Mass timberNorthern Memorial Park Depot
2023–2025Glenroy, VIC
Award-winning two-storey mass-timber operations depot for the Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, built around 20 unique glulam trusses spanning up to 35 metres.
Structural & Civil Engineering · Melbourne · Est. 2002
Global Consulting Engineers
Simplifying Structures
Independent structural and civil engineers based in South Melbourne since 2002 — and the engineers behind the Northern Memorial Park Depot, winner of the 2025 Victorian Architecture Medal.
Recognised in 2025
for the GCE-engineered Northern Memorial Park Depot
Victorian Architecture Medal
Australian Institute of Architects
Melbourne Prize
Australian Institute of Architects
Sustainable Architecture
AIA — Commendation
Best Sustainable Project <$30M
Master Builders Victoria
Exterior Colour Award
Dulux Colour Awards
Who we are
Independent structural and civil engineers, at the forefront of their field
Global Consulting Engineers Pty Ltd is a Melbourne-based consulting practice founded by Bernhard Waschl in 2002. From our head office in South Melbourne — with studios in Ocean Grove and Brisbane and a European office in Schladming, Austria — we provide a complete range of independent engineering services to the architectural, construction and property-development sectors.
We deliver structural engineering design, documentation and drafting across Australasia and Europe — from feasibility through to certification and site supervision. Whether it’s a commercial build, a house or an extension, we bring rigorous analysis, buildable detailing and a genuine specialism in engineered timber to every project.
- Registered name
- Global Consulting Engineers Pty Ltd
- ABN
- 92 106 139 306
- Established
- 2002 — Melbourne, Australia
- Head office
- Suite 1.04, 63 Stead Street
South Melbourne VIC 3205
What sets us apart
Specialist expertise across our core disciplines
Structural engineering
Complete structural design and analysis — including post-tension suspended slabs — in concrete, steel and timber, from feasibility through to certification.
Civil & geotechnical
Foundations, slabs-on-ground and the geotechnical–structure interface for industrial, infrastructure and heavy-traffic sites such as container terminals and distribution centres.
Mass timber
Glulam (GLT) and cross-laminated timber (CLT) structures, fixings and curved-timber roofs — including DfMA and LOD400 detailing for European-sourced timber.
Façade engineering
Façade and fixing engineering, certification, repair methods and statements for large public, commercial and transport projects.
Sustainable design
Low-carbon, timber-led structures that reduce embodied carbon — the engineering approach behind our award-winning sustainable projects.
Temporary works
Formwork, lifting frames, link bridges and installation procedures with engineering sign-off and certification.
Sustainability
Engineering for a lower-carbon future
Engineered timber is central to how we work. By designing in glulam and CLT — as we did on the award-winning Northern Memorial Park Depot — we help clients cut embodied carbon while delivering warm, high-performing buildings. Sustainability isn't a bolt-on; it's built into the structural choices we make.
- Low-carbon mass-timber structures in GLT & CLT
- Value engineering that reduces material use
- Recognised with 2025 sustainability awards
Services
A complete range of engineering services
- 01
Feasibility & tender support
Early-stage feasibility studies and tender support that de-risk projects and set them up to be built efficiently.
- 02
Value engineering
Rationalising structure and materials to reduce cost and program without compromising performance.
- 03
Structural analysis
Rigorous analysis of gravity, lateral and dynamic loads to prove the structure behaves as intended.
- 04
Documentation & drafting
Structural drawings, tender documentation and cost estimates produced to construction standard.
- 05
Detail design
Detail design in reinforced and pre-stressed concrete, steel, cold-formed steel, glass, aluminium, CLT and timber.
- 06
Foundations & geotechnical
Civil and geotechnical foundation systems and heavy-traffic slabs-on-ground for container terminals, storage areas and industrial sites.
- 07
Site supervision & QA
On-site construction quality control and structural site supervision through delivery and certification.
- 08
Project management
Coordinated project management to keep design, trades and program aligned from concept to handover.
Selected work
Projects that show what we do
Mass timberMass timber66 Hope Street
2021South Brisbane, QLD
Structural timber engineering for a curved glulam roof structure, including fixings, design documentation and certification.
FaçadeNational Performing Arts Venue
2020Brisbane, QLD
Façade design and structural site supervision for a landmark performing-arts venue in the heart of Brisbane.
Let’s build
Have a project in mind? We’d like to hear about it.
From early feasibility to on-site certification, GCE partners with architects, builders and developers across Australia and Europe.
Head office
Melbourne
Australia
Studio
Ocean Grove
Australia
Studio
Brisbane
Australia
European office
Schladming
Austria