Victoria
Darren Turner
Construction Manager
Darren has been with the Australasian Retail Projects for over 6 years. He commenced his Carpentry & Joinery apprenticeship in New Zealand in 1988 then relocated himself to QLD shortly afterwards. After a 7 year stint in working in high rise maintenance in the commercial sector, he then started his own building company, specialising in residential construction. He joined Australasian Retail Projects as a Shopfitter in 2004 and then moved into the Construction Manager role in June 2009.
Graeme Medley
Construction Manager
Graeme started as his career in Joinery installations and then completing commercial fit-outs for 2 years. He then went on to do carpentry for a year and cabinet making for 11 years. Since starting with us he has worked his way through purchasing and leading hand positions to finally become a Construction Manager for the last 3 years. Graeme relocated to our Melbourne office in January 2010.
New South Wales
Stuart Hubrich
Construction Manager
Stuart has been a Construction Manager for Australasian for the last 18 months. His 14 year history in retail fit-outs both on the tools and in Project Management stands him well for a long future with Australasian Retail Projects.
Tom O'Connor
Construction Manager
Tom commenced his apprenticeship with Australasian Retail Projects in 1987. He moved to New Zealand in 1990 to build up the business there and more recently has been working in Singapore, working with our Australian clients who are currently expanding into Asia.
Dragan Jovanovski
Construction Manager
Dragan started out undertaking a Cabinet Maker course at a Sydney Tafe. He then had 4 years in office/commercial fit-outs, 1 year carpentry and 10 years custom Joinery before coming to Australasian. He has worked his way up from office/purchasing, tradesman/leading hand to having become a Construction Manager for us for the last 3 years.
Queensland
Austin Perry
Construction Manager
Austin has been with us as a Construction Manager for 12 months and before that held the positions of foreman and on site shop fitter. Austin's varied history started with an apprenticeship and years working in the industry in the UK before coming to Australia in 2002.
Shaun Resuggan
Construction Manager
Shaun commenced his apprenticeship at Australasian during 2000. Since that time he has worked his way through various positions within our construction team and in early 2008 was appointed Construction Manager. Shaun brings with him great hands on experience which he has developed during his tenure with Australasian.
Western Australia
Marcus Foreman
Construction Manager
Marcus started with ARP three years ago after making the move to Western Australia from Sydney. He commenced his career with Odlin Shopfitting when he started his apprenticeship then moved to Classic Shopfitting He then had a change of industries, where for 10 years he worked in the Transport arena. The break gave Marcus a renewed interest for the Shopfitting industry so he returned and is now a Construction Manager in our WA office.
New Zealand
Graham Stirling
Construction Manager
Graham joined Australasian in 2005 and brought with him vast experience from his tenure in the building industry. Graham's career commenced in 1987 when he started his apprenticeship and his Advanced Trade Certificate in Building and Joinery which he completed in 1992. He then moved to the role of Site Foreman with Shears and Mak Shopfitting from 1993 to 1996. The position of Site Foreman then encouraged Graham to commence his own Light Commercial Construction business, which he ran from 1996 to 2002, specialising in residential house and office and shop fit outs. After a period of 2 years working as a Project Coordinator for a large UK joinery company, Graham then made the move to Australasian Retail Projects in the role of Construction Manager.