Slattery

What Slattery does

Slattery is an Australian property and construction advisory firm founded in Melbourne in 1976 by Peter Slattery and now operating as Slattery Pty Ltd (ACN 078 085 462). The firm provides quantity surveying, cost management, capital strategy, carbon/nature/circularity advisory, and integrated project controls to enterprise and government clients across Australia's built environment, organized around four verticals: Live (residential, hospitality, aged care), Work (commercial, retail, industrial, data centres), Thrive (health, education, civic, justice) and Connect (transport, defence, utilities, digital infrastructure). Slattery is headquartered in Melbourne (Naarm) and operates offices in Sydney (Warrang), Brisbane (Meanjin), Perth (Boorloo) and Hobart (Nipaluna), with named engagements spanning Rio Tinto, GPT Group, Reece Group, Stockland, Parliament of Victoria, the University of Melbourne, Cabrini Hospital and Transport for NSW. The firm is led by CEO Nick Bensley with Josh Slattery as Chairman and Sarah Slattery as Director of Partnerships and Innovation; it remains family-owned with no disclosed external private equity ownership.

Slattery monetizes through fee-based, project-scoped professional services engagements on a quote-based model; specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. The core analytical asset is Petra, a proprietary products and data platform that aggregates cost, carbon, delivery and asset performance benchmarking data accumulated over 50+ years of project intelligence. Petra underpins differentiated offerings including the Green Building Council of Australia-endorsed Carbon Planning Service, and is positioned as the platform-plus-services backbone for the firm's advisory work across sectors. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales and direct engagement with project owners, developers, contractors and government clients, augmented by thought leadership via industry awards (Australian Institute of Architects, Property Council of Australia, AFR BOSS), Reconciliation Action Plan and community engagement, and nine consecutive years of presence at the Tertiary Education Management Conference.

The business has recently expanded into Tasmania (February 2024), achieved carbon neutral operations (January 2024), launched a second 'Innovate' Reconciliation Action Plan (November 2023), joined MECLA (August 2021) and scaled its Carbon Planning practice under a dedicated Director. Headcount is reported at 51-100 employees with 40% female representation, an age range of 21-73 years, and 20+ cultural backgrounds; no revenue, funding or external investor information is disclosed in the source data.

Name

Slattery

Legal name

Slattery Pty Ltd

Website

https://slattery.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Slattery is an Australian property and construction advisory firm founded in 1976 that provides cost management, capital strategy, carbon planning and integrated project controls to enterprise and government clients across five Australian cities, supported by its proprietary Petra data and analytics platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Advisory Services: Fee-based professional services including cost management, capital strategy, carbon planning, and integrated project controls for construction and infrastructure projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Slattery is a national Australian property and construction advisory firm that provides professional services across the built environment. Its core offerings include cost management (quantity surveying), capital strategy advisory, carbon, nature and circularity planning, and integrated project controls for enterprise and government clients. These advisory services are complemented by Petra, Slattery's proprietary data and analytics platform that benchmarks cost, carbon, delivery and asset performance.

Product overview

Slattery is a national property and construction advisory firm offering a portfolio of services including Cost Management, Capital Strategy, Carbon Nature and Circularity, and Integrated Project Controls. The core product offering is complemented by Petra, a proprietary data and analytics platform that enables clients to benchmark performance, identify patterns, and make data-driven decisions across cost, carbon, delivery, and asset performance. The overall offering follows a platform-plus-services model where Petra serves as the analytical backbone supporting advisory engagements across all sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Petra: Slattery's products and data platform that helps clients see patterns earlier, benchmark performance more clearly and make better long-term decisions across cost, carbon, delivery and asset performance.

Products and services

• Cost Management Deep technical quantity surveying and cost management expertise applied across the project lifecycle to help clients control cost, identify value and reduce risk on construction and infrastructure projects.
• Capital Strategy Advisory service that brings together cost, carbon, controls and delivery insight to shape smarter capital investment decisions across the built environment.
• Carbon, Nature and Circularity Carbon, embodied carbon, nature and circularity advisory services that help clients turn complex sustainability challenges into practical, measurable action on projects and assets.
• Integrated Project Controls Project controls advisory across cost, schedule, risk and delivery performance to maintain confidence and control on complex projects, programs and portfolios.
• Petra Slattery's proprietary products and data platform that helps clients see patterns earlier, benchmark performance more clearly, and make better long-term decisions across cost, carbon, delivery and asset performance.

Quantifiable outcome

• First commercial use of hempcrete in Australia at University of Tasmania's 'The Forest' Campus
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers26 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MECLA (Materials and Embodied Carbon Leaders' Alliance)moderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 August 2021Slattery joined MECLA, a Materials and Embodied Carbon Leaders' Alliance, supporting collaboration on low-carbon materials and sustainable construction practices in the Australian built environment.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• CoreLogic (Construction Cost Intelligence): CoreLogic provides construction cost data, indices and analytics for the Australian property and construction market, including Cordell cost data products. Comparable to Slattery in providing cost intelligence and benchmarking, though operating as a data/analytics vendor rather than a full-service cost consultant; potential overlap or partnership with Petra.

Direct peers

• Currie & Brown: Currie & Brown is a global cost management and consultancy firm serving the built environment across commercial, infrastructure and government sectors. Comparable to Slattery in core cost advisory offerings and target institutional clients, with overlapping competition on major Australian projects.
• Arcadis: Arcadis is a global design, engineering and consultancy firm with a cost and project management practice serving Australian infrastructure, property and government clients. Comparable to Slattery in offering cost advisory alongside broader project and sustainability services, though with much larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Turner & Townsend: Turner & Townsend is a global cost consultancy and project advisory firm with a substantial Australian practice covering cost management, programme controls and advisory across infrastructure, real estate and natural resources. Direct competitor to Slattery in cost management and integrated project controls for large enterprise and government projects.
• WT Partnership: WT Partnership is an Australian-owned cost advisory and quantity surveying firm operating across commercial, residential, infrastructure and government sectors. Closely comparable to Slattery in service mix (cost management, capital strategy, project advisory) and target client base of institutional property developers, constructors and government agencies.
• Mace Group: Mace is a global consultancy and construction firm with a cost consultancy practice (Mace Cost Consultancy) operating across Australia on commercial, infrastructure and major programme work. Direct competitor to Slattery in cost advisory and integrated project controls, particularly on large enterprise programmes.
• Linesight: Linesight is a global construction cost consultancy and project management firm with an established Australian presence focused on data centres, commercial real estate and infrastructure. Direct competitor to Slattery in cost management and project controls, particularly for technical/engineering-led clients.
• Rider Levett Bucknall: RLB is the global market leader in quantity surveying and construction cost advisory with a major Australian practice across cost management, advisory and project services. RLB is Slattery's most direct competitor in the same QS/cost advisory niche, serving identical enterprise and government clients across the same four sector verticals.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with a large Australian cost management and project controls practice within its broader engineering and design portfolio. Competes with Slattery for cost advisory mandates while also delivering engineering, environment and programme management, providing broader incumbent leverage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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