Keep a project on programme and budget.

Consultant and builder procurement, contract administration and progress claims managed on your behalf. Siare works alongside your builder — it is not the builder.

Project management

We manage delivery, we do not build.

A construction facility runs on a chain of evidence — the builder's claim, the quantity surveyor's inspection, the report, the lender's drawdown authority. When one link is unmanaged, the money stops, often without anyone actually saying no. Interest keeps running and the programme slips while nobody drives the chain.

This is for owners who do not want to run consultants and a builder personally, and for developers who need a second project team for a specific site while their own is stretched.

To be clear: Siare works alongside your builder and consultants. We do not hold a building licence and we do not build.

What you get

Delivery managed end to end.

01

Consultant and builder procurement

Tendering and comparing fee proposals rather than accepting the first quote, the same discipline we apply on our own sites.
02

Contract administration

Keeping the building contract, approved variations and the programme aligned to what is actually being delivered on site.
03

Programme and budget control

Tracking cost to complete against the undrawn facility so the project stays in balance, not discovered out of balance at the second-last claim.
04

Progress claims and QS drawdowns

Managing the claim-to-cleared-funds cycle — booking inspections early, reconciling claims to the cost plan — so construction is never waiting on funding. See how progress claims and drawdowns work.
05

Handover and exit

Planning the exit — sale, lease-up, or a refinance to hold — before practical completion, not after.
How it works

Six steps from procurement to handover.

01

Procure consultants and a builder

Tendered and compared rather than taken on the first quote.
02

Set up contract administration

Payment schedule, variations process, programme baseline agreed up front.
03

Run the progress-claim cycle

Book QS inspections early, reconcile every claim to the cost plan, keep the funding account in balance.
04

Track budget and programme together

Raise a shortfall before the lender or the builder finds it.
05

Vet, insure and, if needed, replace a builder

Without stalling the facility. See vetting, insuring and replacing a builder mid-project.
06

Plan the handover and the exit

Sale, retain and refinance, or lease-up — ahead of practical completion, not after it.
What it costs. Running one progress-claim cycle on a single site is a different job from full delivery management across a multi-dwelling project, so the scope is set for the project in front of us and the fee confirmed in writing before work starts.
Proof, not promises

Delivery we have actually run.

Individual past transactions, included to show how delivery was managed. They are not offers, benchmarks or a guarantee of any outcome, programme or budget result on another project.

Ahead of programme

Altona North, VIC

A duplex delivered five months ahead of schedule through hands-on progress-claim management, with the exit planned before completion — one dwelling sold at auction, one refinanced to hold.
Read the Altona North case study →
Funds unlocked mid-build

Newport, VIC

$301,364 of cost-to-complete allowance released mid-build after an evidence-based escalation, where the lender's default answer had been no.
Read the Newport case study →
Tools & reading

What actually stalls a claim.

The progress claim playbook sets out the claim-to-cleared-funds cycle end to end, and why a quantity surveyor certifies against physical works rather than against what you have already paid the builder. Free, no gate.

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Vetting, insuring and replacing a builder mid-project
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Why your progress claim got held up: QS certification, PPR forms and insurance
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What a QS report actually tells a construction lender
Questions

What owners ask first.

Is Siare the builder?

No. We work alongside your builder and consultants. We do not hold a building licence and do not carry out construction work.

What happens if my builder needs to be replaced mid-project?

It is one of the harder things to manage well, which is why lenders underwrite the builder as hard as the borrower. We evidence the change and work to keep the facility alive through it — see vetting, insuring and replacing a builder.

Why do progress claims get held up?

Usually sequencing, not credit: an inspection never booked, a variation claimed without written approval, or a claim that does not reconcile to the cost plan. See why a progress claim gets held up.

Do you manage the lender relationship too?

We can, alongside finance arranged through development and construction finance. Drawdown decisions remain the lender's, assessed against the QS report.

Can you take over a project already underway?

Yes. Engagement after a claim has stalled, or after a builder issue has emerged, is common.

What does handover actually involve?

Retention release, defects liability tracking, titling and occupancy items, and an exit — sale, hold or lease-up — planned before completion rather than decided after it.
Talk about your project

Get delivery managed properly.

Send us the project, the contract and where it currently stands — pre-start, mid-build, or a stalled claim. We will tell you what we can run and what it depends on.

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General information only. This is not financial, credit, tax, legal or building advice, and nothing on this page is a guarantee of programme, budget, drawdown timing or project outcome. Siare manages and coordinates development delivery; it is not a builder, does not hold a building licence, and works alongside your builder and consultants, who remain responsible for their own work and advice. Planning and building approvals rest with the responsible authority. Case studies describe individual past transactions and are not a guarantee of any future outcome. Obtain your own independent professional advice before proceeding.