About Us

About Us

Doug Coombes founded the business in 1982 and incorporated it as a private company in 2009. Doug has been continuously engaged in the building industry since commencing a carpentry and joinery trade apprenticeship in 1963. In 1982 he graduated from the University of NSW with a Bachelor of Building Degree. He is a Chartered Builder and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Building. He has also attained Level 1 status in the National Building Professionals Register.

 

A summary of Doug’s qualifications and experience is set out below.

 

DOUG COOMBES B.Build., FAIB., NBPR (Level 1)
MBA Accredited Building Consultant
CHARTERED BUILDER

 

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor of Building Degree – (University of NSW).
  • National Building Professionals Register – Level 1 accreditation
  • Chartered Builder (Australian Institute of Building).
  • Accredited Mediator (Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia).
  • Accredited Grade 1 Building Consultant (Housing Industry Association).
  • Accredited Building Consultant (Master Builders Association).
  • Licensed Builder (No. 216250C).
  • Qualified Carpenter & Joiner (Meadowbank Technical College).
  • Certificate of Urban Pest Control (Wetherill Park TAFE).
  • Accredited Termite Specialist (Australian Environmental Pest Managers Association).

COMPLETED COURSES

  • Bachelor of Building Degree – UNSW.
  • Computers for Contractors – UNSW.
  • Residential General Course for Arbitrators – IAMA.
  • Adjudicator’s Course for the Security of Payments Act – IAMA.
  • Expert Witness Course – IAMA.
  • Practitioners Certificate in Mediation – IAMA.
  • Carpentry & Joinery Trade Certificate – Meadowbank TAFE.
  • Urban Pest Control – Wetherill Park TAFE.
  • Termite Specialist Course – AEPMA.

PAST & PRESENT ROLES WITH PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

  • Current Fellow of the Australian Institute of Building. (FAIB).
  • Current committee member & Treasurer of the NSW chapter of the AIB
  • Current Member of the Australian Society of Building Consultants (MASBC).
  • Current Associate of the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia (AIAMA).
  • Current member of the Master Builders Association.
  • Former member of the Society of Construction Law, Australia.
  • Former Fellow and Founding NSW Chapter Chairman of the Australian Housing Institute.
  • Former member of the Housing Industry Association.
  • Former Chairman of the HIA Building Consultant’s Committee.
  • Former Vice Chairman of the HIA Building Consultant’s Committee.
  • Former committee member for HIA Education & Training.
  • Former Judge for the HIA Top Home Awards.
  • Former Judge for the Building Designers Association Awards.

RECENTLY UNDERTAKEN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

  • Underpinning and rectification of a damaged house for the M5 Motorway.
  • Contract Administrator for a $2,500,000 fit-out for Bondi Icebergs Restaurant and Bar.
  • Refurbishment of a 2-storey office building at West Ryde.
  • Rectification & completion of a house at Newport due to a Home Warranty Claim.
  • Construction of additions to an office building at Taronga Zoo for the NSW Government.
  • Project Manager for the final stages of an apartment building at Surry Hills.
  • Project Manager for $850,000 additions to a 3-storey waterfront residence at Birchgrove.
  • Project Manager for a luxury $2,000,000 waterfront duplex at Drummoyne.
  • Project Manager for a $2,000,000 renovation to a luxury home at Seaforth

 

LECTURING EXPERIENCE

  • Lecturer in construction scheduling and critical path techniques for the Housing Industry Association’s Building Supervisors’ course. (1980 – 1982).
  • Lecturer and convenor of Owner Builder and handyman courses at Bankstown Building Information Centre. (1982 – 1984).
  • Lecturer to Fair Trading Accredited Owner Builder course at The Home Ideas Centre. (2008 – 2010).
  • Guest lecturer to the University of NSW on the subject of Organisational Structure within a small building firm. (2011 – 2012).