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MCDA Collab works with developers, property owners, builders, organisations and project teams to resolve complex design and development problems and move projects toward viable, buildable and commercially sound outcomes.
Our work sits across architecture, property development, development management, construction, project strategy, stakeholder management and delivery.
MCDA Collab is frequently involved where the challenge extends well beyond simply producing a design.
Development strategy, feasibility, planning, project structuring and development potential across the full development lifecycle.
Architectural design, design management, property development, construction and multidisciplinary project delivery.
Project strategy, stakeholder management, project recovery and practical pathways through complex delivery environments.
Community infrastructure, sporting and boardrider facilities, master planning, governance and long-term project feasibility.
Michael has spent his career working across architecture, development and project delivery, with a particular focus on identifying opportunity within complex sites and turning development potential into viable outcomes.
His career has encompassed architectural design, design management, development management, property development, construction, project strategy, executive leadership and multidisciplinary project delivery.
Michael has held development management roles including with Walker Corporation, with experience across development strategy, feasibility, planning, project structuring and delivery over the full development lifecycle.
A particular strength has been identifying development potential beyond conventional code-based outcomes and structuring policy-led, impact-assessable planning pathways to unlock significantly greater site value for developers.
Projects may involve complex sites, development feasibility, planning and approval constraints, competing stakeholder interests, procurement issues, construction considerations, operational requirements, incomplete information or projects requiring a strategic reset.
Michael works across owners, developers, architects, consultants, builders, authorities and other stakeholders to establish the problem clearly, identify opportunities and responsibilities, and create a practical pathway toward an outcome.
His experience across architecture, development management and property development allows projects to be considered beyond the immediate design and construction phase and across their broader commercial and operational lifespan.
The underlying principle is consistent: understand the desired outcome first, then organise the design, people, commercial, planning, regulatory, operational and delivery components around achieving it.
Strategic design and development consulting · Property development · Development management · Luxury residential development · Architectural and design leadership · Development and project strategy · Planning and development potential · Long-term project feasibility and lifecycle planning · Project recovery and problem solving · Construction and delivery advice · Stakeholder and authority engagement · Community infrastructure · Sporting and boardrider facilities · Master planning · Community governance and project delivery.
Gold Coast, Queensland
Brisbane, Queensland
Niseko, Japan
Niseko, Japan
Brisbane, Queensland
Japan
Michael Dullens is a strategic design and development consultant whose career has spanned architecture, property development, development management, construction, executive leadership, project strategy and community governance.
His work has ranged from architectural design and major project delivery through to development strategy, property development, organisational leadership, difficult-project resolution and the coordination of complex multidisciplinary and stakeholder environments.
Michael’s approach is centred on understanding the objective and constraints first, identifying where value can be created, assembling the appropriate people and maintaining focus on a commercially viable, buildable and deliverable outcome.
Principal | MCDA Collab
Strategic Design & Development Consultant
Director | Pacesetter Developments
President | Tugun Progress Association
Michael’s community work has included sporting and boardrider organisations, community infrastructure, master planning, long-term project feasibility and the pursuit and coordination of significant government funding.
His experience in development management, long-term feasibility and commercial project planning also informs his approach to community and sporting infrastructure, where the long-term operation and viability of a facility are considered alongside its initial design and construction.
Michael is President of the Tugun Progress Association, a role he has held for approximately three years.
Through the Tugun Progress Association and Tom Atkin Hall, Michael has been involved in governance, community engagement, strategic planning, fundraising, major community events, infrastructure projects and collaboration between community organisations, sporting organisations, professional consultants and local, state and federal government stakeholders.
This work has included sporting and boardrider organisations, community infrastructure, master planning, long-term project feasibility and the pursuit and coordination of significant government funding.
Architecture – University of Queensland
Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management
Michael has also undertaken broader postgraduate study and professional training, including postgraduate medicine at the University of Queensland and the GSO pilot officer pathway.
His broader experience includes counselling, lifesaving, SES volunteering and dispute mediation. He has university teaching experience at the University of Queensland and has also tutored at UQ and QUT and undertaken guest lecturing within QUT Architecture.
“Michael has great vision and understands the subtle parts of a development, including requirements from council and landscape planning. I give my unreserved recommendation.”
David Freeman
Freeman’s Organic Farm
“Always dedicated to doing what’s best for his client but never selling out to short term agendas, Michael guides projects through the tricky waters of viability to deliver sustainable outcomes that enrich all who are involved.”
Philip Follent
Former Queensland Government Architect · Gold Coast City Architect
“Michael is approachable and relates well with his clients. His designs are innovative, high standard and cost-sensitive. If you are looking for a design with character Michael is your guy.”
John Viklund
Director, Coastal Development Approvals
“Mike is one of the only Design managers I have dealt with who designs to a clients budget and through collaboration with the builder and client, is able to bring the client’s vision to life while making the client well aware of the cost of different finishes throughout designing their project.”
Jed Turner
Owner, J.E.T Building & Constructions Pty Ltd
MCDA Collab is available for selected design, development, development management, project strategy, project management and dispute-resolution work in Queensland and elsewhere.
For project enquiries or to discuss a project requiring strategic input, use the enquiry form.
Michael Dullens
0422 398 585
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