PERSONAL
PARS
Tony Arnel has been elected to
the Forest and Wood Products
Australia board. Mr Arnel is a
former chairman of the World
Green Building Council.
Sincere condolences to Master
Builders Australia sponsorship
and events manager Steve Keys
whose mother and father passed
away within nine days of each
other during the festive season
last ye a r.
Congratulations to Roy Stone
and Dr Kath Lynch on being
recognised for their outstanding
achievements in water reform in
this year’s Australia Day honours.
Emma Thunder has returned to
the Department of Planning to
assist the Director General Gail
McGowan after being seconded
to the Planning Minister’s offi ce
in 2016.
Congratulations to Master
Builders’ honorary member
Mal Dempsey and his wife Alma
on celebrating their diamond
wedding anniversary in February.
Sixty years of marriage is a
magnifi cent achievement.
Former Master Builders’
member of the year Tim Rogers
(Rogers Building Contractors)
has relocated from Geraldton
to Cocos Island to carry out
some building work. As a regular
Master Builders award-winning
builder, Tim will be well-received
on Cocos.
Former long-standing chairman
of the Australian Construction
Industry Forum Robin Fardoulys
was appointed a member of
the Order of Australia in the
General Division in this year’s
Australia Day honours list. Mr
Fardoulys was recognised for his
signifi cant service to the building
and construction industry, to
standards and policy development
and to tertiary education.James Westcott has been elected
president of Engineers Australia in
WA. Mr Westcott takes over from
Jason Flowerdew. Steve Durkin
has resigned as national CEO of
Engineers Australia.Peter Moore has taken over from
Chris Fitzhardinge as CEO of
the Construction Contractors
Association and a board member
on Reddifund. Mr Moore is
a former CEO of the Water
Corporation and a recipient of the
Public Service Medal.Congratulations to Paul Sadlier
and his team at Cedar Woods
on celebrating the company’s
thirtieth anniversary in business
this year. Amex Corporation was
also formed as a land developer
i n 19 8 7.Greg Hughes has been appointed
national CEO of the Australian
Institute of Building. AIB’s former
CEO Robert Hunt is now the CEO
of St John Ambulance.Congratulations to Rod Sproule
on being made a life member of
the Construction Contractors
Association.Frank Dilizia has been appointed
strategy manager with Georgiou.
Steve Okill has taken over
Frank’s former position of general
manager, building.The Property Council in WA
has elected Tony Perrin
from Frasers Property Group
as president to succeed
Chris Palandri from Multiplex.Congratulations to Michael and
Virginia Burke on their pearl
wedding anniversary.Suzanne Hunt has been elected
president of the Australian
Institute of Architects WA
Chapter. Suzanne is the daughter
of Peter Hunt (deceased), the
founder of Peter Hunt Architect.
She becomes the fi rst female
president of AIA in WA.Lindsay Albonico has taken over
from Fraser Ramsay as John
Holland’s senior construction
representative in WA.Troy Smart has replaced Joe
McDonald as one of the three
CFMEU directors on Reddifund.
The others are Mick Buchan and
Graham Pallot. Employers are
represented on the Reddfund
Board by Michael McLean,
Murray Thomas and Peter
Moore. Colin Emmott is the
independent chairman.Congratulations to George
Allingame, David Pringle and their
team at Pindan on celebrating
40 years of business this year.
Singapore publicly listed property
developer, Oxley Holdings Limited,
recently became a fi nancial
partner of Pindan whose core
values are family and community,
excellence in construction and
working in partnership.A cheerio to Ben Carter our
national media guru in Canberra
who was bitten by a dog.Ian Harwood, an associate
director with Norman Disney and
Young in Perth, has taken over
from Ania Hampton as national
president of the Australian
Institute of Refrigeration, Air
Conditioning and Heating.Congratulations to Master
Builders’ life member and
Robert Law Award recipient
Rob Torrance on becoming an
octogenarian in March.Graham Richards has been
appointed commercial director of
the Property Council WA-NT.Trevor Williams has been
appointed as RTO manager
at Everthought Education
and Mandi Welch as industry
relationships manager.Sharren Holt has left The
Apprenticeship and Traineeship
Company to set up her own
labour hire business, Leading
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