Projects
Projects completed by Principal Brendan Colgrave in own business, as an Independent Sub-consultant or Expert Witness
Residential
Structural design for a six-unit development in Parramatta, with excavated basement, podium ground floor & first floor slabs.
Structural & Drainage Design for an eight-unit development in Mona Vale featuring elevated multiple On-Site Detention system to suite difficult draining site.
New Residence Building in Barden Ridge including Structural Design of Inground Reinforced Concrete Pool.
Stormwater Drainage Design to various Dual Occupancies and Redevelopments with Onsite Detention (OSD) Systems, onsite Infiltration systems and connections to road gutter and pipe Drainage Infrastructure.
Hydraulic Grade Line (HGL) Analysis and Design of Site Stormwater Drainage Systems to suit difficult flood prone medium density developed low lying flat sites in Casula and Condell Park connecting to in-ground charged infrastructure and street gutter.
Design Development, Coordinating Architecture & Consultants, Council Submission, Structural, Civil & Drainage Design, Scope of Works Development, Project Management & Contract Administration for a Complex House & Site Additions & Alterations in a Flame Zone (BAL FZ) prone area.
Prestige Residential
Structural & Drainage design for several architecturally designed house, duplex & dual-occupancy developments including steeply sloping sites, thinly expressed double cantilever architectural steel roof framing, complex additions and alterations, and shored/drained/tanked basement excavations.
Structural design for a four-unit multi-story development in Darlinghurst, with post-tensioned concrete first floor slab, Liverpool St Darlinghurst.
Industrial
Structural and Drainage design for a ten-unit factory development at East Gosford. Tilt-Up Construction.
Structural design for an automotive parts factory extension at Marrickville.
Institutional
St George Anglican Church Engadine, NSW. Redevelopment, expansion of worship hall & Roof Structure Upgrade.
Concrete Pavements design, detailing and works inspection/supervision for an Orthodox Monastery in the Blue Mountains.
Extensions to the Youth with a Mission headquarters at Rooty Hill.
Structural Consulting work on emergency sites for the Police Service NSW.
Nursing Home extensions by DOCS at Ashfield.
Commercial
Alterations to Roof Truss Framework over Loading Dock region to Existing Warehouse in Camperdown.
Structural Engineering Design, Design Documentation and Specification in detailed Scopes of Works for reinstatements to a row of four (4) impact damaged shopfront awnings in Wollongong including coordinating Architectural definition and Council submissions for the works.
Assistance to Corporates and Specialist Contractors on various Signage, Shop front, Air-conditioning and Building Post-Tensioning Installations.
Complex Forensic, Major Corporate Loss and Expert Witness Matters
Complex Forensic matters have included investigating causation behind basement ground anchor failures to a high-density residential development inner west of Sydney and a roof collapse to a defence institutional gymnasium structure.
Major Corporate Loss matters assisting Executive Insurance Loss Adjusters in defining Engineering and Building Scopes of Reinstatement Works to losses at various substantial business premises. Both Direct Engineering Design, and Design Management of Sub-consultants, employed for Engineering Works Scoping.
Around 17 Expert Witness matters handled to date for Construction Law Firms, Insurance Law Firms, Lawsuit Parties and Insurers Directly.