About us
Building Services and Works within the Department of Public Works provides integrated capital works, building asset management planning, maintenance and operational services, built asset policy development and research, and accommodation and related services to the government and client agencies.
Deputy Director-General, Building Services and Works
Graham Atkins - ph 07 3224 4574
Building Services and Works delivers the Queensland Government’s office accommodation and employee housing and manages other significant building and property initiatives. This is achieved through the service areas of Accommodation Office, Technical Services, Building Policy Unit, Strategic Projects and Contract Services with commercialised business units QBuild and Project Services.
QBuild
Keith Eaton, General Manager - ph 07 3224 4768
QBuild’s primary role is the delivery of building maintenance and construction services to Queensland Government agencies. Other services provided include State Government Security protective services, cleaning, horticulture and the management of Brisbane’s Roma Street Parkland. Through an unparalleled state-wide reach and resource capacity, QBuild is ready to respond in the event of natural disasters and major incidents to protect and maintain government infrastructure assets. QBuild also plays a key role in training the next generation of Queensland tradespeople, through its annual intake of approximately 100 trade apprentices.
Project Services
Don Rivers, General Manager - ph 07 3224 5968
Project Services is a fully commercialised business unit operating within the Queensland Government’s Department of Public Works, providing unmatched capability in building design and project management consultancy.
Accommodation Office
Karen Lyon Reid, Executive Director - ph 07 224 6450
The Accommodation Office looks after government departments with the accommodation needed to support the delivery of services across Queensland.
Queensland Government Architect
Malcolm Middleton OAM FRAIA - ph 07 3227 7210
The Queensland Government Architect provides high-level advice to the Queensland Government on contemporary design and heritage issues.
Contract Services
Kate Raymond, Executive Director - ph 07 3224 5256
Contract Services addresses the contractual (technical and quasi-legal) issues arising primarily out of government building construction activity.
Technical Services
Richard Hawkes, Executive Director - ph 07 3235 4807
Technical Services ensures the Queensland Government is able to take the lead in promoting management excellence in relation to the built environment. It develops whole-of-Government policy, based on practical research, on issues relating to management of the built environment with a strong focus on environmental impacts.
Building Policy Unit
Director - ph 07 3224 5487
The Building Policy Unit develops whole-of-Government building procurement and building asset management policy and supporting guidelines to meet government requirements; provides building related advice to government and agencies; promotes an enhanced client-supplier relationship between government and industry; and promotes a competitive, efficient, innovative and safe building industry supplier base responsive to the requirements of government.
It administers the whole-of-government prequalification system (PQC) for building contractors and consultants. It is also responsible for the Department’s two key building policies, the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) and the Maintenance Management Framework (MMF).
Strategic Projects
Jeff Griffin, A/Executive Director - ph 07 3224 4916
Strategic Projects manages the initiation stages of major state projects where a number of agencies are key stakeholders. It also assumes an advisory and facilitator role for many individual building and property projects that provide public facilities and infrastructure.
Last Updated 16/03/2012
