For almost thirty years Eric Martin has worked to ensure that the built environment is accessible to all people. Eric's practice, Eric Martin and Associates, offers a full range of architectural services with additional expertise in conservation, heritage & access advice. Eric has provided advice on over a thousand public buildings including open spaces, parklands and private residences.

The Canberra Times when speaking of the inspirational Gerrard Gosens stated that he “…..left us puffing n our comfy seats and forever in awe of his achievements.  So too those of Eric Martin, who for 30 years has worked to see that the built environment is accessible to all, and who was awarded the inaugural Margaret Spalding Inclusion Award for an individual. Marg would have been pleased with that one.”

Adelaide River HMP and Heritage Strategy for OAWG

Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) operates as the agent of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for the commemoration of World War Dead in Australia and several other countries.  As a Commonwealth Agency managing 72 places in Australia, OAWG have commissioned the preparation of a Heritage Strategy consistent with the requirements of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999.  The Strategy is in draft stage and has been developed in consultation with the Department of Environment water Heritage and the Arts.   

Adelaide River War Cemetery is managed by OAWG and as it is listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List, a Heritage Management Plan is being prepared.  The cemetery contains the bodies of 434 Service Personnel who died in the defence of Northern Australia During World War 2 including the casualties of the Japanese bombing raids on Darwin and the Northern Territory.  The adjacent Civil cemetery (also managed by OAWG)  contains the graves of 66 civilians including those of 33 Indigenous Australians.  The place is unique in Australia as it is the only place to contain solely the graves of Service personnel who died as a result of enemy attacks on Australian soil.

EMA Award for CIT Student

On November 5^th, the annual CIT awards night was held at the Reid campus.  Eric Martin and Associates sponsored the Building Information Modelling (BIM) award which was presented by Nicholas Goodwin to Patrick Barling for excellence in the BIM Essentials class taught at the Bruce campus this year.  The BIM Essentials class teaches students how to apply Autodesk Revit to the principles of building information modelling

Staff changes

Katelyn Goodwin as left to do volunteering work in Mozambique.

Ketan Patel has returned to the UK.

Debra Guilano has joined us as our new Executive Assistant.

The Rolfe Audi Showroom  has extended its award beyond the ACT and has now taken out the 2009 MBA National Award for Excellence, Commercial Building $3-6 Million.  The Award was presented to Project Co-ordination.  We provided Architectural services on this project.  congratulations to Project Coordination and the Rolfe Audi Centre team.

Presentations

Eric has been doing a series of presentations to members of the Master Builders' Association on disability access and the implementation of the ACTPLA Access and Mobility General Code, Adaptable housing and Commercial Buildings.  The presentations have covered the responsibilities to meet disabled access requirements under the new code for in both commercial and domestic buildings.

Eric made a presentation at the CAS Workshop “Fenced and Forgotten”.

Eric was an invited guest to the CB Alexander Foundation Day and made a presentation on the proposed stimulus package of works proposed.