Touch base with TeamBSE - Jessica Chesser
Easter! 🐇🐥🐰🐣
Easter is a time of renewal and hope, and a chance to celebrate with family and friends. This year, as we continue to navigate challenges, we’re embracing the spirit of Easter and look forward to new opportunities.
From BSE, we wish you a happy and joyful Easter. We hope this time brings you and your loved ones closer together and creates happy memories.
Our teams enjoyed Hot Cross buns and Easter Eggs this week!
BSE QLD 10 Year Celebration!
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY - PANEL DISCUSSION
Jessica Chesser and Madison Lanthois at the IWD luncheon
During International Women’s Week, one of BSE’s Hydraulic Engineers, Madison Lanthois from our Adelaide office was invited to be part of WIDAC’s International Women’s Day panel discussion on “Embrace Equity”.
‘Madi’ provided insight, experience and expertise to attendees, offering a unique position as someone in the earlier stages of her career. Madi discussed the highs and lows, and provided a woman’s experience growing within her role and influence in the property and construction industry.
The panel discussed topics surrounding some of the challenges of the female experience within the industry. There was conversation around enabling and encouraging more women to enter the industry and the actions that can be made at a schooling or tertiary level to push that progression, the panel discussed maternity and paternity leave and the ongoing advancements in that space, alongside observations surrounding career progression and growth.
Madi, deep in panel discussion
On her experience, Madi comments: “I had a wonderful time participating in the panel discussion and being given the opportunity to share my insight and experience. Thanks to the wonderful WIDAC team for inviting me to join them. I specifically enjoyed our discussion around how to entice more women into the industry and how to better support them through new opportunities and various stages of their personal and work lives.”
Accompanied by BSE's National Operations Manager, Jessica Chesser, they both thoroughly enjoyed the event and the opportunity for thought provoking discussion and connection with the local Adelaide industry.
Global Day of the Engineer
Building Services Engineers, BSE. Key word: engineers.
Some of BSE’s Brisbane team, enjoying their cookies!
This past weekend marked the Global Day of the Engineer.
Nationally, BSE’s teams are packed with an abundance of talent & expertise across all facets of the business, but our business is engineering. Our engineers are the absolute powerhouse of our business, our client offering, our true partnership commitment and project delivery.
Our engineers are fun, diligent, witty, creative, explorative, innovative, and incredibly committed. Committed to their job, your projects, and our team.
We couldn’t be more thankful for the hours of hard work and dedication our teams put in, so in a small but tasty gesture of thanks, we shared some sweet treats to recognise the day and our engineer’s efforts.
Godfrey’s travels, out & about!
Kicking the new year off to a cracking start, National Strategic Partnerships Director, Godfrey Frederick is traveling the country, visiting BSE’s various offices and enjoying the opportunity to catch up with team members, clients, and project partners.
Most recently, he visited Melbourne and took the opportunity to pop by a couple of our recently completed projects, Meat & Wine Co on Southbank and Five Guys on Southbank. BSE worked in collaboration with Seagrass to deliver these wonderful spaces, alongside various other spaces in both franchises. Check out our full profile on the rollout of the funky Meat and Wine Co spaces, here.
Godfrey is looking forward to visiting BSE’s other offices over the next few weeks, relishing the opportunity to enjoy industry connection and collaboration.
A Day at the Football!
As we sprint toward the finish line of 2022, we’re reflecting on the year and specifically all of the wonderful people TeamBSE has welcomed into our teams this year. Each of them brings exceptional technical experience, innovative ideas, and a whole lot of laughs.
BSE is made up of talented, professional, creative, and passionate people, who work hard and have some fun along the way. It’s been wonderful to see our teams and business expand across the past 12 months.
Our promise to our teams is building for growth, innovation, engineering excellence and BSE fun!
If you’re interested in joining TeamBSE, we share all our open roles on our Careers page or pop your CV through to careers@bse.com.au if your expertise aligns!
New Starters of 2022
As we sprint toward the finish line of 2022, we’re reflecting on the year and specifically all of the wonderful people TeamBSE have welcomed into our teams this year. Each of them bringing exceptional technical experience, innovative ideas, and a whole lot of laughs.
BSE is made up of talented, professional, creative, and passionate people, who work hard and have some fun along the way. It’s been wonderful to see our teams and business expand across the past 12 months.
Our promise to our teams is building for growth, innovation, engineering excellence and BSE fun!
If you’re interested in joining TeamBSE, we share all our open roles on our Careers page or pop your CV through to careers@bse.com.au if your expertise aligns!
Silly Season Begins!
Over the past week, members of BSE’s SA Team have enjoyed immersing themselves in some industry events, connecting with peers and colleagues.
BSE’s National Operations Manager Jessica Chesser and Hydraulic Engineer, Madison Lanthois attended the SA Property Council Future Directions EOY Event last Friday, and also the second Adelaide WIDAC event, the EOY Celebration last night. Both events were a wonderful opportunity to further connect with industry network and friends, and to let their hair down after a big year!
Reflecting on the events, Jessica commented that ‘it’s wonderful to see Adelaide coming back to life and getting into the swing of events after a challenging couple of years, what a great way to kick off the silly season!’.
Jess and Madi look forward further connecting with industry at future events!
2022 Property Congress Gold Coast
BSE’s Amelia Fraser (National Strategic Partnerships) and Fergus Mactaggart (National ESD Leader) represented BSE at the 2022 Gold Coast Property Congress, and what an incredible time they had!
Embracing the opportunity to connect with industry peers from across the nation, listening to the best and brightest in the industry share their collective knowledge, experience & industry predictions and then topping off the days with a few drinks, some wonderful food and dancing the night away, they relished every moment.
Both being first time congress attendees, Amelia and Fergus enjoyed taking the whole experience in their stride, attending all sessions and connecting with other delegates.
Of her experience, Amelia shared “Congress was wonderful. Having the opportunity to chat, connect and collaborate with so many industry peers and colleagues from across the nation was incredible. The openness and opportunity for connection, paired with the information Fergus and I were able to soak up from the various sessions was priceless. Thanks to all of the other delegates and wonderful Property Council team for putting together such a worthwhile couple of days.”
Similarly, Fergus shared: “I thoroughly enjoyed the few days and found huge value in meeting so many new and interesting people. The sessions were all wonderful, I specifically enjoyed the session deep diving the 2032 Brisbane Olympic games, looking at the value and potential it will bring to the city, showcasing Brisbane and Australia on an international scale.”
The BSE team are already looking forward to attending the 2023 Congress in South Australia!
SA L3 DIT Prequalification
BSE’s Adelaide team have received confirmation of an upgrade to Level 3 for the DIT (Department for Infrastructure and Transport) Prequalification.
Within this upgrade, BSE’s SA Team are now registered to deliver services with a level 3 standard, across the following categories:
Lead Professional Service Contractor (Engineering)
Discipline Professional Service Contractor
o Mechanical Engineer
o Hydraulic Engineer
o Fire Engineer
o Electronic Engineer
o Electrical Engineer
BSE look forward to utilising this prequalification, paired with our teams’ vast expertise and gaining involvement in some large, exciting projects.
Property Congress Gold Coast 2022 - BSE Attendees
Twice in one year, what a treat! The PCA Property Congress is back, and BSE will once again be in attendance.
Our team members enjoying the spoils of the Gold Coast will be Amelia Fraser (National Strategic Partnerships) and Fergus Mactaggart (National ESD Leader). The BSE team are looking forward to connecting with all of the attendees and participate in the thought leadership, networking opportunities and hearing from the exciting line up speakers at the many sessions over Congress.
If you are there, come and say hi!
Welcome Stephen Kozakiewicz
The BSE Acoustics team expands as we welcome Stephen Kozakiewicz
Stephen is an acoustic professional mechanical engineer, with 22 years of experience across an impressive range of industry sectors and all project stages. Having completed noise and vibration related projects across Australia, Stephen brings extensive project design, technical review and implementation experience as well as contracting and management knowledge to the BSE team.
Stephen’s work-based passion is to create quality and compliant acoustic spaces.
Outside of his 9-5, Stephen loves family, music and native flora and fauna. If he is not terraforming his bush property, Stephen is out bush walking, kayaking, bike riding or at the beach. And if that’s not already a very full plate, Stephen also runs a not-for-profit Aikido dojo.
Welcome to the BSE Team, Stephen!
EY Fitout
Commercial fit-outs are a significant component of BSE Melbourne’s project base, creating exquisite spaces and identifying ways to bring life, inspiration, and creativity into newly updated workspaces.
BSE was recently engaged to partner with CBRE, developing and delivering a fitout for Ernst & Young (EY), at 8 Exhibition Street, in Melbourne’s CBD. This project involved a two-floor lighting and power upgrade for the refurbished meeting rooms and the concierge, as well as a full mechanical services upgrade.
Working alongside the project management team, architects, and builders, the BSE delivery team developed a lighting design, highlighting architectural wall finishes along the executive corridors. Multizone lighting was incorporated in the meeting rooms, providing functional lighting that is most suitable for video conferencing – BSE strives to adapt design to the evolution of workspace usage, specifically surrounding the significant increase in video conferencing.
When creating workspaces, the user experience is always at the forefront of the BSE designers’ minds, across this project, BSE has incorporated new Wavespace lighting. The integration of this lighting design harmonizes with the finishes and allows flexibility and adjustment to create a space and atmosphere to the user's liking.
BSE thoroughly enjoyed working on this project and hopes the EY team enjoys their refurbished space.
Giving Back: Godfrey Frederick’s Blood Donation Story
People who lived in the United Kingdom for over 6 months between 1980 and 1996 can now give blood in Australia. However, when I landed in Australia in 2007 this was not the case. As a veteran of more than 40 donations in the UK I was extremely disappointed when I discovered that donations would not be accepted from me.
As someone who has witnessed firsthand how blood donations save lives every single day, I take pride in donating blood knowing that I am contributing to society at large.
As of September, changes have been made to the Australian blood donation rules for people from the UK, meaning I am now allowed to donate my blood! Having made my appointment, I went along to the Lifeblood York Street centre, the check in and questionnaire process was simple and painless. Being a tad afraid of needles, I was expecting the blood extraction to be extremely painful (as I recall from my UK days). However, to my surprise it was pain free due to the skill of the phlebotomist (blood collector) and the use of an anaesthetic wipe!
It took about 10 minutes to complete the process and after a cup of tea and a biscuit I was on my way. Job done.
The work of Lifeblood and the dedicated staff cannot be understated and knowing that we have a shortage of blood products in Australia, I urge everyone to consider donating for the good of us all. I did!
The Green Gecko Project
Last Friday, BSE’s CEO, Andrew Fraser and National Strategic Partnerships Director, Godfrey Frederick were overjoyed at the opportunity to host Cambodian Architectural and Occupational Therapy students and i2c’s Anthony Merlin on Sydney Harbour. Basking in the sunshine, BSE were pleased to give the students a wonderful perspective of Sydney by boat.
The three students have travelled to Australia as part of The Green Gecko Project, a charity recognised for bringing effective, sustainable, and positive change to the communities they work with. They have empowered many Cambodian families, living in poverty, to raise their children in a safe and nurturing environment. Through mentoring, training, health initiatives and social enterprises, the Green Gecko Project has assisted in helping families successfully break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.
Andrew Fraser commented
“When approached by one of our project partners, Anthony Merlin at i2C Architects, we jumped at the opportunity to be involved and organise an afternoon on Sydney harbour. The Green Gecko Project is an awe-inspiring charity, Godfrey and myself were humbled to meet these wonderful young people. I commend i2C for their continued support of the charity and those benefitting”
JLL Presentation
BSE’s CEO Andrew Fraser, NSW Director Stuart Johnson and National Acoustics Team Leader David Luck were invited to deliver a Building Services presentation to the JLL PDS team this week.
Broadcast nationally out of JLL’s Sydney CBD office, BSE’s team used the time to deep dive numerous service elements and important considerations for the PDS Project Managers. They navigated their way through core disciplines, a crash course in services essentials and application in tenancies, paired with discussions surrounding Safety in Design and Commissioning.
Thank you to the JLL team for welcoming us to knowledge share and add further depth to your teams understanding of the role and requirements of services engineering, specifically across interior fitout projects.
R U Ok? Day
R U OK? Day 2022. An immensely important day for so many reasons.
This year, we reached out to our teams and encouraged them to participate in an anonymous survey, asking that they reflect on the past 12 months. The survey asked our team to reflect on how they maintain positive mental health and the strategies they’ve implemented to navigate any challenges.
Today, our teams were invited to listen in and hear the core R U OK? day message – ask, listen, encourage action and check-in, provided by our National Operations Manager, Jessica Chesser. This package included information about resources for personal and professional use if the team or someone they know isn’t OK. The specific video included covers RU OK? recommended strategy to ask and respond.
R U OK? Day Cookies were distributed to the offices in the form of a sweet, sugary pick-me-up. We hope the BSE Community enjoys munching away on a cookie as they connect and check in with their colleagues, family, and friends.
Thank you to TeamBSE for taking the time to participate in the survey, and for being open and honest in the conversations today, and being encouraging and having R U OK? day conversations, every day of the year. Thank you to Jessica for putting together such an informative presentation.
Additional Resources:
R U OK? website: https://www.ruok.org.au/how-to-ask
Lifeline website: https://www.lifeline.org.au/
BeyondBlue website: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
Tree of knowledge ‘Walk and talk’
A chilly but beautiful, blue skied, sunny Sydney morning was the perfect backdrop to the very first Tree of Knowledge ‘Walk & Talk’.
Amelia, Godfrey, Nicki and Andrew!
BSE’s CEO & National Finance Director, Andrew Fraser and Nicki Fraser, joined by the National Strategic Partnerships Team, Godfrey Frederick and Amelia Fraser enjoyed the wonderful 6.5km walk to kick off the day, as they chatted away with industry colleagues.
Traditionally, TOK events have always been held in the evening, however, this slightly different approach was a wonderful way to get out and about in the sunshine, enjoy some vitamin D and connect with our industry partners in a slightly different way.
A huge thanks to the NSW TOK Committee for pulling this event together, we’re already looking forward to the next one.
Adelaide Team Outing!
Our Adelaide team enjoyed the opportunity for some quality team bonding time as they took on an escape room, locked in a mad scientists lair they needed to follow the clues and make it out! Spoiler alert: they succeeded.
The Adelaide team were pleased to have Amelia Fraser, from BSE’s National Strategic Partnerships team, join them, as she was in Adelaide for client meetings.
After coming together as a team and meticulously working through the various clues, possibly also paired with a smidge of luck, the team exited the mad scientists lair as successful escapees, they then enjoyed some rooftop drinks watching a glorious Adelaide sunset, followed by a team dinner.
Orlando Cavuoto, SA’s Regional Manager commented,
‘Myself and the team enjoyed the opportunity to share some quality time together outside of the office, the escape room was a lot of fun and it was great to see the team working together and having a good time doing it!’.
