"My firm PMI Engineers were the structural engineers at a major alteration and addition project at 64 Paddington St Paddington, a grand 6 storey terrace. The project budget was approximately $5 million.
We started with demolition of a significant portion of the interior, which led to an extensive propping exercise. It was immediately apparent that Simon, as the builder’s foreman, was a careful and safe practitioner. There were no issues and none of it was easy. Movement was less than 3mm during the 18 months the propping was in place.
Simon was always timely in delivery, very good with his staff and the sub-contractors. It was a happy site and progress was, in my view, steady.
Simon has a good personality and is absolutely qualified to build in NSW. There were many aspects of the Paddington build that required the co-operation of builder and engineer. For example, a large slab, suspended 6m above ground floor, and some difficult excavation as part of the build. PMI Engineers are good at this sort of challenging work and so is Simon."
Professor Max Irvine
Chartered Engineer