Arcos

About Us

Meet the Arcos Group Teams

Arcos Group staff have a diverse range of skills and experiences which is necessary to successfully complete the range of projects the company delivers. Arcos Group focus on delivering projects efficiently whilst maintaining the highest standards.

Gareth Bradley

Director

Principal Structural Engineer B.Sci (Civ)(Hons), MIStructE, RPEQ, CEng
Gareth is a Chartered Structural Engineer with over 20 years of industry experience, leading our Brisbane office. With Gareth’s years of experience in his discipline, he has been involved in various sectors throughout his career, including commercial, residential, defence, education and the energy sector.

Gareth’s role in these sectors covers the management of the front-end engineering design to detailed design and practical completion signoff and overseeing construction.

Gareth’s strengths include value engineering and producing economical designs which comply with current standards while also taking into account Health and Safety. Gareth has a comprehensive knowledge of Australian, European and American standards and having the ability to optimize designs which have not yet been employed in other countries.

Billy Blake

Director

Principal Geotechnical Engineer B.Eng (Civ)(Hons), MIEAust, RPEQ, CPEng, NER
Billy Blake has 10 years’ experience working as a geotechnical engineer throughout Australia and some experience abroad. He is skilled in design, supervision and management of ground investigations, site inspections, slope stability analysis, risk and hazard assessments. 

Billy’s cross-discipline approach to providing geotechnical advice that considers other disciplines requirements provides our clients with a collaborative and thought-out solution.

He has been involved in investigations providing design and construction advice for railway infrastructure, electrical substations and transmission lines, water and sewage schemes, residential and commercial developments, power stations, solar farms, schools, warehouses, sports fields, small scale airports, and acid sulfate soils.

Billy’s proven record in the industry has been based upon providing immediate advice to ensure projects are not delayed whilst maintaining all legislative, community and personal commitments to the highest level achievable.

Lachlan Swann

Director

Principal Civil Engineer B.Eng (Civ)(Hons), MIEAust, RPEQ, CPEng, NER
Lachlan is a Chartered Civil Engineer with over 10 years’ of industry experience, covering Australia and the United Kingdom, as well as remote locations in developing countries.

His experience covers numerous phases of the project lifecycle, from strategic advisory and business case planning to detailed design and construction supervision. He is client focused, identifying and managing risk to ensure successful delivery of projects.

Lachlan’s background and experience has been gained in managing large scale infrastructure projects (project values up to $1.6 Billion) and focusing multi-discipline engineering teams to achieve successful outcomes.

Lachlan currently supports the local industry with his expertise in applying his design and construction management experience, including value-add engineering, hazard and risk mitigation, and effective communication between design and construction.

Grant Minchev

Director

Senior Civil Engineer B.Eng (Civ)(Hons), MIEAust
With more than a decade of experience, Grant’s experience extends from residential and commercial developments to public realm redevelopments, defence, and major infrastructure projects.

Grant’s strong technical background supplements his role as a civil engineer. Working in roles within Australia and Northern Europe has refined his project and design management aptitudes. He has proven skills in various industry software packages with significant civil, roads, and stormwater design knowledge.

As a design manager, Grant has a very comprehensive understanding of projects’ design needs offering a pragmatic approach. His ability to understand client requirements, and apply design scope to the brief whilst outlining any shortcomings that need to be addressed, streamlines the project life cycle.
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