CELEBRATIONS | Easter

Another opportunity to build our community, this week our teams have shared chocolate eggs and Hot Cross Buns for Easter!

A sugary boost to get through the rush of a short week before the long weekend.

 Happy Easter from TeamBSE! 🐰

CELEBRATIONS | Persian New Year

Our Sydney team celebrated and observed Persian New Year this week with joyous festivities. Our aim was to celebrate the culture and history of Persian / Iranian New Year. We enjoyed a variety of traditional food items and New Year objects to create an authentic experience for everyone involved. It was a fantastic opportunity to shine a spotlight on the diverse backgrounds of our community and celebrate one of them for this occasion.

We delight in sharing this opportunity of celebration which reflects our team members. We extend our wishes for health, happiness, and a year filled with success to all.

Celebrating Success! Luc Su Promotion to Associate

We are celebrating Luc Su's promotion to Associate Electrical Engineer. With dedication to quality design, outstanding technical expertise, and commitment to partnering with our clients, Luc excels in all aspects of project delivery – designing, engineering, collaboration, earning respect from peers and clients.

Luc’s promotion as BSE’s Brisbane’s team newest Associate Electrical Engineer, recognises his past achievements and signifies our belief in his potential for even greater success.

QLD’s Buildings and Infrastructure Manager, John Smithers said this:

““We’re thrilled to announce Luc’s promotion to Associate Electrical Engineer. His dedication, expertise, and technical leadership have been instrumental in driving innovation and excellence within our teams. This promotion is a testament to Luc’s outstanding contributions and sets the stage for continued success of Luc and BSE QLD.””

— John Smithers

Congratulations, Luc! We’re always thrilled to have you continue your career journey as part of Team BSE!

Win for Winnings | Winning Appliances Showroom

This highly specialised scope for Winnings Redfern Showroom, covers 2,500sqm across two levels and two tenancies, which provides the Winnings team with an innovative, fit for purpose and customised flagship facility to deliver outstanding customer experiences for years to come. Project team included Mettle Projects, Cera Stribley and Essence Project Management.

BSE’s talented and creative engineering team delivered engineering across electrical, mechanical, fire protection and hydraulic services through concept, detailed design, tender, and services during construction through defects period.

Giving scope for the best of innovative engineering, BSE’s team delivered load management to optimize energy consumption – allowing the facility to operate efficiently and sustainability, cutting edge water cooled VRV system to maintains optimal temperature for visitors and the Winnings team, with state-of-the-art hot water circulation systems integrated to provide instant hot water access – convenience and functionality for the facility as well as comprehensive fire protection. Overall, our designers and engineers provided meticulous coordination with the full project team, and consistent partnership with Mettle Projects, Cera Stribley and Essence Project Management through design and construction.

New Year message from Director - National Strategic Partnerships, Godfrey Frederick

Happy New Year to our wonderful clients, industry friends, project partners and colleagues. The partnerships we have across our business and delivery teams are who have made the previous years truly remarkable for BSE. Here’s to another year of shared success, growth and memorable achievements.

2024 is already shaping up as a massive year, with lots of key new projects kicking off across infrastructure, education, commercial, living, hospitality and retail (to name a few).

BSE’s leadership team are so grateful for the many collaborations and look forward to reaching new heights together in 2024.

Godfrey Frederick.

End of Year Closure

Our offices are closed for the end of year period, from Thursday 21 December 2023 reopening Monday 8 January 2024.

We hope you have a safe and happy Christmas and New Year period.

Rounding out 2023 with a recap of TeamBSE’s End of Year celebrations!

Our teams came together locally to celebrate the close of 2023, rejoice in achievements, incredible project outcomes and BSE’s growth over the past 12 months. Across each of the celebrations was an atmosphere of accomplishment, honoring hard work all with BSE style fun.

End of year message from CEO, Andrew Fraser

Here we all go again! Final days till the end-of-year break and despite all our best endeavours in planning for a steady and managed lead up to the break, we find ourselves, and the rest of the industry, running at breakneck speed, yet again!

It has, however, been a very rewarding year at BSE, with steady growth across all of our regions and disciplines, and the commencement of BSE’s National Fire Safety team.

BSE’s continued and growing success is a clear demonstration of the unwavering dedication and hard work of each team member. From innovative engineering solutions, meticulous reviews and planning, every team member has provided an essential part in outstanding results.

Once again, our BSE Community – with the help of our highly valued project partners and clients, have worked together and powered through both an exciting and a demanding year. Broader economic challenges and international instability easily draw attention and focus, our BSE teams have remained set on delivering exceptional project outcomes and creating liveable, workable and enjoyable spaces for our communities.

 I am incredibly proud of how our teams, leaders and Directors adapt, innovate, and implement solutions to ensure our business is able to balance our existing operations with growth. I am very thankful to the family members of the BSE Community for the occasional sacrifices that are part of the fabric of the construction industry.

 Wishing our clients and project partners a happy Christmas and a safe and hopeful New Year and extend another warm thank you to our Teams who have gone above & beyond to deliver exceptional work.

Andrew Fraser

Out & About | Property Council Lunch - Melbourne

Many of BSE’s team members have been out and about recently at end of year project partner and industry events and celebrations. Here, team members from our Melbourne office enjoyed the opportunity to be at Property Council of Australia’s Annual Christmas Lunch recently.

Terrence Hing, Andrew Sayer, Amelia Fraser and Ben Barker relished the chance to catch up with industry peers, clients, project partners colleagur’s and friends and round out another great year for BSE’s Melbourne team.

Sip, Savor, and Celebrate: welcoming project partners to with wine & cheese 🍷🧀

A blend of sophistication and the usual BSE fun, our NSW Leads welcomed key project partners to a wine and cheese tasting in our Sydney office recently. A symphony of fine wines paired with French and Aussie cheeses, blended with real connections, partnerships and collaborative spirit.

Led through the tasting by Sydney Wine Centre, the curated selection with tasting tips and tricks was a great experience, everyone walked away with a new favourite.

Thank you to our valued project partners and clients for joining us for this event.

🎄 Festive Spirit: Decked Halls 🎄

As 2023 winds down, our offices have set vibes for Christmas. Simple and heartwarming, decorations across BSE’s offices brings the charm of Christmas to our teams. Classic colours, big or little trees and other festive notes, they help our teams share anticipation for the upcoming end-of-year break, and appreciate the simple fun of the season.  With a sprinkle of joy and a dash of holiday magic, as we look forward to a well-deserved break and the promise of a bright new year! 🌟🎅

10 Years of Tim!

Last week, our Brisbane team took the opportunity to celebrate with Tim O’Regan on his 10-year anniversary at BSE. Tim is an integral part of the BSE community, a talented engineer and team leader.

Tim has been with BSE since 2013, in that time the company and Brisbane office has seen significant growth, evolution and change, and we are pleased to have such a hard working, consistent and dedicated member of the BSE community like Tim has been there every step of the way.

Cameron Webb, Director, took the opportunity to express his appreciation for the care and commitment Tim has given to BSE’s success. He commented that “Over the past 10 years, we’ve seen Tim grow in his professional life, technical experience and leadership capacity. He’s an essential part of our QLD success”.

International Men's Day

Celebrating International Men’s Day

International Men's Day is an annual day of recognition to appreciate the positive contributions of men in society and the importance of effective male role models. Conversations about men’s issues are complex and humour can serve as a helpful icebreaker, and open doors to deeper and necessary conversations. Take a moment this International Men's Day to appreciate the men in our lives, their achievements and their resilience and vulnerability. By infusing a bit of humour, we may foster an environment where deeper conversations can flourish, breaking down stereotypes and promoting understanding.

As today is also World Toilet Day (to improve sanitation and water access for everyone driven by the UN), BSE has brought together our team’s greatest toilet jokes in honour of these two days.

Welcome | Claudia Faulkner as National People & Culture Manager

BSE is delighted to expand our management team to include Claudia Faulkner as National People & Culture Manager.

Concentrating our essential people aspect of BSE’s growth strategy into this new role provides our Directors and Managers with incredible support, and all our team members with deeper than ever resources and expertise to draw on through their own career journey.

With strong experience across people functions within consulting engineering within Australia, Claudia is an exceptional addition to Team BSE.

Andrew Fraser, CEO, said of the appointment:

“I am thrilled to welcome Claudia to BSE, her depth of experience and people focused approach will enhance our existing talented team, and provide an exceptional experience for our current and future team members. Claudia’s appointment will strongly assist BSE’s management team in working towards our National growth strategy. ”

— Andrew Fraser

National Safe Work Month 🦺

Here, our National Operations Manager, Jessica Chesser shares a quick update on National Safe Work Month, during October

BSE works with each state-territory specific legislation and our ISO45001 certification to provide safe and healthy workplaces for our team members, with our targeted objective "Working without Harm".

Full details on the month via SafeWork Australia:
https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/national-safe-work-month

Warm Open for Hunter & Barrel in Parramatta

BSE’s continued partnership with Seagrass Boutique Hospitality Group continues to deliver outstanding restaurant spaces for guests.

In Parramatta, specifically the Meriton dining Precinct, our latest pairing Hunter & Barrel provides another outstanding outdoor-inspired steak restaurant providing exquisite meats, fresh produce and craft beverages, combined to elevate the dining adventure!

Some of our delivery team were able to test out the incredible space and tastes, with a lunch and commissioning inspection combined!

Associate Director, Solomon Aluague said

“A flavour packed journey! A great way to ensure our designs are fit for use in such an incredible space”.

Out & About | BSE @ Property Congress in Adelaide!

BSE were at The Property Congress in Adelaide last week, with 800 delegates from across Australia to connect, inspire and drive the incredible work we deliver.

Our team members on the ground Godfrey Frederick (Director – National Strategic Partnerships), Terrence Hing (VIC Director) and Amelia Fraser (Manager – Strategic Partnership), shared their highlights: Demographer, Simon Kuestenmacher gave a sensational overview of Australia’s growth projections, aligning capability with opportunity, as well as Nedd Brockman’s “get comfortable being uncomfortable” a powerful message for individuals and organisations.

Once again Property Congress provided strong opportunity to connect with industry partners, peers and build new connections across Australia, including plenty of Adelaide locals.