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Robert Bird is founder and Executive Chairman of the Robert Bird Group. Since 1982, the company has grown from a small Brisbane based consultancy to a global practice with operations in Australia, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, South East Asia, and India.
As Chairman of Robert Bird Group, Robert is responsible for the strategic leadership of the Group, leads and coaches the RBG team towards achieving its vision of "The Relentless Pursuit of Engineering Excellence." With approximately 600 staff, the growth, success, and versatility of the company is underpinned by Robert's vision, "can do attitude," relationship based business, and philosophy of being a specialist Structural, Civil, and Construction Engineering Consultancy in a complex, dynamic, and commodity driven world.
Robert has a particular passion for large, complex urban renewal developments and unique and challenging "one off" projects that demand an enhancement and utilization of the skills of not only the company but those of the broader professional and academic network. These range from "tall, wide, and deep" mixed use developments to heritage and restoration projects, prefabricated and modular manufacturing, and construction.
Since the Robert Bird Group's formation, Robert has taken a hands-on approach, retaining key roles in major projects and in the process, enhancing the company's reputation for understanding clients' requirements and ensuring development objective are achieved.
Robert personally encourages his company's continuing commitment to adding value to projects through innovation, on-going research, and education and using the collective knowledge of the best available engineering professionals. One of Robert's great strengths and philosophies is to put himself in the place of the client, and drive engineering solutions that are best-for-project, not just best for the structural or civil engineering discipline alone. The continued employment of young and recently graduated people with a "train, promote, and retain" philosophy together with strategic recruitment of skilled professionals has been one of the fundamental driving principles behind the success and culture of the Robert Bird Group. The majority of the company's Group, Regional leadership, and senior professionals have come to Robert Bird Group as Graduates.
Robert takes great satisfaction in seeing people in the organization develop into successful leading engineers, technicians, and business people and he enjoys giving back to the community from which the company have benefited. This has driven a positive and collaborative culture within the business and with Robert Bird Group's valued stakeholders.
Robert Bird is founder and Executive Chairman of the Robert Bird Group. Since 1982, the company has grown from a small Brisbane based consultancy to a global practice with operations in Australia, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, South East Asia, and India.
As Chairman of Robert Bird Group, Robert is responsible for the strategic leadership of the Group, leads and coaches the RBG team towards achieving its vision of "The Relentless Pursuit of Engineering Excellence." With approximately 600 staff, the growth, success, and versatility of the company is underpinned by Robert's vision, "can do attitude," relationship based business, and philosophy of being a specialist Structural, Civil, and Construction Engineering Consultancy in a complex, dynamic, and commodity driven world.
Robert has a particular passion for large, complex urban renewal developments and unique and challenging "one off"…
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