OUR TEAM
Senior Associates
Lucy Smith, Senior Associate
Lucy is an experienced Civil and Environmental Engineer who has worked on major infrastructure projects as a contractor, consultant and on the government client side. Lucy has worked as an Environmental Engineer on an open-cut coal mine in the Hunter Valley and also worked for 4 years as an Environmental Engineer on a major motorway infrastructure project in Sydney. As a consultant, Lucy has spent the last 4 years on infrastructure and mining projects assisting with the preparation and review of environmental documentation including environmental impact assessments, construction environmental management plans and compliance documentation. Recently Lucy has been on a secondment with Transport for NSW in the planning and environment team for the Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link program, working on delivery of two large environmental impact statements. Lucy is able to assist clients with environmental management, planning, assessments and compliance, enabling them to meet their statutory obligations while minimising impacts on the environment and the community.
Lee Levsen, Senior Associate
Lee has extensive experience in the setup and delivery of D&C projects within the infrastructure and resources sectors. His expertise includes project delivery, commercial management, interface management, contract administration, procurement, project scheduling claims analysis, expert reports and mechanical engineering. His experience encompasses the delivery of roads and tunnels, major pipeline infrastructure projects for oil and gas clients, reverse osmosis plants including sea water and brackish water, waste water treatment facilities on a resort island and coal seam gas drainage projects for mining and energy clients. Amongst other things, Lee was the commercial and contract manager for WestConnex Stage 1B and 3A for Transurban valued at approximately $10B. Lee has a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Commerce.
Alexander Bye, Senior Associate
Alex is a Chartered Professional Engineer with extensive experience in commercial advisory and construction management services, and providing engineering and technical support for major infrastructure projects. His experience includes working with multinational contractors, consultancies and government agencies across heavy rail, marine, road and tunnel projects. Alex recently held the role of Transaction Advisor for the $16B North East Link in Victoria for the Major Transport Infrastructure Authority, where he worked across commercial and technical teams to support the transaction process. He was also the Commercial Project Manager for the $2B M6 project. Other key projects include the Sea City Project, Kuwait; Silvergrass Road and Overpass Tunnel, WA; and the Roy Hill Rail Project, WA.
Michael Jennings, Senior Associate
Michael is an experienced Commercial Manager with international experience working in the UK and Canada. Michael specialises in commercial management with a focus on managing client-side responsibilities and the execution of Tier One commercial contracts across rail, utilities, wastewater, social infrastructure, and building. Michael has gained extensive experience having worked in senior commercial roles for clients such as Crossrail - Transport for London and Tier One contractors such as Costain Skanska Joint Venture on Crossrail. Other notable projects include commercial and contract management for High Speed 2, Brighton and Hove wastewater project, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (University of Montreal Health Centre), and Western Alberta Transmission Line.
Duncan Binney, Senior Associate
Duncan is experienced in providing project development, procurement, delivery, post completion and commercial services on some of NSW’s most high-profile projects. Duncan has worked for a range of government and private clients in the transport, utilities and infrastructure sectors providing great value to his clients. Duncan’s pragmatic outcome focused approach and ability to integrate into large multi-disciplinary teams (including legal, technical, construction, commercial, project controls, environmental, communications, operations and maintenance) has been an asset to his clients and their projects.
Duncan’s most recent experience is working for NorthWestern Roads as a Senior Project Engineer & Commercial Advisor on NorthConnex (post motorway opening). Prior to this Duncan worked for WaterNSW as the Commercial Manager for the Asset Renewals and Replacement Program (a minor capital works program with an annual value of up to $65m), as the program transitioned into a new delivery model.
Duncan has worked on multiple stages of the WestConnex program of works including Stage 1B (M4 East) and Stage 3A (Main Tunnel Works) in the capacity of transaction management and technical team support during the development phase as well as commercial support, claims review and contract administration during the delivery phase.
Luke Hughes, Senior Associate
Luke has extensive advisory experience in the infrastructure and utilities sectors, including strategic PMO establishment, due diligence, regulatory support, governance, cost estimating, portfolio management and project delivery. Luke’s experience includes playing a key role in the Networks NSW Electricity privatisation process for NSW Treasury; a $20B+ energy asset transaction. Luke’s role involved detailed analysis and investigation into CAPEX and OPEX forecasts, review of project selection and prioritisation, business processes and controls, and business transformation. Recently he has also been involved in the establishment of a new PMO at Ausgrid focused on the efficient and effective delivery of capital and maintenance activities.
Lisa Granqvist, Senior Associate
Lisa has worked with both government and private organisations across several industry sectors, including electricity transmission and distribution, water resources and utilities, and transport. She has extensive experience in providing advisory services relating to due diligence, business processes, business transformation, capital and operational works planning, program of works, governance and environment.
Lisa played a key role as part of the technical advisor team for the technical due diligence of the Networks NSW Electricity Privatisation Process for NSW Treasury, a $20B+ energy asset transaction, as well as a key role in establishment of a new PMO and implementation of capital governance transformation initiatives at Ausgrid. Recent engagements include Senior Contract Manager on the M7-M12 Integration Project, Senior Commercial Manager – Concessions for Transurban’s NSW Assets team, and environmental advisor/coordinator for the Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link Program EIS development.