Our Team

Josh regularly consults to West Australian state agencies such as Water Corporation, LandCorp and the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority on matters relating to urban water management, environmental technology and design, and has contributed to projects around Australia.

Josh is a Research Fellow with Curtin University’s Sustainability Policy Institute and the CRC for Low Carbon Living, and an Adjunct Associate Professor with the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales. His research activities span high performance housing, water sensitive design and sustainable urban developments.

Josh is a recipient of the Australian Water Association’s WA Water Professional of the Year Award, and Murdoch University’s Distinguished Alumni Award for Science and Engineering. He is Patron of the Conservation Council of WA and Sustainable Gardening Australia, an Advocate for the national collaborative 202020 Vision urban greening initiative and an Ambassador for the Living Smart household sustainability program and Nature Play WA.

Morgan worked on the Sustainable Landscape Management Plans for the Department of Defence, the MRA’s Perth Cultural Centre Revitalisation Project, which encompasses the Urban Orchard, the Urban Wetland and Musical Playspace, and a number of important water efficiency projects for the Water Corporation.

Morgan’s passion for bespoke nature based playspaces is evident in his work on the Kwinana Adventure Park, the Yallingup Foreshore and school nature play areas with the Department of Education.

Morgan has has specialist expertise in commercial irrigation and hydraulic systems, which ensures that JBA’s fit for purpose irrigation systems are designed for maximum efficiency, benefiting our clients and the landscapes they service.

Ian is an AILA Registered Landscape Architect and he won the 2009 Architecture Australia Prize, Western Australia 2009 (UWA) and the UWA Landscape Architecture Prize (Level 4), 2009. Ian has a passion for both design and landscape architecture, especially when it comes to utilising West Australian and Australian flora.

Vincent has skills in master planning, urban and wetland design, interpretive signage and streetscape furniture design. This work integrates sustainable environment principles with urban design and landscape architecture, including WSUD principles.

Since joining JBA in 2014 Hannah has worked on several projects including the City of Kwinana’s Adventure Park, the Leap Start Child Care Centre Playspace and Shire of Kellerberrin’s Centenary Park.

Hannah graduated from RMIT University Melbourne in 2013, during which time she completed a semester abroad at Arizona State University, USA. Before joining JBA, Hannah traveled through Europe, experiencing first hand many of the cultures and landscapes she drew inspiration from throughout her studies.

Robyn has led many large-scale commercial landscape projects for JBA including; WGV by LandCorp a residential development in White Gum Valley, and Transfield’s Sustainable Landscape Management Plans for Defence Bases in Perth. Robyn provides Landscape review services to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority the delivery arm of the State Government’s planning portfolio. She has also been involved in the creation of a number of playspace projects including the City of Kwinana’s Adventure Park, the Perth Cultural Centre Nature Based Musical Playspace and the Leap Start – Early Learning Child Care Playspace.

Robyn has worked on a wide range of projects from large scale hospital redevelopment, to public open spaces and small roof gardens in both public and private sectors in Perth and in the United Kingdom. Robyn is the Vice President of the West Australian branch of the Australian Institute (AILA), is an AILA Registered Landscape Architect and a Chartered Landscape Architect with the Landscape Institute (UK). Robyn graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2006 with Landscape Architecture honours.

Mark moved to JBA after five years managing the Sustainability Group of the engineering consultancy firm Norman Disney & Young, in Perth. Mark’s work has provided built form sustainability advice to a broad range of project types throughout Australia, particularly in the Perth area and in WA’s North West. This includes work with the Perth Children’s Hospital, the Rio Tinto Office and Remote Operations Centre in Perth and the new State Netball Centre in Wembley. Since joining JBA, Mark has led the sustainability certification of several high profile residential developments including Rosehill Waters by Handle Group and WGV by LandCorp.

JBA benefits from Mark’s extensive work with the Green Building Council of Australia, not only consulting directly on Green Star Projects but also hosting and speaking at GBCA events, and sitting on the GBCA State Advisory Panel for WA. He advises on NABERS upgrades and other energy efficiency and retrofitting work. He also has project experience implementing the U.S. based LEED framework in WA.

Mel has a Graduate Certificate in Urban Design from the Australian Urban Design Research Centre at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Geography from UWA. Melissa’s focus is often on community engagement, trying to understand the barriers and drivers of behaviour change and supporting governance arrangements to better inform decision making, project implementation and policy formation.

Stewart has recently focused on investigating alternative water sources to service the non-drinking water demand for urban developments. This includes the planning of wastewater recycling schemes for both the Alkimos-Eglinton development and the Wungong Urban Water Project’s regional recreational precinct on behalf of the MRA.

Stewart has also been involved with innovative stormwater reuse schemes incorporating community bores and WSUD systems. He currently chairs WA’s Greywater and Wastewater Industry Group (GWIG) and is passionate about the need to do more with the State’s most precious natural resource, water.

At JBA D’arcy has led high profile marketing campaigns for the likes of the Water Corporation, LandCorp, Department of Parks and Wildlife and the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority. Stakeholder engagement and management has played a big part within each of these projects.

D’arcy is an experienced event manager and he has produced radio and television for a variety of public and commercial broadcast organisations. D’arcy is proficient in dealing with various content management systems as well as design software tools.

Gerri is a CPA with over 15 years management and financial accounting experience. Her previous roles saw her develop experience in financial modelling, business improvement processes and proficiency in a suite of various software applications.

Gerri’s career spans a diverse range of industries, working for publicly listed and private companies, which has provided her with a broad commercial foundation to complement the JBA team.