Our Management Team
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| David Mann | Ian Macaskill | Andrew Cooper |
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| Brent Thomson | Darron Charity | Terry Mansfield |
David Mann
David’s experience is extensive including on-site construction management, corporate property management and project management consultancy.
Since establishing The Building Intelligence Group over 20 years ago, David has initiated and completed literally hundreds of projects across every sector of the industry, developing a very successful track record for meeting project deliverables.
David's focus is on ensuring that The Building Intelligence Group provides the highest quality services and delivers on its brand values. This includes mentoring staff and championing the need for excellence, and ensuring that our systems are continually upgraded and fine-tuned. He is also one of our key go to people for advice on complex technical and contractual issues.
David is an expert in methodologies for scoping and integrating Landlord and Tenant construction works and he has considerable skill in representing a Tenant's interest to ensure that Landlords deliver against agreed quality benchmarks and programme milestones. This requires a detailed understanding of acceptable building performance standards and commercial agreements; also the ability to think laterally to explore solutions acceptable to both parties and, most importantly, still protect his client’s interests. David also has an expert understanding of contracts and contract administration.
David has very strong project establishment skills and can quickly identify the key project issues and constraints and focus the project team. His experience enables him to challenge the process and develop project solutions in a constructive and supportive manner. This helps all participants, including the client, explore options until the most appropriate design and programme solutions are derived within agreed cost parameters.
David is the Managing Director and major shareholder of The Building Intelligence Group. If you would like to get in touch with David, you can email d.mann@tbig.co.nz. or call 021 436 829.
Ian Macaskill
Ian has acquired considerable experience in the Project Management field including design and construction management, cost estimating, programming, feasibility assessments and pre-purchase due diligence.
But there are three areas that he has made his own with a specialist expertise. The first is Bar and Restaurant fit-out. The second is dealing with the technological challenges of Call Centre and Communications Room fit-outs. And the third is in the unique area of heritage sites. Specific experience in this area includes project management for the Ministry of Culture and Heritage for the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior and for the Ministry of Justice on the Supreme Court projects at the Old Government Building and the Old High Court Building.
Ian’s strengths lie in his ability to manage a team-based approach to the project delivery and to promote an environment that fosters performance from the project participants and maintain a focus on achieving the projects objectives. His contracting background also provides him with excellent skills with which to assess design, identify alternatives and to work effectively with the construction team.
Ian is a Director and the Wellington Business Manager of The Building Intelligence Group. To contact Ian, you can email him on i.macaskill@tbig.co.nz. or call 021 439 532.
Andrew Cooper
Andrew brings to his Project Management a detailed and diverse knowledge of the construction industry, gained from his contracting background. He has a thorough understanding of key design disciplines allowing him to test and interrogate design solutions, provide lateral design alternatives and to work creatively with the client and the design and construction teams.
Andrew’s specialist strength lies in the project management and on-site construction management of refurbishment and fit-out projects ranging from multi-million dollar complex and integrated building refurbishments and fit-outs to simple alterations. Specific experience in these areas include Department of Internal Affairs, Inland Revenue and The Treasury. Andrew also has extensive experience in fast-track projects.
His ability to visualise the project from concept through to completion enables him to identify key project milestones for the client, design team and construction team. His knowledge of the building refurbishment and fit-out market allows him to quickly identify high-level project budgets as well as prepare detailed trade by trade cost estimates.
Andrew has a hands on approach and has developed an extensive and enviable track record for meeting project deliverables and obtaining maximum value. Andrew is extremely dedicated and makes a huge commitment to the successful outcome of the project.
Andrew is a Director and Project Director with The Building Intelligence Group. Andrew can be contacted at a.cooper@tbig.co.nz. or call 021 468 970.
Brent Thomson
As our Auckland Business Manager, Brent’s focus is developing great project teams for our Clients, maximising opportunities and managing challenges in the greater Auckland market. A key strength is his ability to build and maintain relationships that achieve great outcomes for our key partners and Clients.
Brent has specialised in commercial Project Management for the past 12 years and adds significant value to development and commercial contracts and projects.His contribution extends across a wide range of disciplines, including tenant representation, base build and tenant project management and functional change management. Brent possesses high attention to detail, and provides clear and focused leadership on projects.
Brent is an open and clear communicator with experience in working within organisations to deliver on client expectations. He has excellent commercial acumen and strong negotiating skills. Brent's ability to call upon an extensive network of skilled project professionals has enabled him to successfully deliver complex projects and to provide his clients with the comfort that their needs are being met with detailed focus.
As our Auckland Business Manager, Brent is all about building partnerships that endure. He is a great networker and a strong leader for our Auckland team. To contact Brent, email him on b.thomson@tbig.co.nz or call 021 779 955.
Darron Charity
Darron is a born and bred Cantabrian and is personally living through the ramifications of Christchurch's devastating earthquakes. This makes his determination to make a difference to the critical rebuilding of Christchurch all that much stronger.
As our Christchurch Business Manager, he is leading a team of professionals who are intent on helping people get through the challenging times ahead. As Christchurch rebuilds, The Building Intelligence Group is fortunate to have Darron at its helm as a level headed, fast acting professional who can make the decisions that will get the recovery and rebuild moving for commercial businesses.
Darron is a voice of experience with over 20 years of commercial project management and residential construction behind him and he has built a respected reputation for developing honest and trusted relationships. He has a proven track record across a wide sector of industry including commercial construction, marine, education and high performance sport projects. The sheer scope of projects he has tackled shows his ability to think outside the norm.
The Building Intelligence Group could think of no one better or more dedicated to leading our Canterbury response team than Darron. Darron's ability to access extensive networks of skilled project and construction professionals is exceptional and his decisive approach will be valued in the months and years ahead.
Darron has the weight of all our nationwide resources behind him, with professionals from both our Auckland and Wellington offices also in readiness to help.
Darron can be contacted on d.charity@tbig.co.nz or call 029 200 9395.
Terry Mansfield
Terry is experienced and skilled in quality project delivery for the property industry as a leading development and project manager for public authorities, property owners, developers and building contractors.
He has astute judgement in the perception of risks, having undertaken contracts on "both sides of the fence." Terry has a track record of highly successful projects in public and private sectors including residential, social housing, cultural venues, heritage, retail, commercial, industrial, education and tourism developments. He is highly experienced in assessing procurement strategies, contract writing, tendering and negotiating contracts in traditional and alternative formats and the administration of different types of building contracts.
Terry's experience and knowledge of Public Private Partnerships (PPP's) is quite possibly second to none in the market. He took a strategic role in the procurement strategy of the Vector Arena. There were few PPP precedents in New Zealand at the time. In his role as Contract and Development Manager, Terry successfully led a strategic focus on the major issues and procurement challenges that defined the overall outcomes of this successful project. Terry is relishing the opportunities that lie ahead for PPP's in New Zealand.
Terry Mansfield is a Project Director, based in our Auckland office. To contact Terry, you can email him on t.mansfield@tbig.co.nz or call 021 958 703.