a ..read more

a ..read more

Welcome to Canberra ..read more

What a week to start out 2021:   23,000 Facebook views and 42,500 YouTube views for the #Canberra inspired music video #WelcomeToCanberra    Here’s the radio interview for the music video at the Studio of ABC Canberra on New Year’s Day.    That was a fun ride for something that I wasn’t originally planning to post, a bit of a laugh and some creative fun in and around our wonderful city to end the year :-)   Hope you enjoy the interview ..read more

OK, sooooo it’s time for a holiday break, and I have made a song for the first time ever. My tween daughters helped me film it ? and it was fun… about my fav city - Canberra (my city :-))) ?????? Hope you enjoy it, laugh, smile, cringe, sigh or cheer… all the best for 2021 and “welcome to CANBERRA”, the best city in the world! Welcome to Canberra (2021) - Dimitri Livas ..read more

Insurance- Dimitri Livas - Fixing Broken Buildings #28 Why do we need Insurance… well unfortunately, none of us can tell the future. You see, you never know when there's gonna be a bump in the road that could impact your property, revenue and livelihood. This is one of the reasons we have insurance policies, so if and when something does go wrong, we can rest assured that we’ve covered all our bases. Some claims can be smaller in scale, an isolated incident affecting one property, but insurance can also cover those big-ticket disasters, fires, floods, earthquakes, events that are widespread an ..read more

In this First Episode of FIGHT, Business enthusiast and successful entrepreneur Dimitri Livas introduces us to the principles of business success, The Powerful Strategies and Tactics to help you win in Business   Bio: A born entrepreneur, Dimitri did it all, from hustling car washes as a kid in the local neighbourhood to collecting garbage in the twilight hours before high school and then purchasing and turning around a run down restaurant during University. All of this before earning a Bachelor of Commerce as well as an Advanced Diploma in Construction Management, and building his o ..read more

Five emerging Construction Technologies - Dimitri Livas - Fixing Broken Buildings #27 5 emerging construction technologies that are going to shape the future. It's now 2020 and things are just constantly evolving with no signs of slowing down. We can see it happening in our everyday lives, with a new smartphone or watch out every other week. But what’s going on in the construction world? Are things moving onwards and upwards there too? The answer is a whopping YES! Things are constantly changing in our world and much of it is in the field of construction, the field of shaping the world of tomo ..read more

They Just Don't Build Em Like They Used To… In Episode #25: Broken Buildings Expert, Dimitri Livas explores how we build now-days, because... They just don't build 'em like they used to. A statement that holds true, but isn't necessarily negative. In today's world, nothing is how it used to be, we've optimised almost everything to fit our packed schedules and busy lifestyles. When we're taking a look at our building structures, the fact is, they just don't build 'em like they used to, a lot of the time they build them better ..read more

Upcycling and Remodelling Commercial Buildings … In Episode #24: Broken Buildings Expert, Dimitri Livas explores Upcycling, because… At some point, we must look at existing sites for the purpose of finding space for new projects. And yet the impacts of total knock-down-rebuild-style developments on the environment and the community are huge. Demolishing and rebuilding a new building – no matter how sustainable that building is intended to be upon completion – typically creates far more carbon emissions than upcycling an existing property. Upcycling really is the way to go – designing and build ..read more