eKourier July 2020

WHO’S WHO

10 QUESTIONS... With Craig Henery - Project Manager THQ

Do you follow any sport or hobby? If it’s on the water or on the snow, I’ll enjoy it. Where’s your favourite place in Australia? Over the years I’ve had the opportu- nity to travel around Australia a couple of times. Each State has it’s unique places so we now spend time to return to those places. We drive or fly depends on how much time we have. I have too many favourite places to name. The kids love W.A., I love the Top End but it’s also great to just go to the local beach and see our mates. What’s your favourite food? You can’t beat a wood BBQ or a camp oven roast cooked in the fire pit, but I’m quite partial to anything cooked by someone else where I don’t have to clean up! To sum up Kennards in one word would be? Memorable. I chose memorable because when you build something it stays there as a mark of time that you were there. It’s memorable to be part of the team who built something that becomes part of everyday life. At KSS Waterloo parts of that site are 100 years old and it’s still there and being used today, so when I’m involved in building something I ponder will it be there in another 100 years and who will be using it.

Mike visiting the replica George Woolnough Saddler and Repairs in Carcoar on the road to Cowra. Carcoar was where the bank robbery took place by Ben Hall in 1863 .The actual Store resides in Tenterfield. Above: Craig and his wife Carol down south in snow country at Jindabyne in 2018 and below at Tuross Heads, South Coast NSW.

How long ago did you join the Kennards Team and where are you based? I joined KSS in July 2015 and I’ve always been at THQ. What did you do before joining the KSS team? For 30 years I’ve worked in the construc- tion industry, mainly in design and Project Management roles. My last role was part of the Construction and Mainte- nance Team at a large retirement village in Sydney. Over the years I’ve worked for myself and also in company roles, I’ve had great opportunities from working in the mines in W.A. to the rainforests of F.N.Q. These days however I’m firmly settled in Sydney and travelling around to the KSS sites. Tell us about your role at THQ? I work with Sam and Michael to develop and build your new centres. We also work on the refurbishment and additions of some of the older centres. I work across all the KSS property portfolio. We develop the sketch ideas and final design with the Architects, submit the project to Council and then follow up with the tender process, engage the builder, supervise the work and finally hand the new building over to operations.

What has inspired you the most about Kennards over the past five years and what major changes have you seen? I enjoy the design discussions I have with Sam and Michael, there’s so many ways to design the building and that’s without Council getting in the way. The biggest change I have seen is the vertical challenge. Our new centres are getting bigger and taller which brings about a raft of new design features that are critical to a buildings design, then we have to build it. Tell us about your family. My wife and I have been together for 30 years. We have four children, five budgies and one dog. All the children are still at home, two are working and two still at school. Dinner time is often like feeding time at the zoo, first in best dressed. What do you like to do in your down time? Now three of the four children drive themselves around I have more time, working around the house and garden takes a lot of my time but it’s all good. Whether it’s the beach or the bush I’ll do anything as long as it’s outside. Life pre-Covid we spent a lot of time travel- ling around Australia, we will have to see what happens post-Covid.

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