Richard has significant experience in Quantity Surveying, both in a contracting as well in a consultant QS capacity. He also has proven skills in project and company management.

Richard started with ABL in 1990 as a Senior Quantity Surveyor after coming back from seven years in Australia and the UK, four of which were spent managing consultant Quantity Surveying practices.

He became Dunedin Manager in 1994 before becoming a Director of ABL in 2002 and then more recently taking up the reigns as Managing Director. Some of the significant projects he has been directly involved in as a Quantity Surveyor or Project Manager include:

• Order of St John Redevelopment
• Otago Regional Council Headquarters redevelopment
• Dunedin Casino
• Otago University Students Association Aquatic Centre
• Te Tumu School of Maori Studies
• Queens High School gymnasium
• Milton Prison
• Dunedin Chinese Gardens
• Hunter Centre
• Otago House Redevelopment
• Town Hall Redevelopment