Jake| Founding Director / THE BOSS
Jake has over 23 years of experience in the construction industry. As a second generation builder completing his Carpentry Apprenticeship with his father, he then gained his own builders license at the age of 21 and moved on to work for a large construction company working through the ranks as a leading hand then Site Foreman and Construction Manager, running multi-million dollar high-rise commercial developments.
His drive and passion for building luxury homes and high-end house renovations led him to step out on his own, and in 2006 Aspire Constructions was born. Always striving and testing the boundaries in construction and his willingness to take on challenging jobs that many builders may shy away from has fueled his passion for discovering new ways and products to work with to achieve the best possible outcome for his clients. Combining his extensive experience, training and attention to detail will ensure that your build will adhere to the very highest standards. This is proven as Jake has built Aspire Constructions into an award-winning team which is highly sought after by clients and architects.
When he's not on the job, you can find him keeping up with his many outdoor hobbies or moonlighting as an aspiring children's author writing funny stories with his 4 kids at bedtime.
Jake has over 23 years of experience in the construction industry. As a second generation builder completing his Carpentry Apprenticeship with his father, he then gained his own builders license at the age of 21 and moved on to work for a large construction company working through the ranks as a leading hand then Site Foreman and Construction Manager, running multi-million dollar high-rise commercial developments.
His drive and passion for building luxury homes and high-end house renovations led him to step out on his own, and in 2006 Aspire Constructions was born. Always striving and testing the boundaries in construction and his willingness to take on challenging jobs that many builders may shy away from has fueled his passion for discovering new ways and products to work with to achieve the best possible outcome for his clients. Combining his extensive experience, training and attention to detail will ensure that your build will adhere to the very highest standards. This is proven as Jake has built Aspire Constructions into an award-winning team which is highly sought after by clients and architects.
When he's not on the job, you can find him keeping up with his many outdoor hobbies or moonlighting as an aspiring children's author writing funny stories with his 4 kids at bedtime.
Meet our team...
Liza| Executive Assistant / THE REAL BOSS
Wife to Jake and mama to their 4 children. Liza has over 13 years working in the construction industry on the administration side, working for previous constructions companies before taking on the administration of Aspire Constructions since its humble beginnings. She is Executive Assistant to Jake, whilst running social media, our website and the tech-ish side of the business - along with any Ad-Hoc duties to ensure that the administration side runs smoothly.
When she's not dominating in the office, you'll find her wrangling the kids, and all that encompasses!
Wife to Jake and mama to their 4 children. Liza has over 13 years working in the construction industry on the administration side, working for previous constructions companies before taking on the administration of Aspire Constructions since its humble beginnings. She is Executive Assistant to Jake, whilst running social media, our website and the tech-ish side of the business - along with any Ad-Hoc duties to ensure that the administration side runs smoothly.
When she's not dominating in the office, you'll find her wrangling the kids, and all that encompasses!
Riz| Administration Guru / Accounts
With her professional training as an accountant, Riz runs our office Accounts Administration side. She keeps our company running smoothly from the back end working closely with Jake and Liza to ensure all our administrative tasks run smoothly.
When Riz isn't tackling our books, you'll find her keeping up with her 3 school-aged kids and the hubby.
With her professional training as an accountant, Riz runs our office Accounts Administration side. She keeps our company running smoothly from the back end working closely with Jake and Liza to ensure all our administrative tasks run smoothly.
When Riz isn't tackling our books, you'll find her keeping up with her 3 school-aged kids and the hubby.
Aaron| Site Foreman / Carpenter
Aaron completed his apprenticeship with his dad - and was given full reign of the business barely tradesman as his dad left to travel around Australia for 6 months - upon his return he continued on in Culburra Beach working with his own clients. He has worked for several builders over the years but finally saw the light once he joined the Aspire Team and never looked back!
Aaron runs one of our sites as a hands-on Site Foreman, dealing directly with Jake, client and architect to ensure the construction works for our projects are completed to our highest standards. With over 15 years experience in the construction industry and joining our team as a second generation carpenter bringing a keen eye for detail while being able to liaise with clients to make sure they know the details of every step of the way and can rest easy knowing that their project is in safe hands. When he's not crushing it onsite making clients happy you'll find him working on his own home or down the South Coast in Culburra his old stomping ground.
Aaron completed his apprenticeship with his dad - and was given full reign of the business barely tradesman as his dad left to travel around Australia for 6 months - upon his return he continued on in Culburra Beach working with his own clients. He has worked for several builders over the years but finally saw the light once he joined the Aspire Team and never looked back!
Aaron runs one of our sites as a hands-on Site Foreman, dealing directly with Jake, client and architect to ensure the construction works for our projects are completed to our highest standards. With over 15 years experience in the construction industry and joining our team as a second generation carpenter bringing a keen eye for detail while being able to liaise with clients to make sure they know the details of every step of the way and can rest easy knowing that their project is in safe hands. When he's not crushing it onsite making clients happy you'll find him working on his own home or down the South Coast in Culburra his old stomping ground.
Shane| Site Foreman / Carpenter
After a successful career as a Shipwright (boat builder) for over 10 years which involved the construction of many sailing yachts and catamarans – including around the world racing yachts, multi-million dollar cruisers and “Sydney to Hobart” racing yachts, Shane decided to shift careers into Carpentry.
Utilising the skills he has gained from the many years of boat building he is now one of our Carpenters working closely with Jake and the team across our projects to ensure Aspire Constructions high standards for quality construction are met on time every time.
When he's not on site, you can find him working on his own place in Culburra or spending some quality time with family - especially his 2 little guys, running around keeping him extra busy and hanging out with mates.
After a successful career as a Shipwright (boat builder) for over 10 years which involved the construction of many sailing yachts and catamarans – including around the world racing yachts, multi-million dollar cruisers and “Sydney to Hobart” racing yachts, Shane decided to shift careers into Carpentry.
Utilising the skills he has gained from the many years of boat building he is now one of our Carpenters working closely with Jake and the team across our projects to ensure Aspire Constructions high standards for quality construction are met on time every time.
When he's not on site, you can find him working on his own place in Culburra or spending some quality time with family - especially his 2 little guys, running around keeping him extra busy and hanging out with mates.
Patrick| Carpenter
After starting his apprenticeship doing frames and trusses, Pat decided that jumping on board with Team Aspire would be a better step towards his goal of becoming a builder - to learn the ropes of high residential building from Jake and the team. Interested in learning all facets of building from the ground up to handover - he works with our foreman and Jake make sure that the Aspire strive for excellence is always at the forefront. Pat is moving up the ranks and can't wait to be ready to take on his own project as a Site Foreman. Working for Aspire, he hopes to gain as much knowledge of the industry to further himself towards his goal of becoming a licensed builder and run his own successful business. When he's not dominating onsite, you'll find him with his mates fishing or spearfishing, hitting the gym, tinkering in the garage or taking his dog for a run.
After starting his apprenticeship doing frames and trusses, Pat decided that jumping on board with Team Aspire would be a better step towards his goal of becoming a builder - to learn the ropes of high residential building from Jake and the team. Interested in learning all facets of building from the ground up to handover - he works with our foreman and Jake make sure that the Aspire strive for excellence is always at the forefront. Pat is moving up the ranks and can't wait to be ready to take on his own project as a Site Foreman. Working for Aspire, he hopes to gain as much knowledge of the industry to further himself towards his goal of becoming a licensed builder and run his own successful business. When he's not dominating onsite, you'll find him with his mates fishing or spearfishing, hitting the gym, tinkering in the garage or taking his dog for a run.
Josh| Site Foreman / Carpenter
Growing up surrounded by carpenters in the family, it was inevitable that Josh would end up going down the same road. Josh has jumped on board with Aspire as a Site Foreman after seeing the high quality workmanship and high standards that we push our selves toward - and knowing he wanted to be part of the Aspire team to further his career and dreams of becoming a Builder. He's our gentle giant who will always have your back. He loves nothing more than to stand back and look at his part in building something special for our clients. He works closely with Jake - to make sure our projects run on time and to the high standards we hold ourselves to.
When Josh isn't dominating on site you'll find him spending quality time with his family and kids.
Growing up surrounded by carpenters in the family, it was inevitable that Josh would end up going down the same road. Josh has jumped on board with Aspire as a Site Foreman after seeing the high quality workmanship and high standards that we push our selves toward - and knowing he wanted to be part of the Aspire team to further his career and dreams of becoming a Builder. He's our gentle giant who will always have your back. He loves nothing more than to stand back and look at his part in building something special for our clients. He works closely with Jake - to make sure our projects run on time and to the high standards we hold ourselves to.
When Josh isn't dominating on site you'll find him spending quality time with his family and kids.
Owen| Contracts Administrator
Growing up on the family property becoming a jack of all trades led Owen to construction. At first wanting to become an architect but enjoyed being on site in the thick of it too much. This led Owen to the University of Canberra to complete a Building and Construction Project Management degree majoring in Quantity Surveying. His previous job saw a lot of high end custom homes being built however it was large scale residential developments. This left him with the desire to join a team who go above and beyond with design and construction which led him to Aspire!
Owen works closely with Jake and our Site Foreman - handling a lot of our onsite administration with the flexibility of jumping on the tools and getting his hands dirty.
When he's not on site you'll find him outdoors hiking/camping in summer, snowboarding in winter and spearfishing/surfing year-round.
Growing up on the family property becoming a jack of all trades led Owen to construction. At first wanting to become an architect but enjoyed being on site in the thick of it too much. This led Owen to the University of Canberra to complete a Building and Construction Project Management degree majoring in Quantity Surveying. His previous job saw a lot of high end custom homes being built however it was large scale residential developments. This left him with the desire to join a team who go above and beyond with design and construction which led him to Aspire!
Owen works closely with Jake and our Site Foreman - handling a lot of our onsite administration with the flexibility of jumping on the tools and getting his hands dirty.
When he's not on site you'll find him outdoors hiking/camping in summer, snowboarding in winter and spearfishing/surfing year-round.
Stephen| Carpenter Apprentice
Stephen joined the Aspire team as a first year apprentice and he hasn't stopped smiling since starting - no matter what he is doing! Everybody loves Stephen - and he's a quick learner. He works closely with our Site Foreman - Aaron, Shane and Josh - learning the ropes of the construction industry and helping keeping our sites running smoothly day to day. We know this young guy is going places and will have a long successful career in the construction industry.
When he is not crushing it on site - you'll find Stephen hanging out with family and friends.
Stephen joined the Aspire team as a first year apprentice and he hasn't stopped smiling since starting - no matter what he is doing! Everybody loves Stephen - and he's a quick learner. He works closely with our Site Foreman - Aaron, Shane and Josh - learning the ropes of the construction industry and helping keeping our sites running smoothly day to day. We know this young guy is going places and will have a long successful career in the construction industry.
When he is not crushing it on site - you'll find Stephen hanging out with family and friends.
Jay| Carpenter
After working in commercial carpentry, Jay decided to jump ship and move over to residential building to join the Aspire team as a step towards the goal of becoming a builder. He's our resident "nice guy" always with a smile on his face. Growing up on a farm, he's a country boy at heart, and he brings a fantastic work ethic and an excellent eye for detail which makes him a valuable part of our team.
He works closely with our foreman to ensure our core values and high standards are always at the forefront in everything we do. Recently retiring from semi-professional football to focus on his building career and his growing family, when he's not on site, you'll find him most weekends hanging out with his better half, running around with his 2 little ones, working on his own home or catching up with his mates.
After working in commercial carpentry, Jay decided to jump ship and move over to residential building to join the Aspire team as a step towards the goal of becoming a builder. He's our resident "nice guy" always with a smile on his face. Growing up on a farm, he's a country boy at heart, and he brings a fantastic work ethic and an excellent eye for detail which makes him a valuable part of our team.
He works closely with our foreman to ensure our core values and high standards are always at the forefront in everything we do. Recently retiring from semi-professional football to focus on his building career and his growing family, when he's not on site, you'll find him most weekends hanging out with his better half, running around with his 2 little ones, working on his own home or catching up with his mates.
Michael| Carpenter
Michael works closely with our foreman and Jake to ensure our builds run smoothly and adhere to our highest standards. His love of all aspects of building and unique, high quality builds that present its own challenges make for non-repetitive work which what drew him to jump on board with Aspire. He is looking to move up through the ranks and into a Site Foreman role, running his own project with Aspire which won't be long as he's a gun on site, always up for anything and his drive to be part of a team will see him move into that role sooner than later!
When he's not bringing the goods on site, you'll find him racing motorcycles (no wonder he loves a challenge!) hanging out with his girlfriend and mates, getting away for the weekend four wheel driving and camping and snowboarding in the winter.
Michael works closely with our foreman and Jake to ensure our builds run smoothly and adhere to our highest standards. His love of all aspects of building and unique, high quality builds that present its own challenges make for non-repetitive work which what drew him to jump on board with Aspire. He is looking to move up through the ranks and into a Site Foreman role, running his own project with Aspire which won't be long as he's a gun on site, always up for anything and his drive to be part of a team will see him move into that role sooner than later!
When he's not bringing the goods on site, you'll find him racing motorcycles (no wonder he loves a challenge!) hanging out with his girlfriend and mates, getting away for the weekend four wheel driving and camping and snowboarding in the winter.
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