Vern H Ng

Experience

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  Arkitek Binarjaya

  Jul 2001 - Jan 2003

  Design Assistant
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  Van Riet architects

  May 2004 - Jul 2006

  Architectural Assistant

  • Site visit, site measure and site photos.• Meeting with clients. • Providing sketch design, sketch design drawings, 3DS modeling and visualization. • Liaising with engineers, coordinate their drawings with architectural drawings. • Construction documentation drawings.

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  Brown Evans + Associates Architect

  Jul 2006 - Jul 2008

  Design Draughtsman

  • Discussing about Client’s brief and requirements. • Site visit, site measure and site photos. • Meeting with clients. • Preparing meeting minutes, preparing master planning reports. • Providing sketch design, design reports, sketch design drawings, ArchiCAD 3D modeling, Artlantis rendering. • Liaising with engineers, coordinate their drawings with architectural drawings. • Providing support to design development stages, including design, meeting and draughting documentation drawing. • Providing support to tender documentation, including preparation of contract, specifications, drawings, and other documentations. • Providing support in construction documentation, this includes checking and coordinating the engineer’s construction drawings, updating the tender drawings to construction issue. Show less

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  Vizcube 3D Visualisation

  Jul 2008 - Jan 2010

  Freelance 3D Artist

  • Preparing quotation.• Client meeting.• Client networking.• 3D modeling.• 3D material and lighting.• 3D rendering.

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  Paul Shaw & Associates

  Jan 2010 - Feb 2015

  Architectural Designer

  • Client briefing. • Preparing concept design, sketch design and presentations using AutoCAD, Revit, photoshop and other 3D rendering software. • Client & stake holder meetings and liaison. • Discussing with clients about the process, the trend, the design, and the planning scheme. • Assisting in translation and dealing with China’s architects and cantonese speaking clients. • Preparing town planning drawings. • Town planning liaison, checking local authorities planning scheme, acquire info through DBYD and other authorities. • Complying and checking on Australian Standards and BCA. • Assisting client in material and color selection and • Contacting supplier for price and compliance certificate to AS & BCA. • Solving design issue during construction documentation stage. • Requesting quote from other consultants and liaising with them. Show less

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  Timmins + Whyte

  Feb 2015 - Nov 2015

  Experienced Architectural Graduate

  • Interior Design.• Site Inspection.• Sketch Design• Town Planning Documentation.• Building Permit Documentation.• Construction Documentation.• Interior Drawing & Specification.• Site Inspection.• Competition Entry.

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  Baldasso Cortese

  Nov 2015 - Dec 2017

  Experienced Architectural Graduate

  - Discussing about Client’s brief and requirements. - Site visit, site measure and site photos. - Meeting with clients. - Preparing meeting minutes, preparing master planning reports. - Providing sketch design, design reports, sketch design drawings, Revit 3D modeling, Lumion visualization and animation. - Liaising with quantity surveyor about the construction cost and report. - Liaising with engineers, coordinate their drawings with architectural drawings. - Research new computer programs. - Provide training requirement for graduates. - Providing support to design development stages, including design, meeting and draughting documentation drawing. - Coordinating design with the interior team. - Liaising with building surveyor and gathering required information from supplier for building permit approval. - Providing support to tender documentation, including preparation of contract, specifications, drawings, and other documentations. - Contacting builders for RFT. - Reference check and invite builders for tendering. - RFI during tendering stage, contacting engineers, providing addendum ,recording minutes and sending emails. - Checking the price & documents from the tenderers and responses. - Preparing full set of contract document for client and builder. - Providing support in construction documentation, this includes checking and coordinating the engineer’s construction drawings, updating the tender drawings to construction issue, updating all the specification and preparing full set of contract documentation for client and builder. - Site meeting and site inspections. - Checking shop drawings. - Providing support to project architect in progress claim. - Checking the time frame, assessing the variation, and adjusting the cost and budget. - Providing feedback to variation. Show less

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  Paul Shaw & Associates

  Jan 2018 - Apr 2021

  Architectural Designer

  - Client briefing. - Preparing concept design, sketch design and presentations using AutoCAD, Revit, photoshop and other 3D rendering software. - Client & stake holder meetings and liaison. - Discussing with clients about the process, the trend, the design, and the planning scheme. - Assisting in translation and dealing with China’s architects and Cantonese speaking clients. - Preparing town planning drawings. - Town planning liaison, checking local authorities planning scheme, acquire info through DBYD and other authorities. - Complying and checking on Australian Standards and BCA. - Assisting client in material and color selection and - Contacting supplier for price and compliance certificate to AS & BCA. - Solving design issue during construction documentation stage. - Requesting quote from other consultants and liaising with them. Show less

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  Grandstand Real Estate

  Nov 2020 - Mar 2021

  Sales Trainee

  - Door knocking and warm calling. - Database building and maintaining relationship. - Liaising with potential sellers & buyers, listen and understanding their needs and requirements. - Contacting local authorities to gather more information about the potential of land re development prior purchasing. - Assisting with marketing. - Translating to potential Chinese buyer. - Liaising with buyer & seller about the potential of re-development. - Observing the land and property value. - Assisting senior agent with daily duties. - Property inspection. - Recommending designer for client and brief the design consultant about the requirement. Show less

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  Chinese Community Social Services Centre Inc.

  Dec 2020 - Mar 2021

  Domestic Helper

  - Assisting elderly in domestic cleaning- Assisting elderly in grocery shopping- Assisting elderly in meal preparation.

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  Latitude 37 Homes

  Apr 2021 - Feb 2022

  Architectural Designer

  - Directly report to Director/Sales, Design & Marketing Manager.- Assisting Sales team in site potential input.- Client briefing & meeting, understanding the client’s need and budget. - Preparing concept design to suit client’s lifestyle.- Site visit, site measure and site photos. - Understanding the site, setting up site plan with site setback, planning scheme requirement, TPZ and SRZ before handing over to designers.- Liaise with town planner about the potential restriction in planning scheme.- Brief other designers about the planning scheme limit.- Peer review other designer’s design & checking other designers’ design.- Preparing High quality presentations using Revit, Enscape and Photoshop.- Creating Enscape Asset library for the team. - Preparing sales accept drawings for estimator to price up.- Coordinates with sales consultants and sales estimator with construction cost.- Preparing town planning drawings and checking other designers’ compliances to planning scheme. - Revising all the RFI from council.- Design Development after the design handover stage.- Coordinating HVAC design into the proposed design.- Tidying up and check the design drawings from various designers before handing over to draughts person. - Liaising with project manager with design issues.- Liaising with traffic engineer, structural engineer and other consultants with their specialist advice.- Assist marketing manager in the preparation of marketing presentations and marketing plans. Show less

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  Texco Construction

  Mar 2022 - now

  Architectural- Ensuring the efficient and accurate design and documentation of assigned projects.- Work closely with the Architectural Lead on the documentation process.- Ensure all documentation drawings comply with professional standards; implement and set examples for best practice, Building Codes of Australia (BCA), National Construction Code (NCC) and Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) regulations.- Ability to work across several projects concurrently.- Liaising with peers and relevant stakeholders on projects.- Co-ordinating the delivery of assigned projects.- Communicating works in progress and resourcing requirements to the Design department leadership team.- Mentor and support junior staff in developing skill set & responsibilities.BIM- Act as first point of contact with BIM related questions from architectural teams- Establish BIM packages and manage workflow for team members- Manage model set up, coordinate families, coordinate sheets in Procore or Aconex- Leadership in complex REVIT models and coordination on high-profile projects- Conduct high-level model coordination, BIM project management, and BIM model standard development- Clash Detection processes.- Mentor team leaders and team members on REVIT systemsConstruction Management- Detailed design and construction knowledge- Communication with all stakeholders Site team & Sub Contractors- Review subcontractor design submissions and shop drawings- Attending Site Inspections.- Participate in project meetings.- Foster existing client relationships- Risk and Value management analysis- Ensuring projects are delivered on reasonable time and on budget.- Developing strong relationships/partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders.- Maintaining high-quality project standards.- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to respectfully provide constructive criticism, influence outcomes, and handle pressure situations Show less

  • BIM Project lead

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Construction Documentor

    Mar 2022 - Jan 2025