David Williams

Senior Electrical Designer & BIM Manager
Year joined DMA: 2020

David draws on more than 20 years design experience across a broad-spectrum of projects in the Education, Senior Living, Residential, Health Care, Industrial, Sports & Recreation sectors in Queensland, New South Wales and the A.C.T. This experience allows him to see projects from the client’s perspective, and focus on delivering exactly what they need and want.

David has particular expertise in building services, sports and public lighting design, which requires a high level of consideration to be successful. Lighting design significantly contributes to the architectural vision, and greatly influences the look and feel of a space. It requires an intimate understanding of how a space will be used, and by who – for example, the parameters required to light a function space will vary greatly from those for an Aged Care facility.

My career highlights:

  • Lighting design for the Australian Catholic University Mercy Building which contained some unique architectural elements and offered an opportunity to provide some creative lighting solutions.
  • Lighting design and building services documentation for the UQ BEL Colin Clark Building, St Lucia Refurbishment.
  • Design of the sports and public lighting for Nolan Park BMX Club, Brendale.
  • Preparing a feasibility and cost savings report which won a project  replacing traditional lamp sources with LED for Canberra’s Government House external lighting, delivering operational and maintenance savings. David presented this project to a National Future of Lighting Conference in Melbourne in 2011.
  • Lead Electrical Designer for Oxley Childcare Centre, responsible for all Electrical and Dry fire design.
  • Developing the road lighting design for a 3.5km length for the William Slim Drive Duplication project.

Other select project experience:

  • Oxley Childcare Centre – Lead Electrical Design.
  • Gold Coast Private Hospital – BIM Modeler.
  • Cooinda Aged care – Electrical Design Drafter
  • ACU Mercy building – Electrical Design Drafter and Lead Lighting Designer.
  • Nolan Park BMX Park, Brendale – Public and Sports Lighting Designer.
  • Villanova College new building – Electrical Design Drafter and Lead Lighting Designer
  • Young and Oakey Flat Road Narangba intersection upgrade – Public Lighting Designer
  • Stage 27 North Harbour Sub-Division – Electrical and Public Lighting Design
  • Coombs Building ANU Campus lighting Feasibility study – Lighting Design
  • Scullin Shopping precinct Sculpture – Lighting Design
  • Fringe Office and Retail – Electrical Design Drafter
  • Garran Offices – Lead Electrical Designer
  • Raytheon Fitout, Brindabella Business Park – Lead Electrical Designer
  • Greenway Offices for ACT Government – Electrical Design Drafter

My specialisations:

  • Building services lighting design.
  • Sports lighting design.
  • Public lighting design.
  • Building Information Management (BIM)

My qualifications and accreditations:

  • Associate Dip. Applied Science Architectural Drafting
  • Dip. Security and Risk Management
  • Road and Public Space Lighting Certificate, AAPA