CURRICULUM VITAE

Richard S. HEMPHILL
BSc, BE (Hons), MBA, FIEAust, CPEng (NPER-3 No 30234), RPEQ (No 1056).

Date of Birth: 13 April 1943

Qualifications:

BSc, Sydney University, 1963
BE (Civil) (Honours) Sydney University 1965
MBA, University of Queensland, 1989

Professional Background

Main Areas Of Practice In Past 5 Years To Mid 2007.

Diagnostic and Remedial Advice

Diagnostic and Remedial Advice to Body Corporates, Property Managers and Owners, on Structural, Building Technology and Civil Engineering matters.

Disputes and Insurance

Advisory service and Reports for Contractors, Consumers, members of the Legal profession and others concerned to settle matters of disagreement, and for Insurance Loss Adjustors

Industrial Structures

• Design and Documentation of industrial building structures.
• Consultant to major food processors (in particular, extensive repeat business with a major fruit cannery) regarding structural aspects of alterations, extensions, changes of use and effects of new equipment.
• Design and Documentation of in – factory structures for various steel, aluminium and stainless steel plant and machinery

Agricultural

• Review, design, checking and manufacturing specifications for large scale field crop tillage implements
• Design and specification of standard ranges of stock grids, for two major suppliers.

Civil

• Construction and Mining accommodation villages Setout, Earthworks, Sewerage and Water Supply and general engineering consulting.

Development and Verification of construction systems

• Analysis, design of standard details, development of load and span tables, testing, preparation of manuals, and provision of technical support to Client’s customers, for a number of innovative construction systems in cold formed steel, general steelwork, concrete and bridge hardware.

University Guest Lecturer

• Second semester 2003- Guest Lecturer by invitation at Queensland University of Technology School of Civil Engineering, conducting the third year undergraduate course in Professional Studies – Steel Design.
• Previous years Guest Lecturer by invitation to conduct the third year Civil Engineering undergraduate course in Professional Studies – Steel Design, at University of Queensland 1990, 1991, 1993 and at Queensland University of Technology 1991

Australian Steel Institute

In 1988 established Queensland Office of Australian Institute of Steel Construction (now Australian Steel Institute) and was Manager 1989 – 1990. Served on State Committee 1991 to 2006 and was State Chairman 1997 and 1998. In 2007 was awarded an ASI Distinguished Service Award for long standing contribution to the ASI.