Alan March

Experience

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  Gamma Industrial Surveyors

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1989

  Cadet Engineering Surveyor

  Studied engineering surveying while studying at the WA School of Mines. Survey work including underground and open cut gold mining, mineral sands mining, gold exploration mapping and mapping services, road and plant surveying.

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  Procad

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1990

  AutoCAD trainer and computer technician

  Provided sales, installation and training to engineering and design firms of AutoCAD software and hardware, accredited by AutoDesk.

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  Shire of Esperance

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1991

  Town Planning Assistant

  Town planning assistant to Principal Planner Barry Sponberg. Development assessments, subdivisions, enforcement, referrals, town planning certificates.

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  City of Perth

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1992

  Junior Town Planner

  Town planning public advice, planning certificates, development assessments.

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  Donaldson, Smith and Hook

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1994

  Planner and Urban Designer

  Urban design and town planning consulting. Roles included seeking town planning approvals for residential projects. Preparation of urban design guidelines for the City of Perth, City of Stirling and Joondalup City Centre.

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  City of Melville

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1994

  Town planning front desk public advice, planning certificates, development assessments, retail/commercial/industrial land use database development, subdivision, referrals to government departments. Town planning front desk public advice, planning certificates, development assessments, retail/commercial/industrial land use database development, subdivision, referrals to government departments.

  • Junior Planner

    Jan 1994 - Jan 1994

  • Junior Planner

    Jan 1994 - Jan 1994
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  Rizzo and Associates

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1995

  Junior Town Planning Consultant

  Town planning consulting services and development permit advice and facilitation. Ministerial appeals, golf course estate design and approvals (eg Ravenswood Gold Course), marinas (eg Mandurah Marina), medium density housing approvals.

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  SANDERSON TOWNEND & GILBERT LIMITED

  May 1996 - Jan 1996

  Junior Town Planner

  Masters student internship undertaken while studying Masters of Town and Country Planning. Roles included assisting Director of Town Planning in land acquisition, due diligence, and planning approval processes.

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  SJB

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2003

  Senior Town Planner

  Senior Town Planner. Professional consulting services covering statutory planning, strategic planning and master planning. Work across Victoria and New South Wales. Advice for public and private clients and across all sectors of government. Major planning projects including shopping centres, hospitals, offices, commercial buildings and all types of residential developments. Victorian Civil and Administration Tribunal representation.

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  Australian Emergency Management Institute

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2015

  Consulting Lecturer and Researcher

  Consulted to EMA / AEMI over an extended period to teach and develop course materials in the area of Emergency Management and Land Use Planning. Week long intensives were delivered in conjunction with AEMI staff covering land use planning and a range of Hazards including Bushfire, Flood, Cyclone, Storm Surge, Pandemic, and Heatwave.

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  RMIT University

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Lecturer
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  Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  Executive, Theme Leader: Risk, Resilience and Transformation
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  Victorian Building Authority

  Jan 2011 - now

  Development and delivery: Bushfire Planning and Design Qualification

  In association with Dr Kevin Tolhurst, University of Melbourne Forestry Science, and Justin Leonard CSIRO, a new Bushfire Planning and Design Qualification was developed and delivered for Masters level students. The work was undertaken in association with Fire Protection Association Australia, Victorian Building Authority, Country Fire Authority and the Department of Environment, Land and Water.

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  Dafydd Lewis Trust

  Jan 2012 - now

  Trustee

  The Dafydd Lewis Trust was established in 1943 by a businessman who believed in education and hard work. He created a charitable trust to give future generations of young men the benefit of a university education.The Dafydd Lewis Trust provides equity and merit-based scholarships of $10,000 a year for 3 years to young men who might not have otherwise received a University education due to the limited financial resources of their parents. Multiple scholarships are awarded every year for full-time undergraduate degrees in most courses at any university in Victoria, with 50 scholars being supported in 2019. Daha az göster

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  University of Melbourne

  Jan 2013 - now

  I worked with a highly dynamic and responsive team to develop a new degree that would supersede and improve upon the Bachelor of Environments (my previous role was Director of the Bachelor of Environments). The new Bachelor of Design gave students more hands on technical and theoretical skills in their chosen majors, including double majors. Working across the three Faculties of Architecture Building and Planning; Victorian College of the Arts and the Faculty of Science, we established the degree that now includes 12 majors and is the most sought after Design degree in Australia. The degree was an instant success and now provides an excellent platform for the workplace, Masters degrees or Higher Research Degrees. It now includes 3000 students working and studying in a range of interdisciplinary fields that is internationally renowned. Daha az göster

  • Professor, Urban Planning

    Jan 2006 - now

  • Foundation Director of Bachelor of Design

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Director of Bachelor of Environments

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2016
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  Australian Research Council

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2019

  Building an integrated system for Australian bushfire prevention

  Building an integrated system for Australian bushfire prevention was and ARCL Linkage funded project led by Dr Janet Stanley, with Jason Thompson and Professor James Ogloff.Developed a comprehensive approach to prevent arson. Bushfires are a serious issue in Australia, made worse by climate change; since most of these fires are started by people, it is important to prevent arson. Building on previous work, this project improved community responses, and built a model to predict risk and improve data sharing. The outcome is an all-risks approach to arson prevention and community engagement. This reduces the incidence of arson in Australia, and is also useful overseas. Daha az göster

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  Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2020

  Research Project Lead

  Lead researcher in Australia-wide multi University and multi agency applied research into integrating urban planning systems with disaster risk reduction.

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  Emergency Management Victoria

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2021

  Best Practice Design Guide for Residential Building in Bushfire Prone Areas

  Best Practice Design Guide for Residential Building in Bushfire Prone Areas. Developed for EMV in collaboration with CSIRO, Country Fire Authority, and University of Melbourne.

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  Resilience NSW

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2021

  Lead Researcher

  Heatwave and building codes in New South Wales: issues and prospects, in Association with the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC.

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  Australian Research Council

  Jan 2020 - now

  Chief Investigator

  Mainstreaming climate change actions in Victoria's built environment

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  Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC

  Jan 2021 - Jan 2021

  Research Project Lead

  Utilisation - Integrating Urban Planning and Disaster Risk Reduction BNHCRC