Sydney Metro City & Southwest (Greenfield), NSW

Lauren is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with extensive experience working as a Commercial and Transaction Advisor on large-scale infrastructure projects in London and Sydney. Lauren has multi-disciplinary experience across the project life-cycle ranging from road upgrades, precinct developments, rail projects, station & over station developments to ferry wharves. During her career Lauren has had substantial involvement in the planning, delivery and management of pre-contract transaction activities to post contract commercial and risk management, contract administration, commercial claim support as well as commercial and contractual advice and reporting.

Lauren has led transaction and commercial teams working for both private and public sector clients in Sydney including Lendlease, Transport for NSW and Sydney Metro and prides herself in working collaboratively with her clients, while striving to achieve best for project outcomes.

Lauren gained Membership to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in May 2012 and completed a Masters in Construction Law at the University of Melbourne in December 2017.

Australia has been Lauren’s home since January 2014, but every now and then her true South African heritage comes out when she can be heard cheering for the Springboks.

Andrew is a Commercial and Cost Advisory specialist with over 15 years’ experience in major building, infrastructure and utilities projects in both the UK and Australia. The diversity of Andrew’s experience and his ability to collaborate with key project stakeholders enable him to add value at all stages of the project life-cycle. Andrew is experienced in major infrastructure programme delivery, capital investment planning, and delivery assurance.

Andrew has led both commercial and delivery teams on a secondment basis. An effective communicator, he has the ability to integrate quickly and effectively in to established working teams; leverage existing available skills and knowledge; and seek opportunities to optimise commercial outcomes.

Andrew understands the importance of the commercial role supporting project delivery. He therefore fosters a collaborative working style and actively seeks engagement with project stakeholders in the interest of alignment amongst stakeholders, and sound commercial outcomes.

Phoebe is a strategic commercial advisor working within the infrastructure industry. She has extensive experience providing advisory services at all phases of the project lifecycle on complex and high-profile linear infrastructure projects within the energy, road, rail, rollingstock and maritime sectors. Phoebe’s experience is underpinned by qualifications in Civil Engineering and Construction Law 

Phoebe has a breadth of experience across sectors in the planning, delivery and management of major projects including pre-contract project definition, business case and contract formation to delivery, commercial and risk management, commercial claim support and dispute avoidance. Phoebe has led high-performing integrated commercial teams and provide strategic commercial advice on a wide variety of projects. Phoebe is a dedicated, agile, and collaborative advisor who has a proven track record of working collaboratively with stakeholders across disciplines to meet project objectives. 

Phoebe has worked with clients including Transport for NSW Infrastructure and Services, Sydney Metro, Transgrid, Lendlease, Energy Corporation of NSW and Moorebank Intermodal Company as an advisor and as an integral member of integrated project teams.

Stuart is a Quantity Surveyor with over 11 years’ international experience in commercial and contract management in the public and private sector.

Stuart has extensive experience in managing and administering construction and professional services contracts. His experience includes contract administration, commercial management, final account negotiation, claims assessment, project reporting, and managing process compliance to ensure that governance requirements are met. Stuart has also been involved in the provision of litigation support on multimillion-dollar rail and infrastructure projects.

With a strong background in transport and government projects in Australia and the UK, Stuart is experienced in managing multiple stakeholder and sponsor requirements. He understands the importance of developing collaborative strategies and targets internally, as well as developing positive contractual relationships within the supply network.

Having spent his weekends on either the soccer or cricket pitch in his younger days, Stuart is an avid Liverpool FC fan and continues to support his beloved team from the other side of the globe.

Andy is a Fellow of the RICS and is currently engaged by Sydney Water in Lead Commercial role for the North Region on their P4S contract. Previously he was with Sydney Metro for 4.5 years as the Associate Director Commercial on the Central Station project. He has over 15 years of experience in the construction industry both in the UK and Australia. He holds a MSc in Quantity Surveying and is completing his Master of Construction Law at the University of Melbourne. In the UK he worked at Transport for London for 7 years, operating as a Commercial Manager in the Major Projects Directorate, prior to that Andy spent 4 years with a Building Contractor.

Andy’s has gained extensive commercial experience, which has translated into an in-depth understanding of government policies and procedures. His experience includes leadership, dispute resolution, claims management and resolution, contract management, team management and project reporting. These skills are integral to his ability to deliver best for project outcomes on large, complex, multi-disciplined projects with various contractual arrangements during all stages of the project life cycle.

Andy has experience in rail, tunnelling, water, roads, bridges, schools and residential projects. During his time at Transport for London he commercially delivered various tunnels, structures and roads projects for the client. These included Silvertown Tunnel, Hogarth Flyover, Cycle Super-Highways, Brent Cross Regeneration, Hogarth Flyover, West Croydon Bus Station and Euston Circus.

In his spare time Andy enjoys travel with his family and watch cricket, rugby and moto gp.

Lucas is a graduate from Monash University holding Bachelors in both Civil Engineering (Honours) and Commerce (Finance). Lucas joined ConnellGriffin as an undergraduate in 2021 through the Undergraduate Development Program, where he gained valuable insight and experience through the Sydney Metro City and South West Commercial Team. Lucas aided the Metro team in a multitude of different areas from contract administration, claims assessment and preparation of settlement negotiations.

Lucas thrives working in collaborative environments and with strong verbal and written skills, aims to further his commercial acumen by expanding his knowledge base and consulting experience.