Prominent Tasmanian engineer, Peter Spratt AM FIEAust, has been recognised for his heritage conservation by the Australian Building Institute (AIB).
AIB has awarded Mr Spratt with a Life Fellowship, an internationally recognised achievement, recognising those who have made an exceptional contribution to the building profession.
AIB said of Mr Spratt:
Peter is a multi-disciplined Civil Engineer with specialist qualifications in Environmental matters. He is also a Municipal Engineer, Building Surveyor, Hydraulic Engineer and Structural Engineer with particular expertise in conservation. He has contributed outstanding services to building heritage in Australia, especially in Tasmania. His professionalism, knowledge and skills are of the highest order. Peter is well known for his love and respect for the built heritage in Tasmania, and his civic and community service have been above and well beyond that of an average consultant.
Peter is regarded as one of Australia's “leading heritage engineers” with over 30 years’ experience specialising in historic building conservation. He has been the recipient of numerous awards for conservation of historic structures and the development of conservation techniques. He is known to utilise ground-breaking techniques to conserve numerous heritage sites- the most significant being the Port Arthur Historic Site. Peter has also been consulted by the Queensland Government on projects including the 1844 convict-built Raine Island Beacon and the Chillagoe Smelter Chimney.
During his role as Tasmanian Chapter President of the Australian Institute of Building, Peter was instrumental in developing a programme in partnership with the University of Newcastle to offer a locally based accredited degree course in building and construction where previously local degree programmes were unavailable. The success of this programme has been demonstrated through the quality of graduates with a number achieving honours and some having top marks in their final year.
Image: Peter Spratt AM FIEAust.