Chairman, Non-Executive Director

Mr Detlef Sulzer was appointed as Chairman and non-executive director of Boulder Steel Limited, effective 4 August 2011. 

He has been Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Brisbane since 2002, and has more than 40 years’ experience in the civil engineering design and construction industry.

In 1971 he joined Hochtief AG, the largest German construction company, as Project Design Manager for nuclear power stations. He transferred to Thiess Contractors Pty Limited of Australia in 1983 where he became responsible for the technical co-operation between Hochtief and Thiess and to facilitate the transfer of construction experience to Thiess until his retirement in 2008.

At Thiess, he was involved, among other activities, with: 

• Implementation of the incrementally launched bridge construction method
  
• The design and construction of the “Sun Sails” over World Expo ’88
  
• Placement of the submerged tubes for Sydney’s Harbour Tunnel
  
• Involved in the project conception of a specialty steel plant project at
  Gladstone in the 1990’s with a Pre- and Bankable Feasibility Study
  
• Establishment and management of Incore Pty Ltd,
  an integrated concrete repair company
  
• Publishing of the “Guidelines for Concrete Repair” while Chairman of the
  Australian Concrete Repair Association
  
• Developing the Advanced Electronic Blasting Technology, now patented worldwide.
  
  

Responsibilities:
Chairman of the Company