The principal runs your project.

Ross Newham, director of method.

Ross Newham.

Ross has worked in commercial construction since 2008. He was a project engineer, contract administrator and site manager for Tier 1 and Tier 2 contractors on health care facilities, multi-residential developments, courts, public infrastructure and commercial interiors. He has worked client-side as a project manager and contract administrator, including a Commonwealth defence estate works program. He has also designed and managed physical and electronic security projects for government and defence-adjacent clients.

Many project managers have construction experience. Few have also designed security systems.

With method.

  1. Zone 4 workspace remediation.Private client, Forrest ACT. Upgrade of existing building services and remediation of tamper-evident finishes in an operational facility. Project management.
  2. Zone 4 acoustic remediation.Commonwealth department, ACT. Rectification of identified acoustic shortfalls in an operational conference space, with acoustic testing to verify the result. Project management.
  3. New office fitout.Commonwealth agency, Brisbane, through a facilities management provider. Zone 2 security services design.
  4. Office expansion.Commonwealth agency, Bruce ACT, through a facilities management provider. Zone 2 security services design for an expansion within existing premises.

Before method.

Security services design.

Delivered as a security consultant, prior to founding method.

  1. Zone 5 facility survey and remediation.Commonwealth department, Barton ACT. Survey of three existing facilities to identify non-compliance, a report with recommendations, and delivery of the remediation package including acoustic testing to support recertification. Project management.
  2. Defence facilities supporting a national combat-system program, multiple sites nationally.Through the lead design consultant. Security services design from feasibility studies through to schematic design, including the major design reviews.
  3. Zone 4 workspace.Commonwealth agency, NSW. Design services project management and security design, including management of defects rectification and certification.
  4. Executive area uplift to Zone 3.Commonwealth department, Parkes ACT. Perimeter hardening, door replacement and electronic security upgrades. Delivery project management.
  5. National fitout rollout, seven locations.Commonwealth client, through the head contractor. Zone 2 security design for six new and one refurbished fitout.
  6. Office precinct refurbishment.Commonwealth agency, ACT, through a design practice. Zone 2, 3 and 4 security design.
  7. New office fitout.Commonwealth agency, Townsville QLD, through a design practice. Zone 2 security design.
  8. New office fitout.Commonwealth agency, Sydney, through a facilities management provider. Zone 2 security design.
  9. New office fitout.Commonwealth agency, Brindabella Park ACT, through a facilities management provider. Zone 2 security design.
  10. Premises refurbishment.Defence industry client, Canberra. Zone 3 security design.
  11. Security assessments, three Canberra sites.Commonwealth agency. Assessment of existing conditions, with remediation recommendations and cost estimates.
  12. Several Zone 5 projects.For Commonwealth agencies and private clients across Australia. Locations and details are confidential.
  13. Two further workspace projects.For private clients in the ACT, one a DISP member: acoustic remediation of a Zone 3 space, and security design for a Zone 4 space.

Fitout and refurbishment.

Delivered as project and site manager for a Canberra fitout contractor.

  1. Workspace reconfiguration.National member organisation, Barton ACT. Demolition of an existing workstation fitout, and design and delivery of its replacement. Separately, a ceiling replacement and full-tenancy LED upgrade for the same client.
  2. Tenancy defit and warm-shell return, Canberra.Demolition, new perimeter walls, electrical and mechanical separation.
  3. End-of-trip facilities refurbishment, Canberra.Refurbishment of the end-of-trip facilities in an occupied commercial building.
  4. Commonwealth defence estate works program.Client-side project management of maintenance, refurbishment and new-build projects.

Contractor-side delivery.

Tier 1 and Tier 2 only. Roles are those held at the time.

  1. Light rail maintenance and administration building, Mitchell ACT.John Holland. Senior project engineer. New-build facility, including the fitout of the administration building, and associated works.
  2. Law courts, Canberra.Laing O'Rourke. Senior project engineer. Design and delivery management for the structural and façade packages of a PPP courthouse.
  3. Three residential and mixed-use developments, Canberra.Hindmarsh. Project engineer. Design and delivery management: apartments with commercial units and a three-storey basement; a large-format mixed-use development; and apartments with a basement carpark.
  4. University science precinct, Acton ACT.Hindmarsh. Contract administrator. Procurement and commercial management across new-build biosciences, chemistry, teaching and central plant buildings and associated civil and landscaping works.
  5. Regional hospital, Orange NSW.Hansen Yuncken. Project engineer. Design and delivery management, including the NSW Part 3A approval process, across a major new general hospital, adult acute and forensic mental health buildings, and refurbishment of heritage buildings.

How we work.

You are not buying oversight. You are buying decisions made earlier.

Most fitout problems are set before construction starts: a brief that was never agreed, a budget set from a rate instead of a scope, or a date announced before anyone tested it.

01

Define.

We agree the brief with you: what the business needs, what the building can support and what the budget allows. We set the budget from the scope, test the date before it is announced, and write the consultants' scopes.

A signed-off brief. A budget ready for board approval, with its assumptions listed. A programme with the key dates. A procurement recommendation.

02

Manage.

We run the design against the brief, the budget and the programme, and start landlord and authority approvals early. We tender the work so prices can be compared line by line, and price every change before you agree to it.

Plain-language reports on cost, programme, changes and the decisions we need from you. A tender recommendation and a contract ready to sign.

03

Deliver.

We run the site to the contract. We check each payment claim and variation before it is paid, and plan the works around anyone still using the building.

The space handed over when you need it, with warranties, manuals and training. Defects closed out. A final account settled against the contract.

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