Intrax Bank Protection Works – Joseph Street, Rydalmere

Introduction:

Recently, Intrax investigated and designed a remediation solution for previous bank instability. The location was on the banks of Ponds and Subiaco Creek, and had been deemed unstable following flood events. Upon our engagement, Intrax completed a geotechnical investigation and survey of the site to accurately inform remediation design.

Background:

Intrax’s position as industry leading professionals in geotechnical forensics sees us as best able to help in instances of remediation. This location has shown itself to be prone to instability due to flooding. Therefore, it was important to the parties involved that the investigation be thorough and informative. Our landslide risk assessment and slope stabilisation assessment processes have proved to be effective across a host of scenarios, with this instance no different.

Objectives:

The primary aim of this assessment was to investigate and design a remediation solution for previous bank instability. This had previously occurred on the banks of Ponds and Subiaco Creek following flood events. Doing so was intended to allow the city of parramatta and the RMA Group to protect the areas proven to be of highest risk.

Works Undertaken:

The geotechnical team proceeded to conduct a landslide risk assessment and slope stabilisation assessment of the embankment. They forensically investigated the causes of previous instability and the impact on the existing concrete wall located on the crest of the bank. On the basis of this work, Intrax were able to present a prioritised design solution. This allowed the City of Parramatta and RMA Group to engage in action to protect the areas at highest risk. The RMA Group completed the works, with protection of the uncontrolled fill bank ensuring stability of the embankment. This will significantly reduce the sediment erosion of the banks into Ponds and Subiaco Creek.

Challenges:

The challenges of this process were not too dissimilar to those presented in many other instances of land instability assessment. Namely the presence of water, debris and waste, as well as uneven ground are all elements that can make accurate measurements slightly more difficult to attain. In spite of these challenges, our experienced team of geotechnical experts have encountered such conditions regularly and were therefore more than equipped to handle the circumstances.

Solution:

Following our assessment of the area, Intrax presented a solution to the City of Parramatta and the RMA Group. This allowed for the two parties to implement preventative measures, ensuring the stability of the embankment and protection from soil erosion.

Results:

On the whole, our expertise enabled a swift and comprehensive solution to be reached. This allowed the RMA Group to act swiftly in installing both temporary and permanent solutions that were suggested by Intrax. In short, our geotechnical team were able to arrive at a conclusion that benefits not only the two parties directly involved in the implementation of the changes; But also the community members that are now more safe as a result.

Conclusion:

To put this case study into further context, Intrax’s geotechnical team are well versed in remedying situations similar to this one. By virtue of this, our capability in providing both the Parramatta city council and the RMA group with a timely and effective solution is representative of how adaptive our processes are. Furthermore, the team’s ability to reach an ideal conclusion is indicative of learning over time through the requisition of our services in a host of different scenarios. Our geotechnical team is prepared for anything.

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Phillip Campbell

Chairman of the Board – Non-Executive Director and member of the risk committee

Phillip Campbell is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of the Intrax Consulting Group.

Phillip is an experienced company director with a demonstrated history of successful transformations of public and private organisations by focusing on the intrinsic value of the business, working behind the scenes to improve the effectiveness of management and building strong foundations for growth.

Graduating from Queensland University with a Bachelors’ degree in Electrical Engineering, Phillip has been CEO/MD of a number of public and private companies in the manufacturing and engineering services sectors.

He is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Phillip has an abiding belief that a stable and safe family home environment is critical for children to achieve a sound education and establish the foundations of a productive life. This is one of the reasons he joined Anchor Inc and is currently its Chairman.

Danny Borzillo

Executive Director

Danny Borzillo is an Executive Director.

Danny has a broad range of experience gained over 30 years of working in the construction and engineering consultancy industries.

Danny is the co-Founder of Intrax Consulting Engineers and was instrumental in the establishment of the Business in 2003. The early success of Intrax was mainly attributed to Danny’s innovation in the volume housing market and positioning Intrax to off its unique end to end service.

Danny Borzillo held the position of Managing Director of Intrax and then joint Managing Director together with Robert Borzillo until March 2011 when Barry Borzillo was appointed.

Prior to establishing and working at Intrax, Danny was involved in several small to mid-sized engineering consultancy businesses. His roles in these companies included Business Owner, Director and Senior Manager, providing consultancy design and construction advice and design services to the building industry.

Danny holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from Victoria University, is a Chartered Member of the Australian Institute of Engineers and is a Member of several industry technical bodies.

Barry Borzillo

CEO/MD

Barry Borzillo is the CEO/MD of the Intrax Consulting Group

Barry has a broad range of experience in the construction, telecommunications, professional services and government outsourcing industries.

Prior to his appointment in March 2011 as CEO/MD of Intrax, Barry held CEO roles for the ESH group, Tenix Solutions and Ericsson Australia/NZ. He spent nearly four years in the USA in senior roles with Ericsson Inc.

Barry began his career at Ericsson in 1987 as part of the Graduate program. He holds a Masters of Business Administration (Executive) from the Australian Graduate School of Management, a Bachelors’ degree with Distinction in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from Victoria University, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Engineers and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Barry is passionate about improving educational outcomes in disadvantaged communities which is one of the reasons he joined the Ardoch Youth Foundation Board for ten years, the last five of which he was also the Chairperson.

Andrew Taylor

CFO & Company Secretary

Andrew has more than 30 years of diverse and progressive senior financial experience in professional services, manufacturing and government industries. He is a trusted and proactive business partner, has developed and led high-performance teams, been a member of executive teams and Boards, and driven organisation change with profitability, working capital and structure.

Prior to his appointment in April 2018 at Intrax, Andrew was regional CFO – Australia and NZ region at Aurecon. He spent 17 years at Aurecon leading the finance team, corporatising the business and driving operations across ANZ and Asia.

Andrew is CPA qualified and holds a Bachelor of Business – Accounting.

Andrew’s career highlights include: aligning and integrating 2 major businesses; the initiation, design and implementation of reporting and budgeting software globally; and development and leadership of a new Finance function for a growing company. Andrew enjoys team leadership, developing and mentoring others to reach their potential, and is passionate about maturing, evolving and improving companies and businesses.

Nigel Guo

Executive Director and CTO

Nigel is the Chief Technology Officer of Intrax.

Nigel joined Intrax in 2007 and rapidly rose through ranks with the business. Nigel completed a Bachelor of Structural and Civil engineer from University of Melbourne, and also earned a  Master of Business Administration from Melbourne Business School.

Nigel has had many roles at Intrax, from engineer, to running the residential engineering and quality departments before being promoted into general management roles.

He has played a key role in continuing process and system improvement at Intrax, developing most of the processes and procedures used in the housing departments today that have enabled Intrax to scale with quality, while consistently delivering to clients..

In his spare time Nigel likes sketching, playing bass guitar and soccer.

Robert Borzillo

Non-Executive Director, member of the risk committee

Robert Borzillo is a Non-Executive Director of the Intrax Consulting Group. Robert has over 40 years’ experience working as an engineer in various capacities within the Australian building Industry.

Robert was a co-founder of Intrax Consulting in 2003 with a vision to establish a dynamic end to end values driven engineering consultancy delivering services into the residential housing and building construction industries in Australia

Prior to the establishment of Intrax Consulting Robert was General Manager of Porta Moulding working within the Australian timber industry; in forestry, manufacture and distribution of timber products for the residential building and construction industries.

In his earlier days, Robert also worked as an engineer for Humes Concrete. Involved in the design, manufacture, supply, and installation of precast concrete components for large scale civil and building infrastructure. Robert spent time working in Sydney NSW, and Far North Queensland on many projects. Prior to that Robert spent time with the Country Roads Board in road design and planning of Victorian road infrastructure.

Robert earned a bachelor’s degree from Victoria University, BE Civil is a Certified Practicing Engineer CPE, is on the National Engineers Register. NER, and an accredited practicing engineer in most Australian states. Robert is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. GAICD.

Robert’s passion outside of work is travel and snow skiing. He has had the privilege to combine these passions traveling extensively and skiing in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Japan, Italy, and Switzerland.