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Dr Nicholas Mills – Structural Director

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Dr Nicholas MillsDirector Structural Engineer

BEng (Hons), Ph.D, MIEAust (#419295)

Special Fields of Competence:

Reinforced / Precast Concrete Design,

Pre-stressed and Post Tensioned concrete

structures,

Seismic assessment of existing concrete structures,

Sustainability/Durability in concrete Design and

Construction

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Dr Mills has over 19 years’ experience in structural engineering. Dr

Mills has held various senior positions within various organisations.

He was previously Chief Engineer at the UK’s largest precast

concrete company before becoming a Senior Structural Engineer at

KBR. Dr Mills then moved to WML Consultants working on medium

to small projects for a various number of clients. Dr Mills has wide

ranging structural design experience; in particular, the design of new

structures for industrial, commercial and institutional projects. Dr Mills

has driven many projects from concept to completion adopting a

holistic approach to design.

Dr Mills’ responsibilities at KBR included the assessment of existing

buildings for seismic performance, RC/PC and Post tension Design,

Steelwork design and concrete remediation. Dr Mills was also

subject matter expert for Precast/RC Concrete and Concrete

Sustainability.

Previously, Dr Mills was Chief Engineer with Bison Concrete

Products in the UK. He worked on pre-cast cross wall construction

projects, namely the Aberdeen schools contract, Gatwick Hotel and

the Aurora Hotel at Heathrow Terminal T5 in London. His role

included providing engineering control within the drawing office and

production facilities; design of bespoke/ancillary precast and

prestressed proprietary products; design guidance on issues on

thermal/sound and disproportionate collapse provision; and finite

element and computer modelling of concrete elements.

Dr Mills has considerable structural experience in the use of concrete

in structures. Strengths include Prestressing / Post Tensioning

concrete, RC concrete and Precast Concrete, and durability of

concrete structures in a marine and industrial environments. Dr Mills

also has significant experience in steel structures and the analysis of

existing concrete structures for earthquake provision.

Dr Mills has strong engineering management abilities, including

mentoring, project delivery and site supervision. Dr Mills has also

developed a number of concept designs for pricing and as part of the

tendering process.

YEAR OF BIRTH: 1970

QUALIFICATIONS:

Doctor of Philosophy (Structural Engineering), University

of Cardiff, School of Engineering, Wales, UK.

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil), 1st Class (Hons),

University of Cardiff, Sch. of Eng, Wales, UK.

Higher National Certificate (Civil), Birmingham

Polytechnic, UK.

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General Experience

Precast Concrete ProjectsOzone Building Eastern Tertiary Project – Melbourne: Precast

concrete walls allowing for service openings, structural support,

aesthetics and ease of erection/construction,

Subject matter Expert for Precast Construction, KBR: Concept

design for precast concrete elements in structural design, including

Acacia Prison, Melbourne water, western Perth highway precast et

al,

Aurora Project – Heathrow London – UK: significant sized Heathrow

Hotel for an international chain. Design of precast, flooring and roof

elements, designed for sound robustness

Gatwick Hotel – Gatwick Airport – UK: Significant (5 storey structure)

– coordination of precast concrete design and detailing, provision of

specifications, quality plans and control of design team,

Precast Stadia Design and Detailing – UK: Design and coordination,

site supervision - Precast terrace, walls and other precast;

Wembley Stadium, Leicester Tigers East stand, Manchester United

extensions, Burton Albion, Hull and Doncaster Stadiums et al

Sustainable Precast Systems – sandwich panels, Bubbledeck and

volumetric floor systems, lattice slabs, Insulated Hollowcore slab,

hidden corbels, precast thermal bridging elements.

Heathrow terminal 5- Heathrow London– UK:- Bison representative

for concept design, estimating and site liaison

Remediation / Durability Design

Modbury Hospital – Modbury Adelaide: 3-D dynamic modelling

assessment of 10-storey RC concrete structure for earthquake.

Building importance level 4 post disaster.

Hughes Plaza - Adelaide: Structural strengthening of RC concrete

floor plate to accommodate additional structural loadings, Including

investigation of Carbon Fibre strengthening of core walls for strength,

Adelaide Quay – Adelaide: Remedial measure for cracked concrete

slabs, structural assessment and report. Role included site

supervision.

Pedestrian bridge remediation – Torrens River – Adelaide:

Remediation proposals and investigation, pricing and concept design

of remediation

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Steelwork Projects

Adelaide Schools PPP - Adelaide: Structural design of significant steel

structures for education institutions as part of the SA state response to

the Global financial crisis.

Papua New Guinea community Centre Building:- Design of structural

frame and suspended concrete floor around for new swimming pool

and sports hall/gymnasium.

RAAF Edinburgh – 87 Squadron Building - Adelaide: Structural

design/design coordination of significant steel frame for Australian Air-

force.

RAAF Edinburgh – Steelwork Building - Adelaide: Structural design

remediation of previously completed design by coordination of

significant steel frame for Australian Air-force.

BHP Billiton – Hopes down Four – SA: Structural design of process

infrastructure including chutes and conveyors using Finite element

analysis and additional steelwork supports to chutes et al, Including

durability of structures.

Rio Tinto Fuels Infrastructure Project – Port Headland - Western

Australia: Structural design of significant steel structures for fuel

infrastructure including fuelling and debunkering facilities,

accommodation facilities and the autonomous handling building et al.

Concrete Projects

Stiffened Raft Slabs PPP - Adelaide: Structural design/coordination of

concrete raft to take upper structures, Designed a majority of the slabs

on the schools project,

Papua New Guinea Community Centre Building: Design of suspended

concrete floor around for new swimming pool and sports hall /

gymnasium. Corrosion and exposure conditions for concrete,

Gloucester Quay– Multi-storey Car-park Building – Gloucester UK:

Structural coordination of precast flooring and walling in to main

structural design,

Manchester Multi-storey Car-park – Manchester – UK: Structural

concept design of precast multi-storey carpark,

Fire testing for BCCF - UK Billiton – Hopes down Four – SA:

Coordination of committee design requirements for testing steel and

Hollowcore frame against 2 hour fire. Work in conjunction with

Building Research Establishment UK,

Verification of Precast designs – Adelaide: verification for New royal

Adelaide hospital, Acacia Prison, Melbourne water, Clipsal 5000 et al,

Aberdeen Schools Project – Aberdeen – Scotland - UK:- Design of

precast concrete floor and wall system linking to Delta-beam system.

Design / Factory and Site coordination

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Member of the Institution of Engineers,(MIEAust.),

Former Member of the Institute of Structural Engineers (UK).

Former President, Individual and Committee member of the

Concrete Institute Australia (CIA) – South Australia & WA,

Committee Member of the Engineers Australia Peel Region

Branch Western Australia.

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