Introduction

DBA Hydraulics has provided specialist hydraulic services consulting to a wide range of clients for over 20 years. During that time, we have enjoyed steady growth and completed a wide variety of projects. The principal, David Buckle, has over 35 years’ experience in the building services industry and has used his technical and communication skills to participate in and lead design teams on numerous projects for commercial, community, defence, educational, environmental, health, industrial, mining, infrastructure, residential, retail and recreational projects.

We have established relationships with many senior industry players, including developers, architects, our consulting peers, building owners, occupiers and the trade. At every level of our industry we have the experience and have established relationships necessary to pursue our client’s best interests.

Personnel

DAVID BUCKLE

Managing Director

David has over 30 years’ experience in the building services industry and 20 years as the Managing Director of DBA. During this time, he has completed many challenging and prestigious hydraulic services projects for a wide spectrum of clients. David has developed particular expertise in project co-ordination and control, systems master planning, whole of life systems analysis and team leadership for large and complex projects. David has overall responsibility for delivery of cost effective design solutions within project parameters.

EMILY BUCKLE

Associate Director

Emily has over 10 years’ experience in the building services industry as a designer, draftsperson and researcher. Her areas of expertise include infrastructure services master planning, hydraulic services documentation, development and maintenance of building services plans, existing services review and ground-truthing, water network modelling, data analysis and scientific reporting. She has also managed a variety of projects that involve analysis, reporting and design of hydraulic building services.

LEN HUTTON

Expert Consultant

Len has over 30 years’ experience in the hydraulics and fire protection industry and over 25 years as a designer and manager of hydraulics and fire protection design teams for various organisations. While Len has a background in all areas of hydraulic services design, he has developed expertise in the fields of roofing and gutter designs, hydrocarbon fire protection and suppression systems, campus or site fire protection infrastructure, stadia water supply systems, water harvesting and rainfall capture technologies and reagent grade water supply systems.