Rob Leslie-Carter

Infobox Architect
name=Rob Leslie-Carter

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nationality=British
birth_date=birth date and age|1970|10|24
birth_place=Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
practice_name=Arup Pty Ltd
significant_buildings=Laban Dance Centre, London
The Water Cube, Beijing
significant_projects=Manchester Airport Terminal 3, Middlehaven Redevelopment including the Riverside Stadium
awards=UK Association for Project Management awards 'Project Manager of the Year' 2003
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Robert Michael Leslie-Carter MICE, MAIPM (born 24 October 1970) is a British Engineer and Project Manager with consulting firm Arup, resident in Sydney Australia. He was named 'Project Manager of the Year' at the 2003 UK Association for Project Management awards for his role leading the new Laban Dance School in Deptford, London . [Builder & Engineer Magazine Interview with Rob Leslie-Carter - Sorted! The UK's Top Project Manager [http://www.arup.com/_assets/_download/download216.pdf] ] . In 2008 he collected the NSW 'Project of the Year' award from the Australian Institute of Project Management for leading Arup's design team on the Water Cube in Beijing. [Arup Website Profile - Water Cube scoops the pool at project management awards [http://www.arup.com/australasia/newsitem.cfm?pageid=11834] ] [Rob Leslie-Carter (2005). "Beijing, Bubbles, and Project Management Legacy". Project Magazine [http://www.arup.com/_assets/_download/771CCA85-19BB-316E-40B2B55414929EA6.pdf] ] [ Rob Leslie-Carter interview with ABC Business Today - Arup in Beijing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1X5-6AJkQk] ] [Australian Institute of Project Management Newsletter September 2008 [http://www.aipm.com.au/resource/0809-NSW-Chapter-Newsletter.pdf] ]

Biography

Rob Leslie-Carter was born in Oxford, England on 24 October 1970. After periods living in Doha, Qatar (1972-76) and Chester (1976-82) his family returned to Oxford in 1982.

From Magdalen College School in Oxford, he went on to study Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol, graduating in 1992.

Leslie-Carter married Claire Saxby in 2000. They have four children - two daughters (Isabel and Eve) born at home in East London, and two sons (Lawrence and Arthur) born at home in Sydney. Ms Saxby is a qualified osteopath and a breastfeeding councilor with the Australian Breastfeeding Association. Together they designed and re-built their Bronte house, in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, in 2006.

Arup Career

Leslie-Carter has worked with Arup since graduating from Bristol University in 1992. He began his career in Arup’s Newcastle office, and spent periods in Arup’s Middlesbrough and Manchester offices before moving to Arup Project Management in London in 1996. [Arup Website - Arup Project Management [http://www.arup.com/projectmanagement] ] With Arup Project Management, his first major Client role was managing the start up and technical multiplex construction for the start up of OnDigital, a direct competitor to Sky at the launch of Digital terrestrial television in 1998.

From 1998 to 2002, Leslie-Carter was Client Project Manager for the Laban Dance School in Deptford, south-east London. He was named 'Project Manager of the Year' at the 2003 UK Association for Project Management Awards, for his leadership of the project. [Arup Website Profile - Laban leader wins Project Manager of the Year [http://www.arup.com/europe/newsitem.cfm?pageid=1136] ] [UK Association for Project Management - Britains Finest Announced [http://www.apm.org.uk/download.asp?fileID=101] ] [UK Association for Project Management - Project Manager of The Year Award Winners [http://www.apm.org.uk/awarddefinitions.asp] ] Designed by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, Laban also won the Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2003, the UK Royal Fine Arts Commission Trust Award, and a High Commendation at the British Construction Industry Awards. [RIBA Stirling Prize Winner 2003 [http://www.architecture.com/Awards/RIBAStirlingPrize/Winner2003/Winner2003.aspx] ] [Arup Website Profile - Project Management Awards [http://www.arup.com/projectmanagement/feature.cfm?pageid=6956] ] During his 4½ years working on the Laban project, he completed an MBA at Imperial College Business School, met and married his wife Claire Saxby, and had the first two of his four children. [Imperial College Business School Alumni Review Interview with Rob Leslie-Carter - Rob Leslie-Carter, Bright Star [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/pls/portallive/docs/1/3539900.PDF] ] The week after Laban’s opening ceremony, Leslie-Carter and his family moved with Arup to Sydney, Australia.

Between 2003 and 2008, Leslie-Carter managed Arup’s multi-disciplinary design team for the Beijing National Aquatics Centre (the Water Cube), for the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the short time since its opening, the Water Cube has become an icon of a ‘new Beijing’. The venue amazed visitors and inspired athletes at the 2008 Olympic Games, hosting the swimming and diving and events. 25 world records were broken in what is now the fastest pool in world, and Michael Phelps set a new Olympic landmark with eight gold medals. Working with PTW Architects, and CSCEC International Design, the Water Cube has won awards at the 2004 Venice Biennale and the 2006 Popular Science Best of what's new in engineering. [PTW Architects [http://www.ptw.com.au/] ] [ Venice Biennale Winner 2004 [http://www.arup.com/australasia/newsitem.cfm?pageid=4934] ] [ Populuar Science Award Winner 2006 [http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/antenna/building/heritage/111.asp] ] . In 2008 Leslie-Carter accepted the NSW 'Project of the Year' award from the Australian Institute of Project Management for leading Arup's design team on the Water Cube.

Since 2005, he has been increasingly involved in major Australian infrastructure projects, including the redevelopment of Sydney’s Town Hall Rail Station, advising the Australian Department of Defence on Public Private Partnership project transactions, and the Domestic Terminal Expansion at Brisbane Airport. [ Brisbane Airport Domestic Terminal Expansion [http://www.bne.com.au/content/standard_lp_majorprojects.asp?name=MajorProjectsIntroduction] ]

Leslie-Carter is currently Principal and Office Leader of Arup Sydney, an office of 350 engineers, specialists and support staff. [Arup Website Principal and Sydney Office Leader Profile [http://www.arup.com/australasia/people.cfm?pageid=1624] ] He is a guest lecturer at the University of New South Wales, part of their Masters of Project Management course. [University of New South Wales Masters of Project Management [http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/] ]

Sporting Career

chool Sport

At Magdalen College School, Leslie-Carter captained successful 1st XV rugby and the 1st XI hockey teams. He also played 1st VI tennis at Magdalen, although perhaps most notably beat a young Tim Henman in a tennis match against the neighbouring Dragon School in 1983.

Hockey Career

Leslie-Carter played 1st Grade club hockey from 1989 to 2000. He met his wife Claire Saxby playing hockey, and the sport formed the focus of his non-work life throughout the 1990s.

Having represented Oxfordshire County and Southern England at schoolboy level, his hockey career developed at Bristol University, where he played in the University 1st XI side that won the National University (UAU) Championships in 1991.

From 1992 to 1996, Leslie-Carter played in Newcastle for Gateshead Hockey Club (formerly Swalwell Hockey Club). After recovering from a knee reconstruction in 1993, he became increasingly influential for Swalwell and was top scorer in the 94/95 (19 goals) and 95/96 (24 goals) seasons. His goals, mainly from short corner strikes, helped Swalwell to promotion for the first time to the Northern Premier League in 95/96, and back-to-back Northumberland Cup wins. Leslie-Carter played in many UK hockey tournaments with Swallwell's touring side 'The Pallatics', winning three tournament titles at the Glaxo Hockey Festival in 1997, 1998 and 2000. In his final appearance for 'The Pallatics', he scored 11 goals in a match at the Portsmouth Islanders Tournament in 2000. He also played full county level for Northumberland in the 1994 and 1995 National County Championships.

On moving to London in 1996, he played three seasons in the 1st XI for Hampstead and Westminster Hockey Club. [A History of Hampstead and Westminster Hockey Club [http://www.hwhc.co.uk/about/history.htm] ] Throughout his time at H&W, he played in a central sweeper role, using his physical presence, speed and ability to read the game to good effect. In his first 1996/97 season, under the guidance of player coach and Great Britain international Rob Thompson, H&W won the Southern Premier League undefeated, and were promoted to the English National League after winning the playoff tournament at the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes. In the 1997/98 season, H&W finished fifth in National League Division 1- it’s best place to date - with Leslie-Carter at the heart of a defense which ended with the best record in the league. Following another knee injury in 2000, Leslie-Carter continued to play for two more seasons at H&W at a more social level, including occasionally coaching the womens 2nd and 3rd XI sides. During his time with Hampstead and Westminster, Leslie-Carter played in international hockey tournaments in Holland, Germany and around the UK.

Other Sports

Leslie-Carter ran the Great North Run in 1994 and 1995, the London Marathon in 1996, the Sydney Half Marathon in 2006, and has run Sydney’s City to Surf run every year since 2003. [Sydney Half Marathon [http://halfmarathon.smh.com.au/] ]

In 2005 he gained his Bronze Medallion to become a qualified Surf Lifesaver at Bronte Beach Surf Club in Sydney. [ Bronte Surf Club Awards 2006/2007 season [http://www.brontesurfclub.com.au/Images/0607_Presentation_Night.pdf] ]

elected Projects

Rob Leslie-Carter's major projects include:

Proposed or under construction

* National Portrait Gallery Australia, Canberra
* Town Hall Rail Station Redevelopment, Sydney NSW
* Western Front Interpretive Centre, Northern France [Office of Australian War Graves - Western Front War Memorial Projects [http://www.dva.gov.au/OAWG/war_memorials/overseas_memorials/western_front_projects.htm] ]
* Brisbane Airport Domestic Terminal Expansion

Completed

* Laban School of Dance & Visual Arts, London [Rob Leslie-Carter (2003). "Delivering Laban's Creative Vision". Arup Journal [http://www.arup.com/_assets/_download/download148.PDF] ] [Arup Website Profile - Total Laban, Dabtford UK [http://www.arup.com/unitedkingdom/feature.cfm?pageid=342] ] [Building Magazine Interview with Rob Leslie-Carter - Colour Me Beautiful [http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=1014265 ] ] [Building Magazine Interview with Rob Leslie-Carter - The Deptford Rainbow [http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=1023935] ] [Architecture Week Interview with Rob Leslie-Carter - Plastic Fantastic [http://www.architectureweek.com/2003/1015/news_1-2.html] ] [ Living Roofs Interview with Rob Leslie-Carter [http://www.livingroofs.org/livingpages/caselaban.html] ]
* Beijing National Aquatics Centre (The Water Cube) [Arup Website Profile - Managing the Water Cube [http://www.arup.com/australasia/feature.cfm?pageid=3978] ] [Australian Financial Review Interview with Rob Leslie-Carter - Aussies Scoop the Pool at Beijing [http://www.afr.com/home/viewer.aspx?ATL://20040826000014857630&title=Oi%2c+oi%2c+oi!+Aussies+scoop+the+pool+at+Beijing] ]
* Middlehaven Redevelopment including the new Riverside Stadium for Middlesbrough F.C.
* Newcastle Quayside Redevelopment
* Manchester Airport Terminal 3 [Arup Website Profile - Manchester Airport Terminal 3 Expansion [http://www.arup.com/airports/project.cfm?pageid=1633] ]
* Deutsche Bank Global Program including Deutsche Bank Place, Sydney and One Raffles Quay, Singapore
* Milad Telecommunications Tower, Tehran, Iran [Arup Website Profile - Milad Telecommunications Tower, Tehran, Iran [http://www.arup.com/australasia/project.cfm?pageid=7076] ]
* OnDigital Start Up, London
* Warburg Dillon Read Consolidation Project, London [Arup Journal - Warburg Dillon Read,1 Finsbury Avenue, London [http://www.arup.com/_assets/_download/download46.pdf] ]
* Headquarters Joint Operations Command Project, Canberra [Headquarters Joint Operations Command Project, Canberra [http://www.defence.gov.au/id/hqjoc/] ]
* Long Bay Forensic Hospital, Sydney

References

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External Links

[http://www.arup.com Arup]

[http://www.laban.org/ Laban]

[http://www.arupinbeijing.com/ Arup in Beijing]

[http://en.beijing2008.cn/46/39/WaterCube.shtml Beijing Olympics 2008 - The Water Cube]

[http://en.beijing2008.cn/72/37/article212043772.shtml Video Clip of The Water Cube]

[http://www.apm.org.uk/ Association for Project Management]

[http://www.gatesheadhockey.co.uk/1.html Gateshead Hockey Club]

[http://www.hwhc.co.uk/ Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club]

[http://www.brontesurfclub.com.au/ Bronte Surf Life Saving Club]