NSW State Manager Patrick Elliott Patrick has particular interest in the integration of pragmatic sustainable design into buildings. A mechanical engineer, he has led many multi discipline projects across a range of building sectors and particularly enjoys working in the Sports and Recreation, Public, Commercial and Tertiary sectors. He graduated from Dublin Institute of Technology [...]
Designing the audio visual services for one of the University of Melbourne’s most significant building projects in recent years was an interesting challenge, and one that has successfully delivered new, dynamic purpose-built learning and teaching spaces for students and staff. The recently completed $65M Arts West redevelopment is the new home for the University’s Bachelor [...]
Two Umow Lai Associates, Silvia Misuraca and Chris Grafton-White, talk about their careers. Silvia Misuraca, Senior Associate and Fire Engineer. “I started working at Umow Lai over 18 years ago as a Fire Services Engineer under the watchful eye of Dominic Lai and David Uhlhorn. Over the years I’ve wondered why do we work so [...]
“I am very proud to achieve this 25 years milestone and it was heartening to see so many of our clients from the construction industry at our celebratory event at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 6 September,” Dominic Lai, Umow Lai Managing Director commented. Around 350 people joined Dominic in the Jim Stynes Room which [...]
Ecolibrium editor matt Dillon breaks bread with Dominic Lai, M.AIRAH, one of the co-founders of consultancy Umow Lai about his eponymous business, which is this year celebrating its 25th anniversary. Read complete article Ecolibrium celebrates Umow Lai’s 25 years
To celebrate Umow Lai's 25th anniversary, a veritable who's who of people associated with the engineering, architecture, property and building industry joined the Directors and staff for a night of celebration in the Jim Stynes Room at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday, 6 September, 2016. Around 300 people attended on the night and standing [...]
Willow Aliento | 16 August 2016 Cbus Property and Charter Hall’s 171 Collins Street building in Melbourne has become the city’s first to achieve a six star NABERS Energy rating without the use of Green Power – instead, the rating has been achieved entirely on the base building and operational energy use. A spokesman for [...]
Umow Lai helping upgrade Sydney's iconic Ferry Wharves Sydney's population is set to top five million by 2017, making it the first city in Australia to reach the five million mark. With the ten largest growth areas identified as being in the Sydney metropolitan area, the pressure to provide adequate, reliable and efficient public transport is [...]
