Farewell Graham Ward
In September, the BM team celebrated the 39-year career of Graham Ward, who joined us in 1980 as a Graduate Surveyor and leaves us to embark on a well-earned retirement. As a local business, it’s a real privilege to have someone choose to spend their entire career with our team and we’ve been fortunate to have Graham stay with our business for such a long time.
Across his career with BM, Graham applied his craft to the north in all environments. He was instrumental in pioneering survey work associated with the location of the Great Barrier Reef Floating Hotel and took the lead in many other signature projects including the Imax and Reef Wonderland development, Nelly Bay harbour, and many residential estates and unit developments across the City.
His contribution to defining and shaping BM has been significant. His leadership and contribution to the industry and survey profession is also unquestioned, quite rightly inducted as a SSSI Fellow 2017.
By the numbers, we estimate Graham has been responsible for at least:
– 9,200 work days
– Over 8,200 discrete job instructions
Graham has made a huge contribution to helping BM become the business it is today – a true expert, highly professional, resolutely fair, greatly committed, a giver of knowledge.
Congratulations on a fantastic career, Graham! We’re proud to have been a part of it and thankful for your significant contribution to our team!
BM Director recognised for charity contribution
| Brazier Motti Director Stephen Motti has been recognised by the Salvation Army after stepping down as Chairman of their annual Red Shield Appeal North Queensland committee. Stephen has been a part of the fundraising committee for eight years with well over $1 million raised in this time. The Red Shield Appeal is the major annual fundraiser for the Salvos, with the North Queensland Business Breakfast an annual highlight of the Townsville appeal. Donations generated through the campaign are spent locally, supporting those in need in North Queensland. Congratulations to Stephen on this recognition and for his many years of commitment to this great cause! |
Peter Murphy appointed as Chair of the Queensland Surveyors Board
Brazier Motti is very proud to announce that Director and Survey Discipline Leader, Peter Murphy, has been appointed by the Government as the Chair of the Queensland Surveyors Board. The role of the Board is to administer the Surveyors Act, in order to protect the public and ensure public confidence in the profession of surveying. Broadly, this includes: setting the standards of competency for registration; registering competent persons; conducting investigations of complaints; and conducting disciplinary proceedings (where necessary).
Graham Ward inducted as a SSSI Fellow
Graham Ward was inducted as a SSSI Fellow (QLD Region and Land Surveying Commission) at the QLD Northern Region Conference on 10 November 2017. The following is a brief excerpt from his citation:
“Graham Peter Ward has made a lasting difference to the surveying and spatial sciences profession by his leadership and contribution and he continues to serve his profession, his Institute and his community with pride, dedication and enthusiasm.
He is a Project Manager at Brazier Motti Pty Ltd and has over 38 years’ experience in the surveying profession.
Graham has demonstrated a long and consistent commitment to the profession of surveying, and continually upholds the Institute as the pre-eminent professional organisation representing surveyors in Australia.
He has demonstrated leadership and excellence in his chosen profession, and has the respect of the community and his peers.
The decision to nominate him as a Fellow of the SSSI is in recognition of his substantial achievements for the benefit and future prosperity of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences profession in Australia.”
