5 About Ebulen Consult

Empowering the future.

Ebulen Consult Pty Ltd is a Melbourne-based engineering consultancy providing structural design, certification and validation services across Australia.

Who we are

Engineers first, partners always.

Our team has worked on numerous award-winning projects, such as Vicinity's Solar Program, and high-profile utility projects, such as Wellington North Solar Farm — with a strong track record serving developers, EPC companies, builders and contractors.

Alongside our established renewable-energy practice, our engineers bring extensive building-sector experience gained with top-tier consultancies such as WSP, Beca and Meinhardt — spanning residential towers, hotels, health, justice, sports and leisure, community, modular, retail and aviation projects.

We are highly knowledgeable about local council and state regulations and requirements, and work closely with stakeholders and responsible authorities to ensure our designs and certifications fully comply with the relevant Australian Standards.

We pride ourselves on being supportive, responsive and professional — remaining flexible and innovative to deliver the best possible solution for every client.

At a glance
  • Melbourne-based, working Australia-wide and into NZ & the Pacific
  • 3,300+ projects engineered and certified since 2019
  • Two practices — solar & storage, and building projects
  • Chartered & registered — CPEng · MIEAust · NER · RPEV / RPEQ
  • Registered certifying engineer in NT, TAS & WA
  • Clean Energy Council member
ResidentialSports & LeisureHealthJusticeCommunityModularRetailAviation
3,300+
Projects engineered & certified
8/8
Australian states & territories
200+
Clients, installers & manufacturers
50+
Years of combined experience
Our people

A close-knit team of chartered engineers.

Collaboration, creativity and excellence — delivering solutions that create lasting value for our clients.

Kevin Zhang, Director and Principal Engineer

Kevin Zhang

Director / Principal Engineer
CPEng · RPEV · NER

Kevin brings an extensive track record in delivering successful solar renewable projects, including senior roles with leading firms such as WSP, where he contributed to the development of industry-recognised engineering methods for solar PV structural design. He oversees engineering delivery across the entire project lifecycle.

Aaron Hsieh, Associate Director

Aaron Hsieh

Associate Director
Chartered — AU · UK · HK

Over 12 years of structural engineering experience across Australia and Hong Kong, with large-scale project experience spanning education, health care, aviation, residential, retail and recreational — and deep expertise in reinforced concrete and steel design.

Steven Zheng, Associate Engineer

Steven Zheng

Associate Engineer
Structural & renewables

A versatile structural engineer with nine years of experience spanning the building and renewable-energy industries — from commercial buildings and infrastructure to structural support for rooftop and utility-scale solar farm installations.

Chris McGilligan, Senior Engineer

Chris McGilligan

Senior Engineer
CPEng

An enthusiastic senior structural engineer with seven years of experience, strong problem-solving skills and innovative concepts across the building structures and energy sectors.

Tommy Vu, Engineer

Tommy Vu

Engineer

Tommy joined the team in 2024 with five years of professional experience — from residential design through to first-rate consulting firm Meinhardt — bringing in-depth knowledge of all aspects of structural design.

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Gary Peng

Engineer

A structural engineer with expertise in solar PV installation assessments and residential structural design — delivering roof assessments and racking designs from small installations to large, complex systems.

Raditha Aravinda, Graduate Engineer

Raditha Aravinda

Graduate Engineer

Raditha holds a Master's degree in Civil Engineering, and grew from intern to valued team member through capability, dedication and attention to detail across the firm's energy-sector projects.

Standards & registrations

Engineered to the letter.

Every design and certificate is prepared to the relevant Australian Standards, with a 25-year design life standard across all solar infrastructure and wind-region coverage from A0 to cyclonic C — 200 to 500-year recurrence.

AS/NZS 1170 — structural design actions AS/NZS 1170.4:2024 — earthquake AS 4100:2020 — steel AS 3600:2018 — concrete AS/NZS 4600:2018 — cold-formed steel AS 5216:2018 — post-installed fastening NCC 2022 compliance Regulation 126 certification (VIC)
Clean Energy Council member Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) National Engineering Register Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland Victorian Building Authority Engineers Australia NER
Work with us

Let's build something certified.

Tell us about your solar, storage or structural project and our engineers will come back with a tailored, economical scope.