People

Our team of professional engineers and support staff are committed to providing high quality and innovative solutions for the development and on-going management of safe and sustainable public infrastructure. Over the past 30 years, HDS Australia has forged a strong reputation as a specialised civil engineering and project management consultancy that can provide high quality services to all levels of government, and to the private sector, in a cost effective and professional manner.

Directors

John Olson

Bachelor of Engineering, Civil (First Class Honours), University of Adelaide, 1978
Chartered Professional Engineer, Engineers Australia, 1994
Registered Quality System Auditor/Assessor, PE Batalas, 1994
Company Directors Course Diploma, AICD, 2002
Engineering Executive, Engineers Australia, 2006

Simon Chartier

Bachelor of Economics, University of Adelaide, 1989
Company Directors Course, AICD, 2010

Team Leaders

Tim Viner Smith

Kyle Yang

Richard Medhurst

Technical Specialists

Tim Viner Smith

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Engineering Manager

Chartered Professional Engineer, Engineers Australia
Senior Traffic & Transport Engineer
Senior Road Safety Auditor
Heavy Vehicle Route Assessments
Transport Planning
Safe System Assessments

Simon Chartier

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Operations Manager

Traffic Data Services

John Olson

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Principal Engineer

Road Design
Road Transport Planning
Road Asset Management
Local Area Strategic Bicycle Plans

Brendon Beirne

Principal Engineer
Roads & Transport

Richard Medhurst

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Senior Civil Engineer

Road Safety Audits
Road Design
Storm Water Design
Heavy Vehicle Route Assessments
Safe System Assessments

Kyle Yang

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Senior Traffic Engineer

Road Safety Audits
BlackSpot Investigations
Local Area Strategic Bicycle Plans
Safe System Assessments

Douglas Blankson

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Senior Engineer

Senior Road Safety Auditor
Traffic Engineering
Road Safety Engineering
Project & Team Management
Network Safety Management & Reviews
Crash Reduction Studies / crash analysis
Local Area Traffic Management Schemes
Non Motorised / Vulnerable Road User Reviews
School Travel Plans

Gagandeep Singh

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Senior Traffic & Transport Engineer

Road Safety Audits
Safe System Assessments
Crash Reduction Studies
Road Safety Barriers
Blackspot Investigation
Local Area Traffic Management(LATM)
Traffic Impact Assessments

Ellen Ahrens

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Civil & Environmental Engineer

Stormwater Design

Herman Zhou

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Principal Technical Officer

Senior Road Safety Auditor
Road Design
Stormwater Design

Zidong Wang

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Civil and Transport Engineer

Senior Road Safety Auditor
Road Design
Road Asset Management
Traffic Data Services
Traffic Impact Statements
Parking Studies
Local Area Strategic Bicycle Plans
Blackspot Investigations

Alexander John

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Experienced Traffic Engineer

Road Safety Auditor
Site inspection and investigation
Traffic and Parking reports
Intersection concept designs
Blackspot assessments and concept designs
Traffic survey
Data collection and entry
Analysing road and signage