Profile : the company

BACKGROUND - The practice was established by Peter Heathwood in 1957 and incorporated as Heathwood Cardillo Wilson Pty Ltd in 1975 with Peter Heathwood, Mike Cardillo and Fergus Wilson as Directors. Roger Heathwood joined the practice in 1972, became a director in 1983 and sole director in 1993. Guy Bleney worked with Heathwood Cardillo Wilson for two years from the beginning of 1989, returned to the practice in January 1994 and joined Roger as a director in 2004.

SCOPE OF SERVICES -

We provide a comprehensive range of professional services as required by clients, including:

- assistance with development of project design briefs
- site selection
- site masterplanning
- building design
- preparation, lodgment and monitoring of town planning applications
- co-ordination of specialist consultants work (engineers, landscape architects etc)
- building contract documentation
- inspection of work under construction
- building contract administration
- interior design including selection of colours, selection and/or design of furniture and fittings
- post-occupancy evaluation

BUILDING TYPES -

We undertake architectural commissions in a broad range of building types from private houses to medium density housing; from industrial buildings to complex, heavily serviced multistorey laboratories. Completed projects include buildings with construction values between $100,000 and $50,000,000.

Particular skills have been developed in the following fields:

- Education - Campus Masterplanning, Prep, Primary, Middle and Senior School buildings, University teaching and Research buildings.
- Science - Cutting-edge research facilities (PC2, PC3 and PC4), Commercial research and production laboratories, University teaching laboratories, and School science laboratories.
- Churches & Chapels - new buildings and refurbishments
- Office Buildings.

We offer a high degree of technical expertise in the broad spectrum of fields covered by planning and architecture. We have an excellent record of stability in staffing. This ensures that each project is directed and performed throughout by the same person or team, with obvious benefits to efficiency and client confidence.

As well as our depth of experience in architecture and planning, we successfully combine the two disciplines to offer services normally considered outside the province of each. These include site master planning, urban design, streetscape studies, including long-term strategic development plans for small as well as major institutional campuses.

Master planning is a particular area of expertise. Our approach recognises the need for experience in the efficient allocation of land and built spaces and an ability to tailor site development to the needs and growth characteristics of client institutions. Invaluable benefits stem from our analytical approach to environmental design, detailed knowledge of building construction and life-cycle costing which enables planning to be confidently undertaken knowing that the area, shape, orientation, foundation requirements, etc of buildings and paths of travel have been properly assessed and the potential for long term user enjoyment of facilities is maximised.

QUALITY ASSURANCE -

Heathwood Cardillo Wilson Pty Ltd maintains a Quality System complying with AS/NZS ISO 9001.2000. The system has been audited and certified by the Queensland Government Quality Assessment Unit
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QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT PREQUALIFICATION -

Heathwood Cardillo Wilson Pty Ltd holds Rating Level 4 in the Queensland Government's system of Prequalification for Consultants