Two consultancies targeted on undertaking administration advisory to the constructed setting – MBB Group and iPLAN Consulting – have joined pressured to create a close to 200-person consultancy agency with six places of work throughout Australia and New Zealand.
The bigger of the 2 companies, MBB Group, was based in 2014 and at the moment employs round 150 folks working type hubs in Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Auckland.
MBB Group offers advisory providers throughout the technique, growth, supply and operations phases of building and infrastructure tasks. The agency offers counsel round planning, investments and commercials, advises on monetary transactions, and helps the hands-on supply of tasks.
Based in 2005, iPLAN Consulting specialising in planning and controls for tasks inside the constructed setting. The 25-person enterprise operates from places of work in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney.
Matthew Brook, Managing Director of MBB Group stated that the becoming a member of of forces will profit each companies, whereas creating a robust group with a deeper and extra diversified portfolio of providers.
“Collectively, MBB Group and iPLAN Consulting will supply complementary providers to new and current purchasers and provides them entry to a full suite of advisory, undertaking administration, and built-in undertaking controls providers throughout all our workplace areas,” he stated.
With deeper experience in undertaking controls, MBB Group can higher assist its purchasers maintain their tasks on monitor – a key functionality in mild of the rising variety of capital tasks that face delays and finances overruns. Sturdy undertaking controls built-in throughout the undertaking lifecycle will help mitigate predictable and infrequently avoidable points.
The transfer additionally sees MBB Group expands its protection into Western Australia, with iPLAN Consulting having constructed a monitor document in Perth and the area.
In the meantime, for iPLAN Consulting, the strategic partnership will see the agency profit from an expanded providing, stated Shane Chidgzey, Managing Director of the corporate.
“Our crew are actually part of a number one, nationwide infrastructure advisory enterprise with nice expertise and a very good popularity [MBB Group was recently named among Australia’s top consulting firms], which permits us to implement our providers at an earlier stage of the undertaking lifecycle, whereas concurrently increasing our service providing.”
Each companies will proceed to serve the market below their very own model. Phrases and situations of the deal haven’t been disclosed.
