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 2020 - September 2021
Meet our Leadership Team
Michael Taranto
Partner
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.
Joe Scholz
Partner
Following years of experience as an environmental engineer and hydrologist, Joe joined QED in 2001 with a passion for promoting the importance of indoor environment to the health, wellbeing and productivity of building occupants. He provides technical direction to all QED staff, and leads the development of advanced services.
Ryan Tremain
Partner
Joining in 1996, Ryan played an integral part in building the trusted reputation that QED has today. He manages all the firm’s field activities across the country, in office, retail, healthcare and education ensuring superior service is delivered with integrity and technical excellence.
Chris Horan
Senior Consultant
Chris combines his capacity for problem solving with a strong technical knowledge of built environment performance. He joined QED in 2008 and leads the firm’s chemical management and building rating practices, being an accredited NABERS and CBD assessor.
Matthew Weir
Senior Consultant
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. He leads the firm’s indoor air quality practice, specialising in project monitoring and telemetry.
Sarah Bailey
Senior Consultant
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.
Darren Patton
Senior Consultant
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 and Tasmania.
Graeme McLeish
Senior Consultant
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 and Queensland.
Paul Clarkson
Senior Consultant
Paul has recently re-joined QED in NSW 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. Paul brings a practical and pragmatic approach to QED and will be actively engaging with clients in NSW to assist with delivering key outcomes.
