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Karl is the Built Environment sector leader, for Mott MacDonald in New Zealand. He has trained in both engineering and architecture, and has extensive experience working in structural and façade engineering consulting. Mott MacDonald opens opportunities for connected thinking through effective collaboration, and cross-fertilisation across industries, disciplines and organisations.

Karl and his teams are sought after for strategic insights on complex projects, delivering building consulting on projects. He strives to facilitate early strategic direction to deliver elegant solutions appropriate to the specific constraints, and available skills and systems.

Current projects include many of New Zealand’s large and complex including; Auckland International Airport Domestic Processor and Enabling Works, Te Kaha - Canterbury Multi Use Arena, Symphony - Aotea Over Station Development, Wellington Convention Centre, 1 Whitmore St (BNZ Wellington), Lakeview Te Taumata.

Richard Fairhead has spent his career (24+ years) specializing in Building Envelope on both new and existing buildings, across multiple countries, including Canada, UAE, China, Singapore, Bangladesh, Australia and New Zealand. Richard’s ability to understand design, analyse and test existing buildings and the interaction between disciplines, provides a unique perspective to aid clients with successful financial investments to achieve energy efficiencies and tenancy comfort. Richard’s practical approach to whole building design is a key aspect he brings to ensuring the building’s overall design works as a whole, rather than individual.

Richard has worked on many prominent projects which include: Auckland Park Hyatt, Antipodean, Auckland International Airport Extension, Enfield Apartments, Westmount Apartments, Project Kelly, Gold Coast University Hospital, 1 William Street, University Sunshine Coast Petrie Campus Foundation Building, Manuka Oval Media Centre, and many more.

Considered an industry specialist in his field, he has supplied expert witness testimony on numerous building envelope failures cases.

Accomplished in design management and project delivery, Blair optimises the buildability of some of the most challenging landmark and award-winning architectural projects. With particular attention to project efficiency, Blair’s focus on BIM software systems has seen complex buildings benefit significantly from the added coordination and productivity this provides. His approach is simple; he seeks to ensure that delivery of a project surpasses the clients’ needs and expectations, without compromising on design and the value this can bring. Blair has worked extensively in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He joined Woods Bagot in 2014 and was promoted to Associate Principal in 2021. He is Woods Bagot’s project leader on the skyline-shaping 65 Federal Street residential project in Auckland, was the technical lead on the award-winning Collins Arch (Woods Bagot and SHoP Architects), and project architect on mixed-use precinct 80 Collins in Melbourne.

Kent is a registered New Zealand Architect who has spent a majority of his 26-year career in construction focused roles – Project Architect, Project Management and Design Management – within main contractor and subcontractor businesses. Kent prefers working on the technical and management aspect of construction and employs his sympathetic architectural point of view when necessary.

Kent collaborates regularly with consultants, main contractors and clients which requires a deep appreciation of the construction project from each of these stakeholder’s point of view. He is a key strategic and national leader at The Thermosash Group – including Thermosash Commercial, Woods Glass, Insite Facades and Stile Aluminium – a team of 650 people.

Kent is passionate about bringing all elements of a construction project together and creating a critical path to success. He is also passionate about working with the different disciplines within The Thermosash Group to ensure that the regional businesses and international export business work together to deliver the best outcomes possible.

Ben is a Building Scientist with 20 years of New Zealand and UK experience. Specialising in Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) he leads Beca's green building projects across Australasia with a focus on achieving positive sustainability outcomes. He champions an integrated design approach to target value outcomes for clients. This has included the development of many ESD strategies ranging from small Net Zero buildings to large and complex projects.

Ben has driven the façade environmental performance outcomes on many leading NZ sustainable buildings - This has included the World Green Building Council award winning Aorangi House refurbishment. In conjunction with a whole of life systems approach, Ben promotes and engineers passive design, embedding performance within the architecture to use the building itself as the primary means of environmental control. He is currently leading several projects targeting Zero Carbon certification where the façade performance is integral to achieve target carbon, energy and indoor environmental quality outcomes.

Ben is an experienced Green Star professional, NABERS assessor and NZGBC accredited energy modeller. He is also on the NZGBC expert reference panel for energy and carbon in operations.

In his current role, he is privileged to lead New Zealand’s leading team of sustainable building specialists.

Gemma Craig has almost 20 years’ experience within the built environment, having worked on a variety of projects within New Zealand and Australia. Her background in structural and façade engineering gives her a strong understanding of the primary structure and façade interface. She enjoys the challenges that each project brings, the ability to work with different people and how the façade industry is evolving.

Gemma leads the New Zealand branch of Inhabit, which is a specialist consultancy organisation with offices across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Inhabit is committed to making a positive impact on a global scale with human experience central to their work.

Richard Voss is a director at Ignite Architects. He has significantly contributed to the built environment of New Zealand in terms of architecture, workplace design, and sustainability. There are three fundamental areas which underpin his passion for architecture and design: Experience and Integrity, Engaged Leadership, and Growth Through Quality.

Over twenty-five years, he has developed expertise in the industry with high calibre clients in New Zealand, the UK, and Germany. Richard has an in-depth knowledge and proven track record in all parts of the architectural process from brief and concept development to on site delivery. Clients welcome his energetic, collaborative, and integrated approach.

He has published extensively on urban design, sustainability, collaboration, and workplace design - among other topics. He is also a regular guest lecturer at the Auckland University Business School.

Susanne Hundert leads the Aurecon Façade Team in New Zealand, and is a Technical Director in their Buildings team, based in Auckland. She has a deep understanding of the envelope and its performance through diverse professional and practical experience with over 25 years in façade engineering.

Susanne is responsible for technical excellence, quality, safety, risk, and financial governance on her projects, and at the same time builds an environment of trust while demonstrating the ability and willingness to help others.

Additional responsibilities include providing expertise across the business to ensure flexible, high-quality and consistent project delivery, alongside technical consulting and stakeholder engagement to help clients design and implement thriving façade engineering.

Susanne was a Façade Consultant in the UK before joining Aurecon in New Zealand in 2014. Prior to that, she worked in multiple façade roles in Germany, including having her own business and being a full-time façade engineer on site.

She has an architectural background, a MSc in Façade Engineering, and is an ATTMA air tightness tester.

Having worked across multiple disciplines, including the early stages of ideas and design, prototyping and testing, through to construction and maintenance, Susanne has unique insights into how different parts of the industry interrelate. Her background in thermal matters and experience as a certified Passive House designer means she is particularly interested in and passionate about the interface between building performance, materials choice, sustainability and the support to fight climate change.

Susanne is a technical expert for IANZ, a producer statement author for Building Consent Authorities and the Board Chair of BuildTight New Zealand.

As a Business Development Manager for Insol, Shane is a specialist in façade screening for sun shading, privacy, and architectural feature. Typically starting early in the pre-construction stages, Shane works to develop desired visual aesthetics and design criteria from early concepts, through to testing, full design drawings and procurement, working closely with Insol’s internal design, engineering and project teams. His hands-on approach, passion for research and development and ability to problem solve, means he finds creative solutions with advantages in design, procurement and construction that generate quantifiable value for clients. He has successfully led the wind tunnel testing and design process for multiple large projects enabling successful design outcomes.

Marcus Tan is the Sales and Marketing Manager of the Smart Glass Division at AGC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. He handles the sales and marketing business of SunEwat, Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), in South East Asia and Pacific region. Marcus has been in the building construction industry for more than 10 years. Prior to his career in AGC, Marcus held various roles from project management in electrical installation, engineering sales for ASEAN specification to key account management in the coatings industry. In these appointments, his versatile experience in both engineering and commercial roles enabled him to understand the dynamic needs of the building industry. He has always been passionate about innovative building technologies that improve human well-being and the environment.

David Hayes is the CEO, Director/Owner of Thermosash Group which includes Thermosash Commercial Ltd, Woods Glass (NZ) Ltd, (commercial glass and glazing company), Insite Facades Ltd (Commercial and rain screen facade installation), Window Engineering Consultants (facade testing facility) and Thermosash Service and Maintenance (Façade).

Thermosash is New Zealand's largest specific design commercial window, curtainwall, facade designer manufacturer and contractor. David has led the Facade Engineering design/build contracting team providing facade solutions, inspections, remedial and performance testing, with more than 39 years of experience in this sector.

David trained in the USA with one of the largest North American curtain walling designer / manufacturer / contractors, over a five year period in the mid-1980's. With partnering Technology Agreements in place, this lay the foundation for Thermosash’s continuing development of our own bespoke high performance New Zealand curtainwall products.

For the last 50 years Thermosash has been specializing in the design, testing, manufacture, QA and installation of all types of specific design facade solutions including rainscreen cladding, curtainwalls, windows, doors, skylights, structural glass, balustrades, solarshading and feature facade elements as well as scheduled and preventive Servicing and Maintenance of commercial façade systems.

Angus Macleod joined Vector Foiltec in 2003 and is currently one of the Technical Directors for the Vector Foiltec group. He is based in Melbourne and mainly services the Australian, New Zealand and South East Asian markets but also acts as a consultant for ETFE projects around the world.  Angus has a background as a Structural Engineer which allows him to interact with design teams at a very high technical level.

Vector Foiltec are the world leaders in ETFE cladding systems and have been involved in the construction of numerous high profile projects including Project Jewel at Singapore’s Changi Airport, the National Stadium in Singapore, Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, and the recent Minneapolis Vikings Stadium in the USA.

Vector Foiltec have numerous offices and have experience in designing lightweight and unusual structures in some of the world’s most extreme climates – from the Middle East through to the Austrian Alps.

Andy Russell has worked in the field of condensation management in Europe with UK based building envelope specialists A Proctor Group. Andy also worked in Japan for 7 years including a spell on secondment to Daiwa House, Japan’s largest housing manufacturer. He was involved in product development and conducted research into the performance of construction membranes at the Kyoto Institute of Technology.

On arrival in Sydney in 2007 he took with him some of the first vapour permeable construction membranes seen in this part of world. He was a contributor to the first edition of the “Condensation Handbook” published by the Australian Building Codes Board and the Australian Institute of Architects and has presented across Australia & New Zealand on this subject to several industry associations.

Andy is now the General Manager of Proctor Group Australia where he is motivated to improve the health and comfort of our built environment for current and future generations of occupants.

As the Architectural Design Manager for Australia and New Zealand, Lachlan is responsible for the specification and delivery of high performance glazing solutions across both commercial and residential projects. With strong relationships throughout design and delivery teams, Lachlan is a targeted resource of technical information for architects, engineers, builders and sub-contractors. Leveraging his design experience, product knowledge and understanding of building codes, Lachlan helps make some of the most ambitious designs and environmental targets achievable. Once specified, Lachlan works closely with direct customers both locally and offshore to fulfill the required demands of a global supply chain. His passion is to inspire new thinking when it comes to glass in architecture, aiming to facilitate a more comfortable and energy efficient built environment across ANZ.

John is a Registered Architect (NZ) with a commercial background in international procurement and supply chain management. He has professional experience in both architectural and engineering companies, and has an excellent understanding of the issues faced in coordination between design disciplines, including specialist subcontractors. This understanding leads to solutions; particularly those can be addressed through quality of design documentation, clarity of scope in the design process, and timely and informed decision making.

As General Manager, Dan leads all operational aspects of Icon’s New Zealand business, with accountability to the NZ Director for all new business and project delivery functions in NZ.

Established in June 2017, Icon NZ has completed five major New Zealand projects, including the 57 storey Pacifica and has four Auckland projects currently in construction. The business has grown to an Auckland domiciled staff of 110, and established a reputation as the go to contractor in NZ for high rise CBD and complex D&C projects.

Icon NZ is a subsidiary of the Icon Group of companies, a large and diversified commercial construction business headquartered in Melbourne, with operations in all Australian states and territories, and New Zealand. The group is owned by the Kajima Corporation of Japan, one of the world’s largest construction and engineering businesses.

Trained in architecture, Dan’s 15 years of experience has encompassed leadership of multiple large-scale construction projects and businesses in New Zealand and Australia, with a particular focus on design management, preconstruction and procurement, and innovative construction methodology and planning.

Tim Melville leads the Auckland studio of global design studio Woods Bagot. He has over 30 years’ experience as an Architect in New Zealand and the UK, specialising in design development, procurement, and delivery of education, medium and high density residential, and mixed-use projects. Tim works collaboratively with the client, consultants and building contractor through the design and construction phases to ensure that the design intent is captured in the final detail and to deliver the best project outcomes.

Tim was President of Te Kāhui Whaihanga · New Zealand Institute of Architects from 2018-2020, during that time he worked closely with other representative bodies in the construction industry and was a member of the Construction Sector Accord steering group.

Gary has over 30 years’ experience in construction product development, compliance, specification, and sales in the NZ construction sector.

Gary joined the global family business Technoform in 2021 as Specification manager. Technoform understand the value of local knowledge, and his core competencies, local knowledge and expertise enable him to provide specialised support and solutions to architects and facade designers. The recent focus for him has been tailoring Technoform’s innovative Thermal Isolator Clip to the New Zealand market. Several substantial construction projects have now been specified with external insulation and thermally efficient facades. This is a result of Gary’s collaborative approach to product specification and Technoform’s market leading experience in Thermal Break Technology. Technoform provide many industries with solutions that ultimately benefit people’s health and wellbeing.

Gary is passionate about providing solutions and product specification that enables designers to create warm, dry healthy buildings.

Malgorzata Haley is an Associate Principal at Grimshaw and has worked at the practice since 2000. For the past twenty years, Gosha has worked on and led Grimshaw projects in Europe, the U.S., the Middle East and Australasia across diverse sectors, predominantly in infrastructure and aviation, but also in the commercial, education, research and retail sectors. She is passionate about designing for a regenerative future, and promoting the importance of cultural diversity and biodiversity through creating environments that allow everyone to thrive. Educated in Poland and England, Gosha is a successful designer, innovator, and leader, proven in navigating complex design challenges and upholding collaborative stakeholder relationships. Over the years, she has focused on customer experience design of complex public buildings, and in particular, façade design. Since 2014 she has been working on New Zealand’s city shaping project Auckland City Rail Link on reference design stage initially, focusing on customer experience design and strategies, and more recently, as part of Link Alliance team, on the delivery stage as Design Lead of front of house and facade design.

Jean Lorenzzi is today the Head of the Digital Studio team for Saint Gobain Glass, structure in charge of the development / Industrialization of digital technical tools and services based on R&D techno bricks to support the specification and customers. He has a technical background in Material Science & Microelectronic. In the Saint Gobain group since 2010 he has occupied several positions in the R&D at Saint-Gobain Research Paris, working mainly on development of coatings and surface modification of glass and responsible of several key development for the Glass Business: Cool-Lite® XTREME’s & Planitherm® 4S EVO. He has also roles in the business development and Innovation for the export division of Saint Gobain Glass – Saint Gobain Glass International in charge of key local developments worldwide: Cool-Lite® SKN 133 II & SKN 146 II, Cool-Lite® BR, Cool-Lite® Cristal and others.

Jonathan leads the Warren and Mahoney hotel portfolio. He works across a wide scope of disciplines, including commercial and hospitality, medium to high density apartments and student accommodation, hospitality, resort and hotel master planning, interior design, and education environments. The common thread is complexity; Jonathan excels at adapting architectural principles to meet any project. He is drawn to innately challenging briefs – whether in scale, nature, or logistics – and resolving the tensions between functionalities, technicalities and stakeholders. Jonathan is involved in the whole process of design and construction, from the first sketch through to the fully formed built environment. As a lead designer, he explores ideas and expands spaces through defining features and details, bringing an architectural craftsmanship to the purpose of the building. His approach to advising clients is underpinned by integrity and authenticity, and he builds relationships that have lasted years beyond the course of a project.

Oliver has been with BG&E façades since 2007 and has over 20 years’ experience in the construction industry, working with world renowned architects, developers and leading construction companies.

As a Director of BG&E Façades, he continues to be hands-on and fully involved in projects from the Concept Design through to Construction and Completion His expertise extend to a wide range of building projects including major hospitals, high rise office and residential buildings.

Oliver’s role is to develop the façades group capabilities and to grow the local and international markets. He also brings international experience from Asia and the Middle East. His main focus is to deliver projects at the highest quality, on time and within budget.

For over 32 years, Marc Zobec PhD FIE Aust CPEng EngEXEC has worked in the façade contracting industry, notably for the Permasteelisa Group based in the group headquarters in Italy, having held the position of Group Technical Director. His Director responsibilities extended across multiple operational areas including design, engineering, technical training, innovation & technical solutions, procurement, production, site installation as well as IT, quality assurance, health & safety and environmental management. A Chartered professional engineer with bachelor and master’s degrees in civil, structural and building engineering and a PhD in Blast Enhanced Facades; he has over 30 technical peer reviewed publications, authored book chapters, holds various building patents and has delivered over 100 iconic façade engineered projects. Currently Marc works as a contracting façade engineer assisting clients, architects and contractors in the holistic risk awareness in the design and delivery of building envelopes as well as forensic building investigation.