Disciplines
3
Commercial | Residential | Forensic
Brisbane City · South East Queensland
South East Queensland structural engineering.Done properly.
Over a decade of experience.
A principal-led consulting practice. RPEQ-registered, Chartered, and personally accountable for every project that leaves the office.
Over a decade of structural engineering.
The fast credibility check: service breadth, regional coverage, project scale and senior accountability.
Coverage
SEQ
Brisbane, Coast, Hinterland
Largest
$100M
Current hospital engagement
Experience
10+ yrs
Across QLD, NSW, VIC and Malaysia
Registered, Chartered and named.
RPEQ-registered, Chartered and named — the public credentials that stand behind every drawing Comten issues.
Member
MIEAust
Engineers Australia
Chartered
CPEng
Chartered Professional Engineer
National
NER
National Engineering Register
Registration
RPEQ 32317
Board of Professional Engineers QLD
Asia-Pacific
APEC Engineer
International register
International
IntPE(Aus)
International Professional Engineer
03 Direct access
Direct access to the engineer doing the work.
The engineer on the proposal is the engineer on your project.
Every project is led personally by Lewis Barry, and every drawing is reviewed and signed by the same engineer you spoke to on the first call. Fewer handovers, faster decisions, better detailing.
Principal accountability
Lewis signs every deliverable.
Capacity is demonstrated through work and numbers: $100M Maroochy Private Hospital, 22,000m2 of PT slab, Ripley Police Station and a balanced commercial, forensic and residential practice.
↳ Coverage
South East Queensland.
Based in Brisbane City and on site across the region.
- Brisbane
- Gold Coast
- Sunshine Coast
- Ipswich
- Logan
- Toowoomba
- Hinterland
Project proof before pitch.
Recent structural engineering across healthcare, government and commercial projects in South East Queensland.
Maroochy Private Hospital
Structural design for 22,000m2 of post-tensioned slab on a $100M private hospital development on the Sunshine Coast.
Comten role · Structural Engineer of Record
Ripley Police Station
Post-tensioned slab design for a $34M government-delivered police station in Ipswich's Ripley corridor.
Comten role · Structural Consultant
Peregian Springs Tavern
Independent structural design review for a concrete-framed commercial tavern with structural steel roof framing.
Comten role · Independent Reviewer
Millmerran Multipurpose Health Service
Structural engineering on a community health facility delivering essential services to the Millmerran region.
Comten role · Structural Consultant
Structural engineering that stays close to the work.
Commercial, residential and forensic pathways with a principal engineer accountable for the outcome and the documentation.
SVC.01
Commercial
Post-tensioned and reinforced concrete slab design for healthcare, government, mixed-use and multi-storey residential projects across South East Queensland.
SVC.02
Residential
Structural design and advice for custom homes, alterations, house raising, retaining walls and practical builder-led residential work.
SVC.03
Forensic
Independent structural assessment for cracking, movement, building defects, insurance matters, body corporate concerns and remediation decisions.
↳ Project pathway
Find the likely structural pathway.
Answer four quick prompts and we'll map the likely next step — no detail required.
Educational only. Not engineering advice, certification or a fee estimate.
One principal. Every project.
The named, RPEQ-registered engineer accountable for your project from first call to final signature.
The engineer on the cover sheet should be close enough to the work to answer the question properly.Lewis Barry, Director
Director & Principal Structural Engineer
Lewis Barry
MIEAust | CPEng | NER | RPEQ 32317 | APEC Engineer | IntPE(Aus)
Lewis founded Comten in June 2024 after almost a decade of structural engineering across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Malaysia.
He started his career in contracts administration at Arondale Interiors, an unusual path into engineering that gave him direct exposure to how construction actually runs on site. He then joined BCA ENG briefly before spending seven years at EDGE Consulting Engineers in Brisbane, moving from graduate structural engineer to structural engineer.
After EDGE, Lewis took a senior role at Bespoke Engineering Solutions for fourteen months before founding Comten. His technical depth sits in post-tensioned slab design, multi-storey concrete structures and complex commercial work.
Comten was founded on a simple principle: when you engage the firm, you deal directly with the engineer who signs the drawings. No project managers gatekeeping. No juniors learning on your job.
Currently leading structural design for the $100M Maroochy Private Hospital and the $34M Ripley Police Station.
MIEAustEngineers AustraliaCPEngChartered Professional EngineerNERNational Engineering RegisterRPEQ 32317Board of Professional Engineers QLDAPEC EngineerInternational registerIntPE(Aus)International Professional Engineer
The work, in motion.
Engineering is hard to photograph and easy to feel. From a $100M slab rising in a timelapse to a retaining wall seen from the air — proof you can watch.
→ Next step
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