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The Urban Taskforce has announced its Property Person of the Year as Darren Steinberg, the CEO of Dexus. 
“Darren Steinberg is a distinguished leader of the Australian Property industry, with a career spanning 30 years across property management, leasing, development, fund management and now at Dexus where he has been CEO for the past seven years,” said Urban Taskforce Chairman Peter Daly.
“As CEO, Darren has led Dexus to an impressive position, building the group to $31.8 billion funds under management and managing a portfolio of properties across the Australian office, industrial, retail and healthcare sectors. Dexus’s portfolio now includes 53 office properties, making it the largest office owner and manager of office properties in Australia.”
Urban Taskforce CEO, Chris Johnson, said: “Darren is a very worthy recipient of Property Person of the Year and follows an impressive series of winners including Harry Triguboff of Meriton, Lang Walker, Greg Goodman, Ross McDiven from Multiplex, Steve McCann from Lendlease and last year’s winner Justin Hemmes from Merivale Group. All of these people have contributed in exceptional ways to the Property industry in Australia.”
Dexus has developed global award-winning properties including 5 Martin Place in Sydney, 480 Queen Street in Brisbane, Kings Square in Perth and the recently completed 100 Mount Street in North Sydney.
It is also behind a number of major projects including 80 Collins Street and 60 Collins Street in Melbourne, the Pitt and Bridge Street Precinct in Sydney, the Health and Education Precinct in St Leonards, and the Waterfront Precinct in Brisbane.
“Darren is a committed advocate for the Property industry and its importance to the Australian economy, and has made a strong contribution as former two term National President of the Property Council of Australia and a founding member of the Property Male Champions of Change,” said Johnson.
The Property Person of the Year award will be presented to Steinberg at a dinner on 28 November.
The event will raise funds for the Warrah Society and St Vincent’s Prostate Cancer Centre.
Over the past 16 years, the Property Person of the year event has raised more than $2.5 million for charity.
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Darren Steinberg of Dexus named Urban Taskforce Property Person Of The Year for 2019

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Turner &amp; Townsend’s project manager Scott Sheehan has won the Construction Professional of the Year award for his work at Hummingbird House.
The award from Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) was given away at a function in Melbourne’s RACV Club.
Hummingbird House is Queensland’s only children’s hospice. It has eight beds and provides care for children with life-limiting conditions and their families.
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It is operated by Wesley Mission Queensland, and has been built at Wesley Mission Queensland’s Wheller Gardens site in Chermside, North Brisbane, close to the Chermside’s transport hub, the Clem 7 and the Prince Charles Hospital. 
It is a joint effort of the Hummingbird House Foundation and Wesley Mission Queensland.
The facility will deliver a variety of services, such as short-break stay, symptom management, emotional and psychosocial support, end of life care, bereavement support and many activities and therapies.  
Project managers for Hummingbird House, Turner &amp; Townsend – led by Scott Sheehan, completed over 900 hours of pro-bono time over a two-year period for the project.
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“I’m elated to win this award. Many people and organisations have donated their time to this children’s hospice which is changing the lives of many children and their families,” said Sheehan. 
Anooj Oodit, managing director, Australia and New Zealand for Turner &amp; Townsend said Sheehan and his team “worked tirelessly to deliver it on time and within budget”. 
“Their in-kind involvement and support from the outset has been second-to-none and has been a crucial factor in attracting other high calibre construction partners and consultants to come on board,” said managing director &amp; co-founder of Hummingbird House Foundation, Paul Quilliam.
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Turner & Townsend’s Scott Sheehan wins Construction Professional of the Year award

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The luxury villa project Qualia in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast suburb of Pelican Waters has won the Queensland MBA state housing and construction award.
Builders Ryan Designer Homes are the developers for the waterfront townhouse project.
Qualia won in the low-rise multi-residential housing class, adding to a recent regional award in the same category.
QMBA judges said workmanship and attention to detail were the deciding factors in Qualia’s win with each of its six waterfront townhouses offering light-filled living zones, two-car storage and two covered outdoor areas.
Private jetties offering residents a direct link to the aquatic playground of Pelican Waters, including direct deep ocean access, was also a winning feature.
Located within the 810 hectare Pelican Waters master-planned residential community at Caloundra, Qualia's prices range from $685,000. 
It is just a short distance from the future Pelican Waters Town Centre, Caloundra CBD, beaches and schools.
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Pelican Waters' Qualia wins Queensland housing award

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Sydney's Chifley Tower has received a performance award for its Energy Efficiency Upgrade project at the annual Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat 2015 Awards.
Property management firm JLL nominated Chifley Tower for the award. JLL’s head of the premium asset group, Mike George said JLL estimates that electricity consumption in the building has been reduced by 55% from the 2008 baseline readings preceding the project’s conception.  
The target of the Energy Efficiency Upgrade project was a 4.5 star NABERS Energy Rating, which it earned in January 2015.
The project of works for the entire project included:
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<li>Installation of a new central chilled water plant.  The building’s cooling system was converted from a floor-by-floor, distributed condenser water cooled air conditioning system to a centralised chilled water system.  On 15 fully refurbished floors, five tenancy control zones were introduced for greater control of air conditioning supply;</li>
<li>Chifley Tower’s Building Management System (BMS) was upgraded with a new control system throughout the main plant infrastructure and on floors, including new graphic interfaces for improved monitoring and reporting;</li>
<li>Replacement of DC technology lift drives and control system equipment with latest technology;</li>
<li>Replacement of car park and back of house light fittings to reduce energy consumption;</li>
<li>Installation of C-Bus controlled lighting systems throughout the building to optimise lighting operation times and installation of LED sensor controlled light fittings in some areas to reduce the lighting load significantly;</li>
<li>Selection of a new standard tenancy light fitting and lighting layout design to reduce energy consumption and HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) load; and</li>
<li>Review and optimisation of Waste Management systems in place.</li>
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