Mithum Peiris

International Experience (Fiji)

• Passive Retrofitting to existing Class 3 Hotel with Effective Height > 25 m - No Sprinklers
• Class 2 Residential Building with Effective Height > 25 m - No Sprinklers and Single FI stairs

Local / National Experience

• Residential Highrise (Class 2) - Casamia, 20 Queen St.
• Multiple National Storage and Self-Storage Projects - Loganholme, Helensvale, Salisbury, Upper Coomera, Morningside - Type A LIB construction, No FRLs to Floors
• Woolworths DtB expansion - Fire Safety Audit, Assessment of Egress/Smoke Hazard Management
• Woolworths - Ordinary Hazard Sprinklers to Back-of-House
• Tesla Service Centre and Showroom, Red Hill - Localised sprinklers, rationalised smoke exhaust
• Manunda Sports Development Precinct, Cairns - Egress provisions in Sports Stadium
• 128 Brookes St - Expert Witness (Hindmarsh v Brooklyn on Brookes)
• MILVEHCOE - Defense Facility
• Class 9b Childcare - Brightwater Early Learning Centre, Petrie Childcare, 20 Queen St, Moffat Beach
• Class 1 Residential - Dual occupancy issues, proximity to boundary issues

• Compiling Fire Engineering Briefs (FEBs) and Fire Engineering Reports (FERs) and Fire Engineering Brief Questionnaire (FEBQ) and Building Fire Safety Risk Assessments (BFSRAs) for Class 2-9 buildings covering Type A, B and C construction.
• Collaborated with architects, engineers, and construction teams to incorporate cost effective and practical fire safety measures supporting performance solutions.
• Conducted Site Inspections to carry out Fire Safety Audits for building modifications and to sign off Fire Engineering Design (Form 12)
• Performance solutions for non-conforming attachments to external walls / combustible cladding in Type A and B construction
• Presenting Fire Engineering Performance Solutions to the Fire Brigade
• Reviewed QFES positions statements including position statements pertaining to EV car parking and special hazards concerning self-storage buildings.
• Obtained sound knowledge and familiarity with the Building Code of Australia (NCC/BCA Volumes 1 and 2)
• Fire modelling including heat transfer modelling, smoke modelling (FDS), zone modelling (CFAST), thermal and radiation modelling (TRA and FiRE)

• Worked with Australian Design Standards, AS-4100, AS-4600, AS-1530.4 and obtained familiarity with other design codes including AS-3600 and BCA
• Gained competence in Finite Element Modelling Software (ABAQUS), Finite Strip Software (CUFSM, THINWALL, GBTuL)
• Planned and conducted full scale (3m x 3m) standard fire tests on LSF wall systems and analysis and reporting data related to Fire Resistance Levels
• Developed and improved Finite Element Models to simulate Structural and Heat transfer behaviour of sheathed steel frame wall systems
• Authored Journal papers and compiled Technical Reports and Design notes for National Association of Steel Framed Housing (NASH)
• Design and Fabrication of test setups for the testing of cold-formed steel compression members
• Conducted Laboratory testing of free-standing members under concentric and eccentric axial compression
• Conducted Tensile tests of coupons extracted from lipped channel sections commonly used in the Australian cold-formed steel construction sector.

• Conducted Tutorial Sessions, Q&A sessions, and face-to-face and online interactive sessions for civil engineering undergraduate students for the module EGB 376 - Steel Design
• Created innovative design questions for Assessment tasks, mid-semester, and final examinations
• Carried out marking of assessments, mid-semester examinations, problem solving tasks and final examination papers of undergraduate students
• Created a recorded series of tutorials to be uploaded to the student blackboard in the online teaching period during Covid-19
• Comprehensive design of hot-rolled and cold-formed steel truss members, beam-column members and portal frame structures assigned for undergraduate assessment tasks
• The tasks include but are not limited to load evaluation, preliminary member sizing, structural analysis, connection designs and detailing.

• Tutored the following subjects for undergraduate students in QUT Engineering Faculty and QUT Business School
• Engineering subjects: Introductory Engineering Mathematics (MZB 125), Engineering Computation (MZB 126), Engineering Mechanics (EGB 121), Foundations of Engineering Design (EGB 111), Physics of the very Large (PVB 101), Civil Engineering Systems (EGB 123), Foundations of Electrical Engineering (EGB 120), Engineering Sustainability and Professional Practice (EGB 100), Steel Design (EGB 376), Design of Concrete Structures (EGB 375), Structural Mechanics (EGB 275), Advanced Concrete Design (EGH 475), Advanced Steel Design (EGB 476)
• Business and Finance subjects: Financial Markets (EFB 201), Finance - I (EFB 210), Economics - I (BSB 113), The Future Enterprise (BSB 105), Dynamic Markets (BSB 106), Financial Performance and Responsibility (BSB 107), Business Environment (BSB 108), Accounting (BSB 110), Economics - 2 (EFB 223), Investments (EFB 335), Corporate Finance (EFB 343), Risk Management and Derivatives (EFB 344), Business Citizenship (BSB 250), International Finance (EFB 312), Finance Capstone (EFB 360), Business Capstone (BSB 399).

• Analysed, handled, and presented large volumes of data through spreadsheet software (MS Excel, PowerBI)
• Collaborated with key personnel in client firms to understand client needs and conducted presentations to senior management of client firms
• Obtained experience in researching large online databases to gather information required in compiling research reports
• Drafted mandates, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and involved in due diligence and compliance activities
• Gained familiarity in using MS Office packages and excellent numerical modelling skills using MS Excel macros.