Allan worked on a wide variety of building types over the past two-plus decades, ranging from residential to commercial to institutional. He has gained experience as a member of consultant, builder, compliance and consortium teams, ensuring that he as a solid understanding of all aspects of project delivery.

Since joining Thinkspace, Allan has worked on a number of key projects, including the Douglas, Edgewood, and Maddaugh repeat-design elementary schools for Surrey School District, a $200 million commercial project (confidential client), along with a number of civic and healthcare projects.

Allan is also interested in sustainable design, not only as recognized through LEED® AP certification, but through other integrated project delivery models. These considerations include capital costs alongside ongoing energy consumption and facility management lifecycle costs. 

Four questions with…

What is your favourite pastime?
I like to build things and putter away on various home renovation, furniture, landscaping and antique refurbishment projects.

Where is your happy place?
Embarrassing my wife in the stands while cheering on my basketball daughters, or motorcycling around the Gulf Islands.

What’s your favourite Thinkspace project (to date)?
The three-peat schools (Maddaugh, Edgewood and Douglas), which were delivered concurrently with three different builders…during COVID@!#!

If you weren’t working in architecture, what would you be doing?
My “Sliding Doors” moment was when I decided to pursue a Master of Architecture degree after completing a Bachelors of Civil Engineering… so probably a Structural Engineer.