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Geoff Falk South West Region

Geoffrey is highly experienced as an architect specialising in the master planning and design of major projects, urban spaces, and large-scale public facilities. He has extensive experience in integrated community projects, design for the community and arts and complex heritage issues. He has also practiced environmentally sustainable design since the 1970s and is a strategic thinker with a sophisticated knowledge of architectural planning and contemporary aesthetics and practiced environmental design skills.

Throughout his career Geoffrey has been commissioned to design, document and project manage many one family custom-designed houses, project houses and multi-unit residential projects.

Geoffrey has a great capacity to visualise and develop conceptual solutions for a wide array of project types. His visualisations are locally and internationally acknowledged as being highly successful in communicating to the public and stakeholder groups the key design criteria in planning and urban design.

Angelo Inguanti South West Region

Angelo Inguanti entered into the building industry in 1965 as a young carpenter apprentice, after leaving the family market gardening business, to carry out cabinetry, framing, lockup and fixings and progressed to become a registered builder in 1983.

Angelo has built more than 250 homes as a sole trader within the metropolitan area and Bellarine Peninsula. Now retired at Point Lonsdale, Angelo gives much more time to enjoying his family and grandchildren and travelling around Australia and Europe with his wife, Antoinette.

Tony Croucher North West Region

Tony has in excess of 40 years experience in all facets of domestic building, both ‘hands on’ and in management positions.

He is a carpenter by trade and for approximately 20 years ran his own company specialising in boutique construction and in particular period extensions and renovations with a team of between five and 12 carpenters. Tony spent the next 10 years or so working with both smaller boutique builders and volume builders in the roles of Building Site Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, Warranty Services Manager, Construction Manager, and Metropolitan Building Manager.

Tony spent the following eight years as a building consultant with one of Melbourne’s largest and most respected building consultancies, initially as a consultant and then as senior consultant. In July 2011, Tony started the consulting practice of Tony Croucher and Associates.

As a Consultant, Tony specialises in domestic construction and is mostly involved in litigation matters before the Courts or VCAT. He regularly appears as an expert witness and has given evidence in all levels of the Courts and VCAT.

TOM O’DOWD NORTH WEST REGION

Tom O’Dowd has been involved with construction from his earliest memories. The passion for building and carpentry has not diminished in over 50 years. Experiences include both commercial and domestic construction and related industries.

Beginning an apprenticeship in carpentry and joinery in 1970, Tom enjoyed a transition from working carpenter to running a small building business.

The challenge of working on larger projects with tight deadlines and attention to detail saw Tom move to shopping Centre construction with the role of site manager.

Tom has experience in construction management and industrial relations having worked on several large projects in both Victoria and interstate. Joining a building consultancy company over three years ago

Tom is now fully engaged in the building consultancy facet of the industry.

Recently Tom has started his own practice in building consultancy, writing building reports and appearing regularly in VCAT as an expert witness.