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"We are writing to confirm that we have known and worked with Simon Martin for at least 3 years on a number of residential projects, where he was the "hands on" site manager and building foreman. The projects were complex alterations and additions working on tight building sites with restricted access and of multi-level construction. We have found him to be very knowledgeable of the structual components of building and most reliable in his approach to work.
Simon demonstrated his competency in site management; reading and interpreting plans; delivering project objectives on time and within budget; and completing works to a high standard.
Simon has always acted in a professional manner, and has consistently delivered the projects in the capacity of a builder to high standards of quality; and within the time and cost paramaters. We have no hesitation in recommendating Simon Martin to our future clients."
Simon demonstrated his competency in site management; reading and interpreting plans; delivering project objectives on time and within budget; and completing works to a high standard.
Simon has always acted in a professional manner, and has consistently delivered the projects in the capacity of a builder to high standards of quality; and within the time and cost paramaters. We have no hesitation in recommendating Simon Martin to our future clients."
Angelo D'Ambrosio B.E. (Hons) MIEAust NER (Structural)
D'AMBROSIO CONSULTING P/L"As Architects we have recently worked with Simon Martin, who was the site foreman on two projects over the last five years.
The projects were relatively complicated due to their design and detailing, with a host of complex junctions between finishes and materials, and constructing these on a small urban site with many neighbouring buildings to contend with.
We have been very impressed with the level of professionalism that Simon Martin has shown on this project. He has been impressive in terms of the level of detail and overall quality he is striving to achieve, the programming of the various trades and sub-contractors has been excellent given the problems that have arisen with supply during recent COVID-19 retsrictions. Simon Martin has given the jobs their full attention as and when needed and has proved himself more than capable of delivering projects of this nature to a high standard and quality, within a reasonable time frame.
We hope to work with Simon Martin again in the near future now that he has started his own building firm on other similar projects and would have no hesitation in recommending him to other architects and clients."
The projects were relatively complicated due to their design and detailing, with a host of complex junctions between finishes and materials, and constructing these on a small urban site with many neighbouring buildings to contend with.
We have been very impressed with the level of professionalism that Simon Martin has shown on this project. He has been impressive in terms of the level of detail and overall quality he is striving to achieve, the programming of the various trades and sub-contractors has been excellent given the problems that have arisen with supply during recent COVID-19 retsrictions. Simon Martin has given the jobs their full attention as and when needed and has proved himself more than capable of delivering projects of this nature to a high standard and quality, within a reasonable time frame.
We hope to work with Simon Martin again in the near future now that he has started his own building firm on other similar projects and would have no hesitation in recommending him to other architects and clients."
Duncan Sanby
Director and Project Architect"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."
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."