Engineering Consultancies
Engineering support for consultancies
We work alongside engineering consultancies as a senior, construction-focused extension of your team, adding planning approval, constructability, cost, contract, construction-phase, asset management and heavy vehicle access capability without you carrying that capacity permanently. You keep the client relationship; we work under your direction.
Consultancies
Planning & Approvals Support
Development applications
Engineering input on access, roads, stormwater, earthworks and services, aimed at what the planning scheme and the council’s engineering standards require.
Development assessment for councils
Engineering assessment of applications, information requests and conditions that are reasonable, relevant and buildable.
Operational works approvals
Applications prepared or assessed, with engineering drawings checked against the development approval conditions.
Haulage and road impact
Road impact assessments for quarries, mining, renewable energy and other projects prepared or evaluated, and the resulting road maintenance and infrastructure agreements negotiated.
Conditions compliance and sign-off
Works assessed against the approval conditions and signed off before survey plans are approved or works are accepted on maintenance, with RPEQ certification for civil works.
Consultancies
Design & Procurement Support
Constructability and staging review
Designs checked for how they will be built: access, staging around traffic, temporary works, material haul and wet season risk.
Construction hazard input to safety in design
Live traffic, services, excavation, water and contamination raised early as design, cost and program drivers.
Cost estimates, rate build-ups and quantity checks
Pre-tender estimates, independent checks of high-value quantities and, for civil works, benchmarking against historical rates from won contracts.
Tender documentation review
Drawings, specifications and schedule of rates checked against each other for gaps, conflicts and ambiguity.
Contract risk allocation review
Special conditions reviewed against AS 4000, AS 2124, council and Department of Transport and Main Roads conditions. Legal drafting stays with your client’s lawyers.
Disaster recovery works
Scoping, estimating, documenting and administering reconstruction works to Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements requirements.
Tender evaluation and value engineering
Price and rate analysis, assessment of qualifications and departures, clarification questions to tenderers, and independent review of proposed alternatives.
Consultancies
Construction-phase Support
Superintendent and Superintendent’s representative support
Notices, directions, correspondence and records prepared on time and backed by the contract, either as your nominated representative or supporting your Superintendent.
Variation and claim assessment
Assessment of variations, extension of time and latent condition claims against the contract, the program and the site records, with a clear recommendation and reasons.
Progress claim assessment
Progress claims checked against measured work and the schedule of rates, with cost reporting your client can rely on.
Close-out
Review of as-constructed records and handover documentation and support through the defects liability period, for all disciplines.
RPEQ certification (civil works only)
Additional certification capacity for civil engineering works. Certification in other disciplines stays with your registered engineers in that discipline.
Consultancies
Asset Management & Heavy Vehicle Access
Condition assessment and forward works programs
Inspections and condition ratings of civil assets to your client’s asset hierarchy, and renewal programs prioritised on condition, risk and budget.
Asset management plans and registers
Input to levels of service and whole-of-life cost comparisons, and as-constructed data checked for the asset register. Asset valuation stays with your client’s valuers.
Disaster recovery evidence
Pre-event condition records and damage assessments that support eligibility under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
Heavy vehicle route assessments and consent
Routes assessed for pavement, intersections, swept paths, sight distance and rail crossings, and help for councils responding to National Heavy Vehicle Regulator access requests.
Network planning and oversize movements
Heavy vehicle network and Performance Based Standards advice, route and staging advice for mining equipment and wind turbine components, and bridge and culvert assessments coordinated with a registered structural engineer.
Who we support
Consultancies of all disciplines
Engineering consultancies of all disciplines delivering for local government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, resource sector, renewable energy and disaster recovery clients across regional Queensland.
We are most useful when you need senior capacity on Queensland projects, help through a workload peak, or a service your client wants that sits outside your current team.
How we work
- Senior engineer on every job: the work is done by Sean, not delegated
- Your client, your direction: we work under your engagement and quality requirements, as a subconsultant or embedded in your team
- Checked and referenced: every AI-assisted finding is checked and signed off by a senior engineer
- Straight advice: we say plainly when a design, clause or claim will cause trouble
- No conflicts: on any project we act for one side only, and confirm that before engaging
- Flexible engagement: fixed fee, hourly, or retained across a works program
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