About Us

Thiru Ragupathy (The Director)

Thiru is an accomplished Consulting Engineer and Property Developer with a strong skill base in electrical engineering and environmentally sustainable design.

Thiru has 17 years of building services experience. An active designer with a keen interest in the built form and the sustainability of buildings, Thiru has lead the electrical design of a broad range of projects including commercial office developments, healthcare, educational and research precincts, sports facilities, recreational facilities, and rail projects.

Her skills lie in the strategic and detailed configuration of electrical systems, with a keen interest to integrate environmentally sustainable design where possible. Thiru engages with clients to understand their specific project requirements and provides them with tangible technical and innovative solutions.

More About Thiru Ragupathy

Profession : Consulting Engineer and Property Developer

Current Position: Consulting Director

Previous Position : Associate Director – Aecom

Years of Consulting Experience : 17

Nationality : New Zealand / Australian Permanent Resident

Qualifications

  • Masters in Engineering Management (Second Class Honours), University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Bachelors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Masters in Sustainability Leadership – Arup University in partnership with Cambridge University

Professional Associations

  • Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng)
  • MIEAust – Member of Institution Engineers Australia (IEAust)

Thiru is an experienced consulting engineer who has lead and delivered projects up to $1 Billion Project Value.
Thiru now is the Co-founder of New Skyline Group delivering high end residential duplex projects in Sydney.
electrical engineer passionate to deliver optimum sustainable solutions that add value throughout all phases of the project life cycle achieved through effective stakeholder collaboration

Key Value Adds:

Select Green Star Buildings

  • Wynyard Place Development – 5 Star Design and As built
  • 65 Martin Place – 5 Star Nabers, 4.5* NABERS and Silver Well
  • 50 Martin Place – 6 Star Design and As built
  • UNSW Tyree Energy Technologies Building – 6 Star Design and As built
  • New Acton Nishi Residential and Mixed Use Development, Canberra, ACT – 5 Star Design and As built
  • Shellharbour City Council – 5 Star Design

Design Management Experience

Thiru has successfully delivered a $600 Billion precinct project consisting of nine buildings and 17+ engineering disciplines ensuring all disciplines are interfaced together. The design team exceeded 30+ engineers spanning across three years of design. This includes identifying and delegating work to appropriate team members and taking the overall projects responsibility to ensure that outputs meet client expectations including delivering to quality, time and project budget.

Technical excellence, creativity and design focus

Focus is ensuring that all work is of an exceptionally high standard while encouraging collaboration, enthusiasm, and a design focus.

Designs are closely coordinated with the architects, BCA Consultants, fire engineers and project brief requirements.

All projects are coordinated and delivered in BIM with regular clash detection workshops and transparency of the designs to the client.

Client Relationship Manager

Maintain key client relationships and ensure deliverables are within required timeframes, quality assurance and budgets in addition to assisting with bids, preparation and negotiation of fee proposals, client presentations, developing marketing material, invoicing and commercial delivery of projects to clients. 

Ensure all designs are clearly articulated and presented to the end clients.

Active involvement in all stages of project design,

Experience in all project phases from master planning, infrastructure planning, concept design, spatial planning, cost planning, value management, engineered solutions, detailed design and construction supervision.

Have successfully managed the delivery of various iconic developments from concept stage through to delivery on projects valued up to $1 Billion.

Identifying and assessing potential risks in complex projects

Successful project delivery encompasses undertaking risk management and proposing design solutions.

This is undertaken from bid proposal stage to demonstrate the project understanding and value adds to the project. These risks are closely monitored and mitigated through the design process.

Aim to be transparent in proposals in our approach to existing site conditions / latent conditions and scope definition around design and redesign.

Risk Level 3 Project Manager Accreditation

Leadership

Overseeing resourcing, mentoring, training, developing and motivating teams across a range of skill sets to achieve successful outcomes on projects.

Stakeholder Engagement

Working closely with client stakeholders including senior management level, project managers, development managers and architects to canvass client and business requirements on projects.

Whole life cycle approach

Designs are reviewed not just from a CAPEX perspective but integrate OPEX reviews where relevant. Passionate about integrating renewable technologies and energy saving opportunities into projects.