Luke Stambolis

Managing Director – Victoria of Probuild, Australia

There’s no shortcut to success and usually, it takes persistence, patience and hard work to get there. That’s not an earth shaking statement but many people want it the easy way and often talk about the “should haves, could haves and would haves”.

Instead, someone like Luke Stambolis decided to wake up from his dreams and pursue them many years ago.

His road to success started then and has taken him to become the Victorian managing director of Probuild, a national tier one construction company in Australia.

He has a 20-year career in construction and has worked on several iconic projects in both Australia and the United Kingdom.

Luke has a proven track record of working with clients and key stakeholders to ensure consistently high quality delivery of projects. With a Degree from RMIT in Construction Management, he has spent the last two decades refining his skills in all facets of projects from concept, feasibility, master planning,  pre-construction to construction delivery.

“I believe that hard work will get you to where you want to be – I’ve always applied myself whether it’s in work or my personal life.”

“In the beginning, I was inspired by my uncle who was a residential house builder and I think it’s also to do with my European heritage as we are known to build great buildings. So, it’s all in the blood,” Luke says with a chuckle.

After he graduated from RMIT in 1996, he worked on the Crown Casino project. “I was invited to be part of the special effects delivery team and that involved building the waterfront fire brigades and main lobby water fountains. It was a very exciting time for me, especially as it was my foray into the industry.”

After that project was completed, he worked as a cadet for another tier one builder at the time. He made such an impression in his time at the company working on hospital, retail and high rise projects that Stambolis soon became the project and site manager for several of its major developments.

“When I was 30, I went to the UK to work on Westfield London, a billion dollar project that was a huge success. I joined Probuild a few years ago, mainly to oversee its high rise portfolio in Melbourne CBD,” he explains.

Probuild is one of Australia’s largest construction companies with a national pipeline of projects worth $4 billion and an annual turnover of $1.8 billion with their line-up of retail, commercial and residential developments.

Aside from being responsible for multiple million dollar projects, Luke also likes to challenge himself outside work.

“I like fly fishing even though I’m not very good at it. It’s a constant torment that’s similar to golf because if you’re not doing it often enough, you can’t master it. But one of the main things I love about it is that it makes you go to places you have never gone before so it gives you an opportunity to explore mother nature,” he says.

Luke is married to his wife Eve, who’s also in the industry working with interior design and they have two sons. “I believe that hard work will get you to where you want to be – I’ve always applied myself whether it’s in work or my personal life. I can’t always sit still for very long – I love to learn new things and am now developing my kids hoping to pass on some knowledge and wisdom to them,” he says.

Probuild works across commercial, educational, industrial, residential, retail, entertainment and sports and leisure sectors, overseeing all facets of project delivery, construction planning and management. It is currently delivering some of Australia’s largest construction projects including Victoria One, Eastland and Chadstone shopping centres in Melbourne, Grand Central Shopping Centre in Toowoomba and The Towers in Western Australia which will include the luxury Ritz-Carlton hotel.

坚持、耐心和努力方能铸就成功，无任何捷径可言。虽然这并非石破天惊的声明，但许多人却追求简易之道：常想着应该做、可以做与本来会做，却留下一片空白。相反，Luke Stambolis多年前已毫不犹豫展开他的梦想。

他的成功之路始于作为澳大利亚国家一级建筑公司Probuild维多利亚区的董事经理，累积20年的建筑行业经验，分别于澳大利亚和英国实践了标志性的项目计划。

他拥有完美的客户与重要利益相关者合作记录，维持高质量的项目完工交付。除了具备墨尔本皇家理工大学(RMIT)建筑管理学位，20年来精炼和增进各方面技能，从概念、可行性、总体规划，前期建设到施工交付。

“我的启蒙灵感来自叔叔，他是一名住宅建筑商。另外，也与我的欧洲血统有关，众所周知这是个构建雄伟建筑的地方，所以一切都在血液中流窜。”Luke笑着说。

1996年RMIT毕业后，他曾参与皇冠赌场发展项目，受邀加入特效交付团队，涉及的部分是构建海滨消防署和大厅喷泉。对他来说，这是非常激动人心的时刻，尤其是刚进入这行业。

项目完成后，他作为实习生参与另外一级建筑商的工作，杰出表现令人印象深刻，当时他所在的公司有医院、零售和高楼等项目，他很快成为几个大型发展计划主要项目和据点经理。“当我30岁，我被派驻英国WestfieldLondon工作，这项10亿元的项目取得空前成功。几年前加入Probuild，主要是监督管理墨尔本CBD的高楼项目。”

Probuild是澳大利亚最大的建筑公司之一，掌握价值40亿元国家管道项目，年度营业额高达18亿元，包括零售领域、商业和住宅的发展计划。除了负责多项动辄上百万的项目，Luke也喜欢在工作外接受挑战。

“我喜欢飞钓，尽管我不擅长，但历经不断的磨练，类似于高尔夫，如果日常没苦练，根本无法掌握。但主要原因是这户外活动能够带你探索未知的领域和贴近大自然。”

Luke与从事室内设计的妻子Eve育有2名儿子。“我相信努力会让人到达想去的地方，我总是实践在工作和生活当中。我并非那种能够呆坐的人，喜爱学习新事物，目前我在塑造孩子们，希望传递知识和智慧予他们。”

Probuild的建设显现在商业、教育、工业、住宅、零售业、娱乐、体育与休闲领域，负责全面性的项目交付、建设规划和管理。现提供一些澳大利亚大型的构建项目包括VictoriaOne，墨尔本的Eastland与Chadstone购物中心，位于图文巴的GrandCentral购物中心和西澳的The Towers，并且包括豪华的Ritz-Carlton酒店。