Thank you to everyone who joined us for Lessons Learnt the Hard Way on Thursday 13 August across Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Auckland and Christchurch. Below you'll find presentations from the day, kindly shared by our speakers.
Presentations will be added as they become available. Where a speaker has not made their presentation available, only their session details are listed below.
Keynote | Lessons from Large Scale Critical Infrastructure Building Condition Assessments
Pratik Shrestha, Principal Structural Engineer at Aurecon Mark Davie, MCIBSE, Buildings Mechanical Practice Leader, WA & NT at Aurecon
Complex Systems | Compliant, Yet Underperforming
Rohit Sharma, Head of Asset Management at Downer Social Infrastructure & Citizen Services (SI&CS)
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Complex Systems | Beyond Setpoints: Balancing Conservation, Public Access and Environmental Performance in Cultural Buildings
Chris Arkins, FCIBSE, Director at Steensen Varming
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Critical Systems | New Footscray Hospital – Lessons from Delivery
Lucy Cole, Program Director, VIDA Health
Drawing on her experience as Project Director for the New Footscray Hospital, Lucy shared practical lessons from delivering complex healthcare infrastructure, including PPP engagement and project structuring, ICT commissioning, and the critical role collaboration plays in achieving successful outcomes across large multidisciplinary project teams.
Critical Systems | Auckland Hospital – All Good on Paper – But Could We Have Done Even Better
Chris Bird, Senior Project Manager at RCP
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Keynote | Soft Landings – The Application of Common Sense
Steve Hennessy, FCIBSE, Consultant at WT Partnership Co-author of 'The Soft Landings Framework Australia and New Zealand'
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Independent Perspective | Real-World Commissioning Issues and How to Avoid Them
Mark Crawford, LCIBSE, Commissioning Manager at CxM
Independent Perspective | Communication, Controls and Complexity – Lessons from 20 Years of NABERS Projects
Chris Killoran, Sustainability Consultant at WSP
Missed the seminar, or want to revisit a session? Select session recordings will be made available on CIBSE ANZ CPD webinar page early in September 2026.