George Bourne and Associates

The practice, first called C.H. Wilson, then C.H. Wilson and Partners, now George Bourne and Associates (GBA), has been delivering engineering and other services that have made Western Queensland a better place in which to live. The firm provides engineering and allied services to shire and regional councils and other clients within central & western Queensland. Over thirty people are employed, while specialists are retained on a short-term basis according to need. It uses three aircraft to service a client base of local authorities as well as the Department of Transport & Main Roads and many private clients. The firm provides a multidisciplinary service including Engineering, Survey, Building Certification, Cultural Heritage & Environmental, Design and Project Management. The total area regularly serviced by the firm becomes a region of 512,316 square kilometres (approximately twice the size of the state of Victoria), with an estimated total population of 50,000.