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
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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
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Bachelor of Economics, University of Adelaide, 1989
Company Directors Course, AICD, 2010
Daniel Ahrens
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Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Civil and Environmental)
University of Adelaide, 2002

Mentors

Tim Viner Smith
Kyle Yang

Technical Specialists

John Olson
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Managing Director
Road Design
Road Transport Planning
Road Asset Management
Local Area Strategic Bicycle Plans
Community Wastewater
Simon Chartier
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Operations Manager
Traffic Data Services
Daniel Ahrens
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Principal Engineer, Roads and Transport
Senior Road Safety Auditor
Road Design
Traffic Impact Statements
Community Wastewater
Stormwater
Project and Contract Management
Local Government Works
Safe System Assessments
David Sutcliffe
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Project Management
Traffic Engineering
Civil Design
Asset Management
Town Planning and Land Development
Tim Viner Smith
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Road Safety Audits
Heavy Vehicle Route Assessments
Transport Planning
Safe System Assessments
Kyle Yang
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Road Safety Audits
BlackSpot Investigations
Local Area Strategic Bicycle Plans
Safe System Assessments
Richard Medhurst
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Road Safety Audits
Road Design
Storm Water Design
Heavy Vehicle Route Assessments
Safe System Assessments
Ellen Ahrens
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Community Wastewater Management Systems
Wastewater Treatment and Re-Use
Stormwater Design
Brendon Beirne
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Business Development Officer
Principal Engineer
Roads & Transport
Barry Fishburn
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Road Safety Audits
Road Design
Herman Zhou
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Road Safety Audits
Road Design
Stormwater Design
Harry Du
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Road Design Engineer
Road Design
Stormwater Design
Providing technical support to customers
Preparing funding applications for council road projects
Building structural design
Zidong Wang
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Civil and Transport Engineer
Road Design
Road Safety Audits
Road Asset Management
Traffic Data Services
Traffic Impact Statements
Parking Studies
Local Area Strategic Bicycle Plans
Blackspot Investigations
Rider Reategui
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Graduate Engineer
Road design from concept to detailed designs in rural and urban roads
Signage, road safety and barriers designs
Roadway inventory
GIS Map generation
Alexander John
Graduate Engineer
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
Kelly Rainsford
Administration Officer
Data collection
Data entry