MEET THE TEAM
MEET THE TEAM
WHO WE ARE. WHAT W DO.
NICK ABRAHAM
MANAGING DIRECTOR
As Founder of Interlock Construction in both Nepal and Australia, Nick brings to the table a wealth of passion and skill that is the driving force of the company.
Having over 10 years experience in the industry and a passion for the development of the sector, Interlock under Nick’s leadership is well positioned to achieve both satisfied customers and personnel.
TROY NEWMAN
HEAD OF DESIGN
Troy joined Interlock to complement the In House design team. He brings over 10 years of industry experience working with Design services practices all over the world from Sydney, Newcastle, London & Spain. This wide range of exposure to projects varying in scale has given Troy a solid knowledge base to inform design from initial concepts through to detailing and overseeing construction.
MARINA SOBRAL
OFFICE MANAGER / DESIGN ASSISTANT
In her role as Office Manager, Marina manages and records all incoming and outcoming Purchase Orders and liaises with her colleagues on a daily basis to ensure that all work has been completed and all costings are correct.
She is also our Architect Assistant helping Troy with our various projects around The Sydney North Shore.
She describes herself as responsible, reliable, and logical and loves organization and structured processes.
Her professional experience spans eight years across Architecture and Project Management. Before, she studied Architecture and Urbanism at UBA, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and also at La Sapienza, Roma, Italia.
KAHO TSUKAGUCHI
SITE MANAGER
Landed in the big southern island in May 2014 with a backpack and an ambition to build stages for rock bands around the globe, Kaho has never imagined herself working in residential & commercial construction sites 6 years later.
Kaho picked up carpentry skills and a bit of an Aussie accent along the way, joined Interlock Construction after working with Nick on various projects.
Ever since, she has been showing up every morning ready for hard work, and enjoying seeing projects getting done from the beginning to the end. She looks forward to the day she becomes an Australian Resident and strives to make it happen. Kaho also moonlights honing her design skills with night courses such as drafting and building design.
NICK MCCOUAT
TRADE ASSISTANT
Trained as a robotics and software engineer, Nick has worked for a decade in the varied worlds of Radar and sonar systems, experimental automation and high-frequency trading. In 2018-19 he was drawn to construction by a desire to contribute more directly to society - in particular via a focus on the use of sustainable, environmentally-conscious materials and building techniques. Since then, he has been working in structural landscaping and carpentry-based roles, learning a range of building skills.
Nick believes that tiny houses - or the thinking behind them - will probably save the world, likes running and swimming in his spare time, and has a small pet cactus.
ALEC KITCHING
SITE MANAGER
Trained as a robotics and software engineer, Alec has worked for a decade in the varied worlds of Radar and sonar systems, experimental automation and high-frequency trading. In 2018-19 he was drawn to construction by a desire to contribute more directly to society - in particular via a focus on the use of sustainable, environmentally-conscious materials and building techniques.
Since then, he has been working in structural landscaping and carpentry-based roles, learning a range of building skills, and applying some of his engineering background to the work that the team performs. Alec believes that tiny houses - or the thinking behind them - will probably save the world, likes running and swimming in his spare time, and has a small pet cactus.
THOMAS BROWN
CARPENTER
Having joined the interlock team as a subcontractor in 2019, he progressed to site foreman, bringing with him over 8 years of knowledge and experience in residential building. His primary focuses include keeping an efficient team, making sure jobs run smoothly and most importantly keeping clients informed and happy.
Tom's passion for building is always evident in the high quality of work that is produced, and is always willing to go the extra mile in effort to get things done.
Always keeping busy though you can usually pick him out on site from his out of tune singing.
MASAHIRO YOKOO
CARPENTER
Masa, how he likes to be called among his peers, has been working with traffic signals for 12 years in Japan. He has worked as a site foreman and used to handle an excavator and various trucks. He had mainly been working building electric poles and connecting cables, wiring for all the traffic lights in Japan.
He decided to came to Australia in 2019, with an ambition to discover new things, such as a new language and a new profession.
He started to learn English and Carpentry, and that's when he became to work for Interlock Construction as an Apprentice, helping us with every project, from the beginning to the end.
CARL WICKS
CARPENTER
Trained as a robotics and software engineer, has worked for a decade in the varied worlds of Radar and sonar systems, experimental automation and high-frequency trading. In 2018-19 he was drawn to construction by a desire to contribute more directly to society - in particular via a focus on the use of sustainable, environmentally-conscious materials and building techniques.
Since then, he has been working in structural landscaping and carpentry-based roles, learning a range of building skills, and applying some of his engineering background to the work that the team performs. He believes that tiny houses - or the thinking behind them - will probably save the world, likes running and swimming in his spare time, and has a small pet cactus.