Construction Project Management for Strata and Commercial Owners
Owner-side management of restoration and renewal projects: procurement, scheduling, cost control and council communication, done professionally.
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What we take on
The second job nobody on council signed up for
Some clients already have contractors and consultants. What they lack is the person who runs the project. For a volunteer council or a property manager carrying forty buildings, a major renewal is a job in itself.
Procurement
Scope packages, bid solicitation, and levelled bid comparisons a council can defend.
Contract administration
Progress claims reviewed, changes evaluated and negotiated before approval.
Schedule coordination
Consultants, contractors and authorities kept moving on one calendar.
Plain-language reporting
Committed cost against budget, reported monthly in words owners understand.
Why i3
A PM who can read the spec and walk the site
- Technical judgment
Most disputes are scope disputes, and scope disputes are technical. We can tell you whether a change claim is legitimate, not just whether the paperwork is complete. - Decisions logged
Meeting minutes and decision records that show why each call was made. - Independence kept clean
If the council wants i3 to bid the construction as well, we step out of the PM role for that procurement and disclose the relationship in writing.
That is the difference between administering a project and managing one.
Scope of work
What owner-side PM includes
- Scope packages and competitive bid solicitation
- Levelled bid comparisons and award recommendations
- Progress claim review and change negotiation
- Schedule and coordination across all parties
- Committed-cost tracking against budget
- Council attendance, owner notices and decision records
Fees: a fixed fee for a defined scope on most projects, or a fixed monthly fee for longer programs. We avoid percentage-of-construction-cost billing, because your project manager should have no financial interest in the project getting more expensive. Either way, the fee is stated in a short agreement before we start.
What to expect
Come on board before procurement
The largest savings are made in how the work is packaged and bought, not in supervising it afterwards.
Monthly
Cost and progress reporting in plain language
Pre-tender
The stage where a PM saves the most money
1 file
A complete, successor-ready project record
All parties
Consultants and contractors coordinated, not replaced
For strata councils
A record of prudent process
Councils spending reserve fund or levy money need a record showing diligent process. Our reporting is designed to be that record.
Competitive procurement
Documented solicitation and levelled comparisons.
Independent cost review
Claims and changes checked before money moves.
Decision minutes
Why each decision was made, on the record.
Handover file
When the project ends, the council hands its successor a complete file, not a shoebox.
Recent work
Projects under our management
Common questions
Project management FAQs
Can you manage a project where i3 Contracting is not the builder?
Yes, that is the normal case for this service. Where the council would like i3 to bid the construction as well, we step out of the PM role for that procurement and disclose the relationship in writing.
How do you charge?
Most engagements are a fixed fee for a defined scope, agreed in writing before we start; longer programs run as a fixed monthly fee. We do not bill as a percentage of construction cost, so our fee never grows because your project did. Work outside the agreed scope is quoted before it is performed.
When should a PM come on board?
Before procurement. The largest savings are made in how the work is packaged and bought.
Do you work with our existing consultant and property manager?
Yes. The PM role coordinates them; it does not replace them.
Get an engineer-informed assessment of your building
Tell us what your building is doing: the stain, the leak, the report recommendation. We will tell you what we would investigate first and what a realistic scope looks like. No obligation, and your council gets something in writing either way.