In the built environment you will find us at the intersection of risks to wellbeing, and global concerns for sustainability. In that place our people find meaningful work, leading to mutual relationships with our customers.
Our customers rely on us to manage risk by combining scientific knowledge with regulatory information, to develop solutions that are innovative, compliant and pragmatic. We inspire our customers to maximise the potential for wellbeing of their property occupants, with financial and environmental sustainability.
QED’s services include inspections, sampling and performance-rating of properties for office, retail, healthcare, education and industrial. Customers increasingly engage with us via our online services.
As a market leader in the assurance of built environment, QED holds multiple national certifications, including:
- NATA Accreditations for Indoor Air Quality
- NATA Accreditation for Hazardous Building Materials
- NABERS Indoor Environment Assessors
QED is the first and only organisation in Australia to hold such accreditation for Indoor Air Quality inspections and NABERS Indoor Environment Base Building ratings.
To learn more about who we are and how we work we invite you to read our Policy Handbook
We also invite you to download our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan: October 2023 - September 2024
Meet our Leadership Team
Michael Taranto
Managing Director
Michael has three decades experience in business. He joined QED in 2015 to lead the management team, seeing an opportunity to position the firm for long term growth by aligning fulfilment of QED’s people with innovation and customer requirements in built environment.
Matthew Weir
Principal Consultant (WA)
Joining QED in 2006, Matthew applied his asset management experience to developing air quality risk and HVAC conformance programmes for national office portfolios and large healthcare facilities. Today Matthew leads our team in Western Australia.
Darren Patton
Principal Consultant (VIC/TAS/SA)
Darren brings to QED a breadth of experience in the field of indoor air quality, having been the Director of Air Quality Audits since 2011 before merging with QED in 2018. Darren is now responsible for managing the QED Melbourne office, ensuring our high standard of work is delivered for our broad range of customers in Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.
Graeme McLeish
Principal Consultant (NSW/ACT/QLD/NT)
Having lived and worked for several years in China, Graeme has a diverse background working in the indoor air quality industry. Graeme led a regional office in west China to deliver turnkey consultancy services, advising on green building certifications, IAQ testing services as well as design and installation of filtration systems. As a Certified Indoor Environmentalist (CIE), Graeme brings his practical know-how to bear advising QED’s customers in NSW, ACT, QLD and NT.
Chris Horan
Principal Consultant (NABERS)
Chris combines his capacity for problem solving with a strong technical knowledge of built environment performance. He joined QED in 2008, leads the firm’s NABERS practice and has overall responsibility for QED’s quality management system.
Sarah Bailey
Principal Consultant (Water & Healthcare)
Sarah has years of experience in medical facilities where she specialised in microbiology and infection control, drawing on her postgraduate studies in medical microbiology. She leads QED’s infection control practice which includes hospital air quality, mould investigations and legionella risk management.
Paul Clarkson
Principal Consultant (Hazardous Materials/Compliance)
Paul re-joined QED in 2021 after previously working in the Perth office from 2012-2016. Paul is an Occupational Hygienist with a strong foundation in asbestos and hazardous material risk assessment & management; he has also developed and facilitated occupational hygiene assessment strategies on large civil and construction projects.
