Pipeline 01 / For Developers

Class 2 &
Mixed-Use.

Design management and project management for apartment and mixed-use developments — from DA through CC to OC, with the compliance trail the DBP Act demands.

Service Packages / 01

Predictable outcomes — without hiring a full-time design manager.

Developers consistently face the same three pressure points. Every package we run removes them with a single point of accountability across design and construction.

Pressure Point 1

Unpredictable design timelines

DA, CC and OC dates slip when the design program isn't owned — and every slipped week carries holding costs.

Pressure Point 2

Coordination gaps

Consultants, the developer and the site team working from different assumptions — and finding out late.

Pressure Point 3

Late construction surprises

Issues that surface on site instead of on paper, turning into cost blowouts, rework and program damage.

Stage · DA

DA Design Management

Full responsibility for DA approvals and consultant coordination.

  • Planning controls mapped and feasibility reviewed against your site
  • Every consultant briefed and locked to one scope, one program
  • DA documentation delivered on time, aligned with the project program
  • Lodgement and RFI management carried through to determination
  • Your specifications protected and implemented correctly
Full visibility, fewer surprises, and a smoother path to approval.
Stage · CC■ Most Engaged

CC Design Management

Certifier-ready documentation, staged so construction never waits on paper.

  • CC documentation managed end-to-end to certifier-ready standard
  • Staged CC approvals submitted strategically to keep construction progressing
  • NCC / BCA Class 2 compliance resolved on paper, not on site
  • Certifier liaison and condition close-out
  • All consultants coordinated under one unified program
Construction progresses without interruption — approvals stay ahead of the program.
Stage · Pre-Construction

Pre-Construction Matrix Management

A deep health check of every document before you commit to construction.

  • Full audit of IFC sets, required permits and construction readiness
  • Design-discipline integration and compliance verification
  • Discrepancies, clashes and construction-drawing issues flagged and logged
  • Regulated designs checked against required specifications, reports and shop drawings
  • Project Document Health Report — recommended actions, or a clear all-good-to-go
  • Optional: we manage resolution of every missing item until it is provided
Start construction knowing the documentation can actually carry it.
Stage · Construction

Construction-Phase PM & QA

The developer's representative on the ground.

  • Regular site inspections, on your side of the fence
  • Progress, risks and QA issues reported early — before they become costly
  • Documentation, RFIs and consultant responses managed promptly
  • Design intent, site execution and your expectations kept in alignment
  • Monthly developer reporting — clear, transparent, on record
This protects your budget, your program and your reputation.
Why developers choose this model
Lower cost than hiring a full-time design manager
Higher accountability and faster turnaround
Clear deliverables, fixed pricing, transparent reporting
A partner whose sole focus is protecting your interests
Support that scales up or down with project complexity

Engage a single package, combine them across the full DA-to-completion lifecycle, or replace the need for an internal design manager entirely. The model flexes to the project — not the other way around.

Projects / 02

Delivered with developers who needed certainty.

Pinnacle Street
Class 2 Residential Flat Building · Miranda NSW

Pinnacle Street

36 apartments · 7 storeys · $17M TDC

Oversaw the CC design process and coordinated the full consultant team. Secured Fire & Rescue and Sydney Water PCA approvals and owned every pre-construction matrix item through to construction start.

Senior Design Manager / Project Manager — Delivery PM/DM (with BINAH)
Donnison Street
Class 2 Residential Flat Building · West Gosford NSW

Donnison Street

36 apartments · 8 storeys · $14.6M TDC

Delivery design and project management through CC and construction. Managed a Building Commissioner random audit — closed out with excellent feedback.

Senior Design Manager / Project Manager — Delivery PM/DM (with BINAH)
Lolanthe Street
Class 2 Residential Flat Building · Campbelltown NSW

Lolanthe Street

72 apartments · 12 storeys · $29.2M TDC

Managed the pre-construction matrix and led the design team to secure the CC approval — documentation, coordination and excavation initiation delivered on program.

Delivery Design Manager
Ellen Street
Mixed-Use High-Rise · Wollongong NSW

Ellen Street

263 apartments · 6 retail · 100-place childcare · $72.9M TCC

Quality assurance and technical construction detail review across a mixed-use tower. Led the design team to building code compliance approval and delivered a Section 4.55 securing a 30% top-up under in-fill affordable housing provisions.

Delivery DM / Construction Documentation Manager
Pelican Road
Class 2 Residential — Two Buildings · Schofields NSW

Pelican Road

171 apartments · 2 × 5 storeys · $60.4M TDC

Design management across two residential flat buildings with basement parking, landscaping and bio-retention — from documentation through delivery coordination.

Design Manager (with BATHLA)
Pelican Road — Buildings C & D
Class 2 Residential — Two Buildings · Schofields NSW

Pelican Road — Buildings C & D

195 apartments · 2 × 5 storeys

Design management for Buildings C & D within the Pelican Road subdivision — basement parking, landscaping and associated works coordinated across the full consultant team.

Design Manager (with BATHLA)
Academy / 03

Learn the system we use on live projects.

Enquiry / 04

Put a design manager on your project.

Tell us the site, the stage and the programme pressure. We come back with a scoped proposal and a fixed fee — within one business day. Prefer to talk first? Grab a free 30-minute intro call.

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Construction design management across DA, CC and OC stages for Class 2 and mixed-use developments — plus construction-phase project management for developers and builders.

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