BE(Elec) FIEAust
MAAS MASA
Qualifications and Affiliations
- Bachelor of Engineering Electrical (UNSW 1970)
- Australian Institute of Management (2005)
- Association of Australian Acoustical Consultants (Chairman 89-91)
- Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia (1974)
- Australian Acoustical Society (1974)
- Acoustical Society of America (1972)
- Standards Association of Australia (1996)
- AV/9/2 "Machines and Structural Vibration"
- AV/4 "Architectural Acoustics"
- Society of Audio Engineers (1978)
Background
Mr Heggie has specialised in acoustics
and vibration since 1972. The consulting practice was
established in 1978 and now has offices in Sydney, Newcastle,
Brisbane, Melbourne, Wollongong, Canberra and Singapore - and offers services in New Zealand,
Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Mr Heggie has experience in a broad spectrum
of projects, with specific expertise in the measurement, assessment
and control of the effects of noise and vibration emissions
from mining, construction and excavation projects and in the
investigation of the response of structures and building occupants
to those emissions.
As Chairman and Managing Director of Heggies, Mr Heggie's focus over recent years has been on growing the company and on enhancing its range of specialist engineering and scientific services - and extending the company's geographical coverage. He has a particular interest in improving the management of organisational change and developing the quality of managerial leadership of staff members at all levels if the company.
Mr Heggie has extensive experience in the
architectural acoustical design of commercial and residential
developments, public spaces, cinemas, theatres, studios and
performance spaces, hotels, resorts, marinas and large industrial
and port developments.
He has also carried out noise and vibration
impact assessments for major industrial and transportation
projects (road, railway and aircraft), designed highly resilient
trackbed vibration isolation systems and specified measures
to control regenerated structureborne train noise in buildings.
Mr Heggie has prepared and presented
expert evidence at numerous Commissions of Inquiry,
Public Meetings, and Hearings in the Land and Environment
Court, Panel Hearings, the District and Licensing Courts and the Workers'
Compensation Court. He also actively participates in
the Community Consultation phases of large infrastructure
projects.
Special Expertise
- Noise and vibration OH&S investigations, design of engineering control measures
- Acoustical design of residential, commercial and tourism developments, mines, quarries and recreational and sporting venues
- Road, rail and air traffic noise and vibration impact assessments, design of mitigation measures
- Investigations of noise, vibration and dynamic stresses in structures, vehicles and machinery
- Evaluation, assessment and control of noise and vibration from tunnelling, excavation and construction works, including blasting
- Expert Evidence and Legal Testimony
Selected Project Experience
Architectural Acoustics, Mechanical Services
Ansett Royal Hayman Island Hotel, ANA Hotel, NSW Conservatorium of Music, Sixteen-Courtrooms Downing Courts Complex Mark Foys Building, John Maddison Tower (Family Law Courts), Australia Post Rail Distribution Centres, Homebush Bay Olympic Stadium Cantilevered Tier Dynamics, Pyrmont Point Master Plan Studies, Newtown High School of Performing Arts, St Vincents and Campbelltown Hospitals , Prime TV Studios Canberra and Wollongong, Royal Canberra Hospital, Newcastle Conservatorium of Music (Renovation), Chatswood Interchange Mechanical Services, Kingfisher Bay Resort Village Fraser Island, Le Nouvata Hotel Noumea, Llianfels Resort Hotel Leura
Major Rail Transportation Projects
Parramatta-Chatswood Rail Link (for PRL), Sydney- Canberra High Speed Train (for Speedrail), New Southern Railway – City/Airport Rail Link, Eastern Suburbs Railway & Bondi Junction Extension, Brisbane Inner City Rail Tunnel Duplication, NSW Conservatorium of Music Trackbed, Sydney Harbour Bridge Track Isolation, Singapore Underground Rail System Extensions
Major Road Transportation Projects
Sydney Harbour Tunnel, City West Link Road, M2, F3, M4, M5 and M7 Motorways, SE Distributor Brisbane Cross City Tunnel, Albury Bypass, Perth Northern Bypass, Melbourne Citilink Burnley Portal, Westlink M7 Motorway, Sydney Cross City Tunnel, Auckland State Highway 1 Review, Brisbane North South Bypass Tunnel, Brisbane Airport Link Tunnel
Mining, Quarries and Terminals
Cadia Hill and Ridgeway Gold Mine, Mt Thorley Mine, Camberwell Coal Mine, Oberon Quarry, Parkes Gold Mine, Ranger/Jabiluka Uranium Mine, Bengalla Mine, Carrington Coal Terminal, Tweed Quarry, Darling Harbour Vehicle Unloading Berth, Stage Two and Stage Three Expansion of Kooragang Coal Terminal, Hay Point and Dalrymple Bay Terminals, Harbour Deepening Projects at Burnie, Devonport, Port Otago, Lihir Gold, Hay Point and Dampier.
