Approvals & certifiers
Lodgement, RFI responses and keeping the certifier moving to determination.
Service 04
You have the plans. We run the job.
Approvals, trades, budget, program and reporting — managed by a licensed builder who has actually built the thing you are trying to build.
The service
A builder's judgement, on your side of the table.
Project management from someone who has never swung a hammer is administration. Project management from a builder is different — we know which trade is telling us the truth about a delay, which sequence actually works on site, and which line in a subcontractor's quote is going to become a claim later.
We take this on two ways: as your builder under a managed contract, or as your independent representative overseeing someone else's build. Either way you get one person accountable for cost, time and quality.
Included
What you get with this service.
Every item below is part of the contract price — none of it is an upsell once we are on site.
Trade procurement
Scoped tender packages, three prices where the market allows, and recommendations you can see the reasoning behind.
Program development
A critical-path program with long-lead items identified, updated and reissued monthly.
Cost control
Open-book budget tracking, committed versus forecast cost, and early warning on any drift.
Quality & compliance
Hold-point inspections, ITP sign-off and defect management through to close-out.
Reporting
A monthly report covering progress, cost, risks and decisions required — in plain English.
Scope
How we can be engaged
- Managed construction contract. We hold the trade contracts and manage delivery on an open-book fee basis.
- Owner's representative. You hold the builder's contract; we oversee them, certify claims and protect your position.
- Superintendent. Formal contract administration, claim assessment and extension-of-time determinations.
- Pre-construction advisory. Buildability review, cost planning and program development before you go to tender.
Process
How the engagement runs.
Four stages, each with a defined output. You always know where the job is.
01
Review & scoping
We read your drawings, contracts and consultant briefs, and give you a buildability and cost-risk review before anything is committed.
02
Procurement
Tender packages issued, prices assessed on a like-for-like basis, and recommendations put to you with the reasoning.
03
Delivery & reporting
Site management, weekly meetings, monthly cost and program reports, and immediate escalation of anything material.
04
Close-out
Defect close-out, final account reconciliation, warranties, certificates and as-built documentation handed over.
Questions
Project Management — the things people ask.
Either a fixed management fee or a percentage of construction cost, agreed up front. On open-book managed contracts you see every trade invoice, so the fee is the only thing we make on the job.
Yes, and it is a reasonable share of what we do. The first step is a written assessment of where the job actually is — cost committed, work complete, defects outstanding and contractual position — so you can make decisions on facts rather than on what you have been told.
If we build it, we carry the construction risk and give you a fixed price. Under project management you carry more of the risk and see all the costs, which can be cheaper but needs you to be more involved. We will tell you honestly which suits your project and your appetite.
Yes. In that role we are not building anything — we are overseeing your builder, assessing their claims, checking their program and protecting your position under the contract.
Related work
Projects that used this service.
Also from Bhuran
Our other services.
Residential New Builds
Custom homes, knockdown rebuilds and duplexes built to a fixed price and a dated program, from bare block to keys in hand.
Renovations & Extensions
Second-storey additions, rear extensions and whole-of-house renovations — staged so you can keep living in the house wherever possible.
Commercial Construction
Office and retail fit-outs, warehouse and industrial works, hospitality builds, defit and make-good — programmed around your lease and trading hours.
Need someone to run it properly?
Send through what you have — drawings, a sketch, or just a description. We will come out and price it properly.