About Us

ABOUT US


EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE


Advance Building Approvals Pty Ltd is a building certification and building regulations consultancy practice. 

Through our experience in the building and development industry, we have derived a strong belief that an accurate, reliable and prompt approval of building designs and completed works plays a crucial role in the successful delivery of those fine projects that clients entrusted on building professionals like us.

We value this belief and made it the company’s mission to ensure, as building certifiers and building regulations consultants, that we will assist our clients to complete building works that meet statutory requirements and yet within the time and budget limits.

With extensive experience in a diversified range of development projects, we put together a range of building certification and consultation services that can be tailored to suit our clients’ needs.

COMPANY OBJECTIVES


Advance Building Approvals was established in April 2001. Since its inception, the firm has been well received by the building and development industry and has seen very encouraging results in terms of work intake in the areas of building regulation consultancy and building certification services. The company focuses on achieving the following objectives on a continuous and progressive basis:
Provide accurate, reliable and prompt certification and consultancy services to clients.
Maintain high level of responsiveness, impartiality and innovation in the delivery of specialist services.
Provide value-added services to clients to enhance the quality and timeliness of project delivery.
Provide client-focused services and offer workable solutions to suit client needs within regulation boundaries.

OUR PEOPLE


Our technical building surveying and certification team comprises the following key staff members:

Harry Cheuk

Director
B Eng, Civil (Hons), MBA
Harry is the founding Director of Advance Building Approvals and has over 25 years’ experience in the building and development industry. After 10 stimulating years as a building surveyor and building control officer, and an additional three years as the Head of the commercial Building Services Unit of the City of Sydney, Harry took up the challenge of establishing Advance Building Approvals as a private building certification and building regulations consulting practice in 2001. Over the last 15 years, Harry has undertaken the role of certifying authority and principal certifying authority for many iconic projects within the State of New South Wales.

Saeid Askarian

Director
B Eng (Civil), M Eng (Civil)
Saeid has a high reputation in the building surveying and certification industry. As the former Group Manager of Living City Building Services of the City of Sydney up to 2002, and a Director of Advance Building Approvals since then, Saeid was involved in a large number of landmark projects both inside and outside the City’s boundary and acquired a wealth of experience in building regulation consultation and certification.

Ian Pickering

Asssociate Director
B. Building (UTS), M. Planning (UTS)
Grad.Dip Building Surveying (UWS)
Ian has broad and extensive knowledge of building surveying principles which he applies on projects ranging from major commercial, industrial, institutional to medium and low density residential housing projects. Ian is a keen achiever of professional knowledge and qualifications in both planning and building surveying disciplines. Through his post graduate studies in the area of Town Planning, Ian brought to the practice valuable expertise in satisfying our client’s needs in providing one-stop advice on planning and building regulation related matters.

Choon Lye

Senior Consultant Building Surveyor
B Eng
Choon is a professional building surveyor experienced in all facets of building surveying and building regulations consultation. He acquired invaluable experience as a senior building surveyor in the City of Sydney for projects of all sizes within the Sydney CBD area. In the 20 years, Choon has practised in the private building regulations consultancy field and has also gained extensive experience in BCA and building regulation consultation for a variety of building projects.

Osman Asanovski

Consultant Building Surveyor
B Construction & Property Management
Grad.Dip in Building Surveying
Osman is presently taking up the role of Consultant Building Surveyor.

Alan Tran

Consultant Building Surveyor
B Construction Project Management
Grad.Dip in Building Surveying
Alan is presently taking up the role of Consultant Building Surveyor.

Alex Askarian

Consultant Building Surveyor
Alex is presently taking up the role of consultant building surveyor.

Helal Samra

Assistant Consultant Building Surveyor
Helal provides assistance and technical support to our team of consultant building surveyors.

Sandy Shang

Assistant Consultant Building Surveyor
Sandy provides assistance and technical support to our team of consultant building surveyors.
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