M / 01
Wharves & jetties
Port authorities and marine asset owners. Difficult access, tidal windows and an unforgiving environment. Capability and safety record decide the shortlist well before price does.
Strategic business support · Construction industry
Preserving and
Preserving and
extendingasset life.
Advisory for companies working at the specialist end of construction, where the assets are ageing, the work is technical, and credibility decides who gets to price it.
Why people call
We have sat on every side of this table.
On the tools
Thirty years
contracting Remedial engineering across the built environment. The work your teams are pricing, we have run.
contracting Remedial engineering across the built environment. The work your teams are pricing, we have run.
In the boardroom
Founding
director Director and shareholder of a remediation company, with executive risk and governance experience.
director Director and shareholder of a remediation company, with executive risk and governance experience.
Behind the product
Materials
supply Product development on the supplier side. The other end of the same job, and the same relationships.
supply Product development on the supplier side. The other end of the same job, and the same relationships.
The markets
We know where
We know where
the work is.
Six markets where remediation gets delivered in Australia. Each one has its own buyers, its own prequalification regime and its own reasons a good contractor gets overlooked. We have contracted in them, supplied into them and sold into them. Hover any market to see what fails there.
M / 02
Bridges & tunnels
State road and rail authorities with formal prequalification panels. Night works, traffic management and hard programmes. Getting onto the panel is the difficult part, not the concrete.
M / 03
Reservoirs & tanks
Water authorities buying on compliance and proven method. High-risk confined space entry, strict potable requirements, and short shutdown windows with real penalties for overrunning.
M / 04
Buildings & façades
Strata committees, commercial owners and head contractors. Occupied sites, access constraints and defect liability. Understanding the landscape shapes who gets the call and who gets called back.
M / 05
Sewers & culverts
Confined space, live flow and hazardous atmosphere. A narrow field of genuinely qualified contractors, which is exactly why the margins hold up in it.
M / 06
Treatment plants
Aggressive process environments on recurring maintenance budgets. Long relationships and a known method beat sharp one-off pricing almost every time.
The point
Nothing lasts
Nothing lasts
forever.
We must make
it last longer.
Who you deal with
A specialist,
A specialist,
not a
generalist.
Remedial Advisory is a specialist consultancy, not a general management consultant with a construction chapter. Thirty years in remedial engineering, from the contracting side, the boardroom and materials supply. We have been in the seat you are sitting in, and we work with a small number of clients at a time.
- 01Vice President & Board Member, Australasian Concrete Repair Association
- 02Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors
- 03Business and partnerships built across Australia, PNG and New Zealand
- 04MBA (ongoing), Australian Institute of Business
What we do
Readiness.
Readiness.
Position.
Win.
01
Systems,
capability
& readiness
Find out what is actually there before money goes out chasing work that cannot be delivered.
- Gap analysis of structure, systems and CRM
- Prequalification and compliance for target markets
- Objectives prioritised, realistic against optimistic
- Personnel, competence and training
02
Business
development
Business development is not sales. It creates the opportunities that sales then converts.
- Positioning and brand awareness
- New market sectors, identified and qualified
- Customer relationships that hold
- Capability statements and presentations
- Supply chain development
03
Pre-contract
& project
management
The part of the cycle where margin is won, or quietly given away.
- Bid strategy and honest bid / no-bid calls
- Project estimating support
- Tender management
- Pre-commencement planning
The work
Ageing assets
Ageing assets
must be
protected.
Start here
Let's talk.
Twenty minutes is usually enough to tell whether there is something worth doing together. If it is not, we will say so.
Send an email- Principal
- Richard Spalding
- Mobile
- 0401 528 527
- Office
- 23 Harker Street
Healesville, Victoria 3777 - Richard Spalding