Andrew Barnes BEng (Civil) (Hons)

SENIOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

Qualifications

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) (Honours), University of Technology QLD

Affiliations

Fellow, Engineers Australia

Member, National Trust of Australia

RPEQ

Chariman Engineers Heritage QLD

Engineers Heritage Australia - Board member

BCC Heritage Advisory Committee

Sydney | Brisbane | Perth | Broome | Central Coast | Newcastle | Western Sydney

Expertise

Andrew has over 25 years’ experience as a structural engineer, undertaking a range of projects from extensions to residences to educational and government facilities and design and construct projects, including the multi-billion dollar Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

Andrew has a keen interest in heritage and was on the Queensland Heritage Council for 6 years up until 2012.

Key Projects

REMEDIAL

61 Mary Street – restoration and strengthening of external façade $300,000.

300 Ann Street – remedial works to podium slab including water proofing and remedial concrete works due to corrosion.

Commissariat Museum – restoration and timber strengthening of the 1829 building in Brisbane

EDUCATION

631 Griffith University ($12M) Education building, four stories

630 Griffith University Education building

Academy of Medical Health Sciences – Gold Coast

Toowong State School

Structural design and documentation for 7 green field schools under the QLD Government Public Private Partnership. The new schools included, Thornlands, Perigian, Collingwood Park, Bellbird, Coomera and Murrumba.

GOVERNMENT

Caloundra Courthouse and Police Stations

Stafford Police Station

Tamworth Courthouse and Police Station Stafford Police Station

Tamworth Courthouse and Police Station

Mudgeerabra Police Station expansion and upgrade

Specialist Skills

Structural Design

Project Management

Preparation of Contract Documents

Liaison with clients, contractors and Local Authorities

Structural inspection in accordance with approved codes of practice

Contract preparation in accordance with a variety of conditions of contract

Site Supervision

Client Management

Assist in preparation of project fee proposals, contract documents and project programmes

Prepare bids

Produce Technical Reports

Andrew Barnes

Sydney | Brisbane | Perth | Broome | Central Coast | Newcastle | Western Sydney

AGED CARE

Deception Bay Aged Care

Bribie Island Aged Care Stages 1 – 5

Beerwah Aged Care Stages 1 – 4

Parkinson Aged Care Stages 1 – 2

Logan Nursing Home

Sunnycove Aged Care including Maroochydore & Forest Lake

St Pauls Nursing Home – Bardon

RETAIL

Rockhampton Fair Shopping Centre Extension Structural and civil engineering, including complete refurbishment of Kmart, refurbishment works to other existing shops, development of new shopping complex, retail mall bridge connecting existing shopping centre to new complex, as well as existing car park refurbishment with a total works area of 20,300m². Civil works involve stormwater and pavement refurbishment.

Capalaba Central Shopping Centre Refurbishment ($20M) Civil and structural engineer for works including; 4,000m² car park development, 7,000m² retail space extensions for bulky goods and specialty store outlets.

Sunshine Plaza ($30M) Expansion to the existing including; 6 new cinemas, Riverwalk extension, new Woolworths and specialty shops.

Harbourtown Shopping Centre ($50M) 14 cinemas and seven separate buildings containing various specialty retail shops.

Bargara Shopping Centre Structural and civil engineering consulting for Centre extensions, including: 5,000m² new Woolworths, specialty stores and 16,000m² car park. A suspended floor was used to enable future development.

Jindalee Central ($5M) Included; Bi-Lo and five to six specialty stores, comprising the construction of concrete tilt walls and a steel frames structure using Kingspan roof sheeting.

Red Hill Homemaker Centre, Rockhampton ($15M) Involved the development of 20,000m² bulky goods outlet, incorporating a conventional slab on ground floors, a steel framed superstructure and tilt-up concrete exterior wall panels.

Woden Plaza Shopping Centre ($80M)

Woolworths Petrol Stations, Queensland

Buranda Shopping Centre

Pittsworth Shopping Centre

Highfields Shopping Centre

Bay Central Shopping Centre

Glendale Shopping Centre

Jesmond Mall Shopping Complex

Raymond Terrace Plaza

Gordon Supermarket PNG

Myer, Carindale

Bundaberg Plaza

Lutwyche Shopping Centre

Casino RSM Retail Project

Bilo Ocean Shores

Redbank Tavern Plaza

Logan Hyperdome Extension

Buranda Shopping Centre Extension

Tweed Mall Shopping Centre Extension

Action Supermarket Caloundra

Forrest Lake Retail Centre

Andrew Barnes

Sydney | Brisbane | Perth | Broome | Central Coast | Newcastle | Western Sydney

HERITAGE

Conservation Management Plan Acland #2 Preparation of Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the overall site for this small former, intact, underground coal mine listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.

Magnetic Island WWII Fort Detailed Conservation Management Plan (CMP) and engineering report for this site.

Cape Pallarenda Battery, Townsville Constructed in 1942 during WWII. Engineering assessment for reinforced concrete buildings with the early stages of concrete cancer.

Howard Smith Wharves Structural heritage advice provided to council for the retention of the 1930's timber wharf located under the Story Bridge Brisbane.

MT Spec Conservation Management Plan (CMP) Prepared for 18km of heritage listed road to identify and prioritised all features along the route of heritage significance, including Little Crystal Creek bridge which is the only non-reinforced concrete arch bridge in Queensland.

Rocky Creek Igloo Structural heritage advice on one of the last remaining World War II Timber Igloos used as a Theatre during the war.

Irvinebank State Treatment Works (2009) Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for this tin mining facility, one of the last left in Australia which operated since the late 1880’s.

Toowoomba Goods Shed – Queensland Rail Provided specialist structural heritage engineering for this building which is approx. 140 years old with significant structural damage. Andrew investigated and prepared reports to allow the restoration of this building with the replacement of only 5% of the existing structural members with new members.

Eastern Busway Provided specialist heritage engineering advice on the old tramways and engineering methods to converse sections of the tracks.

Northern Busway Structural engineering heritage assessment for the design and construction of the Northern Busway on Heritage listed places along the route. Included in the assessment was the stone wall to Herston Road.

North South Bypass Tunnel Structural heritage engineering assessment reporting and strengthening on all heritage listed buildings above the Clem 7 tunnel, assessments included the RNA show grounds, Wickham Hotel and St Mary’s.

Ravenswood Township Monitoring for blasting from Carpentaria Gold on heritage listed buildings and providing structural rectification details to repair heritage listed buildings.

Woody Island Lighthouse Structural heritage assessment and remedial works for timber lighthouse c1860

Spicers Gap Civil assessment of road including engineering heritage significance.

Evans Head Hanger Structural heritage engineering assessment of Evans Head hanger constructed during WWII.

Thomas Dixon Centre Retaining Walls – West End Brisbane Development of proposal for strengthening of the existing heritage listed retaining wall.

Brisbane Town Hall Clock Tower Structural inspection of concrete, masonry and timber elements during the clock tower refurbishment

Restoration of St John's Cathedral Building restoration including structural analysis of the west end and installation of new central tower roof lifted into position in 2008.

Restoration of the Commissariat Store One of the oldest building in Queensland still in use built in 1829. The structural engineers worked sympathetically with the architect to introduce lifts, etc. and remove columns in a way that did not detract from the heritage significance of the building.

Claremont House – Newcastle Restoration stabilization and strengthening of ground for this 1820’s building.

Pyrmont Bridge Restoration – Sydney Andrew spent 8 months investigating strengthening and stabilising this heritage listed bridge.

Breakfast Creek Hotel – Brisbane Structural Heritage Report required as a result of the construction of the Inner City Bypass.

St Paul's Cathedral – Brisbane Preparation of structural remedial repairs

Cairns Yacht Club Relocation Strengthening and heritage assessment.

Methodist Church – Maitland

Wambo Homestead – Hunter Valley

he Manse – Maitland

Yungabarra Heritage Assessment and Structural Review

Conservation Study, East Water Tower – Bundaberg

Andrew Barnes

Sydney | Brisbane | Perth | Broome | Central Coast | Newcastle | Western Sydney

BRIDGES

Dusty Roads Bridge Design of 4/20m span bridge over Deldabah Creek, including a new bridge adjacent to the existing to allow traffic flow during construction.

North Coast Rail Inspection Contract Professional services for the management of the maintenance of the rail network and associated infrastructure in the Coffs Harbour and Casino Region. Project included: inspection and rating of 460 structures compiling of 117 steel bridges, 150 concrete under bridges, 15 over bridges, 9 tunnels and 169 large culverts on the North Coast line between Coffs harbour and the QLD border before June 2009. Also commissioned to visually inspect all structures and record all defect and inventory information, upload all recorded data to ARTC’s asset management system, and provide a ‘As new’ and ‘As is’ load rating.

Pyrmont Bridge, Darling Harbour – Sydney Structural inspection of all timber members, drill testing, under water assessment and testing of piers.

Long Bridge, Maitland ($150K) Concrete repairs, bridge joints and bearings of 25 span bridge.

Cessnock City Council

­ Load rating 15 timber bridges

­ Preparation of assessment management manual for prioritising all bridges, identifying those requiring work and allocating budgets to cover these works

­ Inspection, review, evaluation and preparing bridge strategy for 90 bridges within the shire including steel, concrete and timber and approximately 70 timber bridges

Assessment/Design of 4 New Bridges Including Swamp Creek, William Street, Mitchell Avenue, Listers Bridge.

Long Bridge – Maitland Inspection, assessment and contract administration of repairs to approx. 25 spans, each 10m.

Swamp Creek Replaced half of the bridge at one time allowing traffic to continue to flow without the need of a diversion track for 30,000 cars/day. This bridge was the second Doohlan deck to be installed in NSW.

William Street Bridge.

Russell Street Rail Bridge Expert report on cracking

Mitchell Avenue – Cessnock Steel girder with timber deck was upgraded with a concrete deck and shear studs to cater for T44 loading.

Ferguson Street Bridge – Cessnock structural assessment and upgrading of this timber bridge.

Wilderness Creek Bridge – Pokobin Structural assessment and recommendations for a heritage listed bridge.

Biggenden Shire Council Structural inspection report and load rating of 2 timber bridges.

Perry Shire Council Structural inspection and report two timber bridges.

Singleton Shire Council Inspection of load rating of 3 timber bridges.

Blue Mountains Inspection and load rating of one timber bridge.

Boonah Shire Council Structural inspections and on-going assistance with 17 timber bridges, 5 steel bridges and 3 concrete bridges.

Kingaroy Shire Council Structural inspection of 8 timber bridges and the structural assessment and load rating of 4 timber bridges.

Maroochy Shire Council Structural inspection of 6 timber bridges

Eidsvold Shire Council Structural inspection and recommendation on repairs

Monto Shire Council Structural inspection of 22 bridges

Woocoo Shire Council Inspection of 9 timber bridges

Fitzroy Shire Council Review of 17 bridges including 4 concrete

Brettons #2 – Caloundra Single 14m span concrete bridge over existing stream. Documentation included obtaining all Authority approvals

Candle Mountain – Caloundra Single 13m span concrete bridge on a rural road.

Hermans Gully Bridge Rebuild of an existing timber bridge including upgrading to satisfy present codes

Chinghee Creek Bridge – Beaudesert 18m span bridge to replace existing concrete bridge

Allans Creek Bridge – Beaudesert 15m span bridge to replace existing timber bridge

Brettons #1 Single 12m span

Tooway Bridge – Caloundra 20m span

Macdonalds Bridge 12m span

Aherns Road Culverts