia

 

Current Director (December 1994 onwards)

Carandini Constructions Pty Ltd.
Civil Engineering and Project Management company.

Current Managing Director (July 1993 onwards)

Hawkins Engineering & Construction Pty Ltd.
Construction management consultant specialising in providing temporary works design, contractural and construction management services to construction companies.

Recent projects include:

  • Design and construction of a warehouse complex, Fyshwick, ACT.
  • Commission Precast Bridge Segment Moulds on behalf of VSL Malaysia for the light rail system in Kuala Lumpur.
  • Develop method statement for the erection of precast panels on the Brisbane Exhibition Centre on behalf of Leighton Contractors.
  • Management of $5 million concrete road project, Hume Highway, Bowning, on behalf of Seovic Civil Engineering.
  • Temporary Works design manager for the Wandoo Offshore Oil Gravity Structure, Western Australia, on behalf of Leighton Contractors. Work included design of shaft and caisson slipform access components, mechanical works access towers and platforms.
  • Project Manager of airport concrete pavement project, Singapore, on behalf of Seovic Civil Engineering.
  • Design of temporary works, construction planning, development of method statements, preparation of cost estimates for the Mythaun Cable Stay Bridge - Vietnam on behalf of Leighton Asia
  • Construction and temporary works planning consultant for the Eastern Distributor Project, Sydney, on behalf of Leighton Contractors.
  • Construction consultant for 450T of steel falsework for the Pakse Bridge Project - LAOS, on behalf of VSL(Thailand).

October 1990 to July 1993

Senior Project Manager/Area Manager
Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd.

Responsible for the management of civil engineering projects:

Goulburn By-Pass Earthworks $11.0m
(included cast insitu bridge-50m)

Wellington Bridge (launched) $ 2.9m

Flemington Bridge (launched) $ 2.9m

Goulburn By-Pass Paving $ 9.0m

Smithfield Bridge
(Incremental launched) $ 3.9m

Cullarin/Yass Earthworks $11.8m
(included 4 precast plank bridges)

1988 to 1990

Building Division Manager
Shelley Group, Forrest ACT

Responsible for the implementation and execution of building projects, covering government tenders and negotiated design and construction projects.

Major projects included:

 

Florey Primary School $4.8m

Fyshwick Tafe Stage 2 $5.2m

RAAF Fairburn Comcentre $1.1m

Tuggeranong Depot $1.9m

City Engineering $1.7m

Barry Drive Office $1.2m

Ginninderra Foreshore Complex $5.0m

Duntroon Medical Centre $4.9m

Theodore Primary School $4.8m

1983 to 1987

Project Engineer
Leighton Contractors, Canberra

Responsible for planning, engineering and construction on the following projects:

Parliament House Bridges $4m
(3 Bridges on State Circle)

Queanbeyan Sewerage Works $2m

Capital Circle Tunnel $12m

Tuggeranong Dam $12m
(included 33m precast beam bridge)

1980 to 1983

Consulting Engineer/Director
Slater Jessop & Armstrong Pty Ltd, Wyong

Structural design, site investigations and foundation analysis for residential and commercial building projects.

1977 to 1980

Senior Section Engineer
Drakon (LTA/Shaftsinkers Consortium, South Africa.)

Engineering role in the construction of an underground power station, valued at $90m. Areas of responsibility included tunnelling, shaft sinking, concrete construction and shaft slipforming.

Preparation of method statements for concrete construction, design and commission formwork systems and monitoring of shaft sinking and tunnelling works.

1973 to 1976

Site Engineer
Leighton Contractors, NSW

Site engineer on various design and construct building projects.