What Orion Group does

Orion Group is a privately held Australian professional services consultancy specialising in land engineering for the development and infrastructure industry. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Sydney with seven offices across New South Wales and Queensland, the firm operates three service sectors — Urban, Industrial, and Infrastructure — combining surveying, civil engineering design, urban planning, project management, construction management, and construction superintendency into an integrated delivery model. The customer base consists primarily of property developers (including Lendlease, Stockland, AVID Property Group, and Johnson Property Group) along with industrial developers and government bodies such as Landcom and Cobar Shire Council, served through consultative, relationship-driven engagements.

The firm's technical platform is anchored by an integrated multidisciplinary delivery model that reduces interface risk between surveying, design, project management, and superintendency. Differentiated capabilities include RTK drone capture with photogrammetry and machine-vision-assisted asset extraction, model-based utility coordination and clash detection, AR&R 2016/2019 stormwater modelling, and visual reality modelling. Regulatory credentials such as the Sydney Water WSC Licence, TfNSW Technical Services Registration Scheme, and IMS Certification serve as gating qualifications for direct engagement on water and transport infrastructure projects.

Orion generates revenue on a fee-for-service, project-based professional services model with quote-driven, scope-specific pricing and no publicly disclosed rate cards. Growth has been driven organically and through a deliberate buy-and-build strategy, highlighted by the 2025 acquisitions of Helen Mulcahy Urban Planning and Shutte & Kennard Consulting Engineers, and the October 2025 strategic merger with SurveyPlus to expand surveying capacity across NSW and Queensland. The firm is privately held with no disclosed external investors and operates a two-year Graduate Program to build professional capacity.

Name

Orion Group

Legal name

Orion Group

Website

https://theoriongroup.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Orion Group is an Australian land engineering consultancy serving property developers, industrial developers, and government clients across NSW and Queensland with integrated surveying, civil design, project management, and construction superintendency services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Land Engineering and Civil Engineering Consultancy

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Land engineering services
• Civil engineering design
• Project management consultancy
• Land surveying services
• Infrastructure development

Headquarters

HQ city

Fairy Meadow

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Fee-for-service professional services including surveying, civil engineering design, project management, construction management, and superintendency. Revenue is project-based and varies by scope, complexity, and duration of engagements. Typically long-term client relationships with multiple project engagements.
2. Development Services: Comprehensive development consultancy services spanning from due diligence through to subdivision certificate and registration, including planning advice, development applications, and infrastructure coordination.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Orion Group is a professional services consultancy providing land engineering, surveying, project management, and construction management for property developers, government bodies, and industrial developers across Australia. Services are delivered through integrated multidisciplinary teams across three primary sectors — Urban, Industrial, and Infrastructure — covering due diligence, development applications, civil and stormwater engineering design, construction superintendency, and water servicing coordination. The firm supplements traditional surveying with RTK drone capture, photogrammetry, and 3D reality modelling to support clash detection, volumetric analysis, and progress monitoring.

Product overview

Orion Group is a professional services consultancy specializing in land development and infrastructure for the Australian market. The company operates as a unified service platform organized across three primary sectors—Urban, Industrial, and Infrastructure—supported by specialized capabilities in surveying (including aerial drone services), water servicing coordination, project management, construction management, and engineering design. Survey services are offered as a distinct division, while drone and photogrammetry services supplement traditional surveying methods. The company also operates a Graduate Program for talent development. Following an October 2025 merger with SurveyPlus, the surveying capability has been expanded across additional Australian regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Urban Services Professional engineering and consultancy services for urban land development projects including residential subdivisions, master-planned communities, and town centre developments, delivered to property developers and councils across NSW and Queensland.
• Industrial Services Engineering design and project management services for industrial estate developments, warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and commercial infrastructure delivered to industrial and commercial property developers.
• Infrastructure Services Civil engineering, road construction, drainage systems, and public utility infrastructure design and delivery services for government bodies, councils, and developers of public infrastructure.
• Survey Services Comprehensive surveying services including detail and contour surveys, 3D laser scanning and modelling, building and construction surveys, boundary surveys and titling, land subdivision, strata subdivision, hydrographic surveys, and identification surveys for property developers, councils, and infrastructure clients.
• Water Servicing Coordination Coordination and design services for water, wastewater, and recycled water infrastructure including Development Servicing Plan (DSP) applications and Sydney Water infrastructure contributions, delivered under the Sydney Water WSC Licence to property developers.
• Project Management End-to-end project management from development application through to subdivision certificate and registration, including stakeholder engagement and milestone tracking for residential, industrial, and infrastructure projects.
• Construction Management Construction-phase contract management, superintendent services, principal's representative services, and construction management for large-scale residential and infrastructure developments.
• Engineering Design Civil and stormwater engineering design, road design, bulk earthworks design, drainage design, and structural design services for development and infrastructure projects, including AR&R 2016/2019 compliant stormwater modelling.
• Visual (Drone) Records Aerial drone survey and photogrammetry services for site documentation, volumetric analysis, construction progress monitoring, and reality model generation using RTK-enabled drone technology, including stockpile volume calculations and machine vision-based asset extraction.

Quantifiable outcome

• Wallgrove Road intersection: protective concrete barrier design eliminated need for costly telecommunications asset relocation, achieving significant cost savings
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SurveyPluscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Strategic merger effective October 1, 2025, aimed at expanding surveying capabilities across multiple regions in Australia. The merger enhances both companies' service offerings and regional presence, particularly in New South Wales and Queensland. Orion Group and SurveyPlus combined expertise facilitates expansion and growth for both organisations.
• Sydney WatercoreOthersOrion Group holds the Sydney Water WSC (Water Servicing Coordinator) Licence, enabling the company to provide water and sewer infrastructure design and coordination services. This regulatory accreditation demonstrates authority credentials and enables direct engagement on water infrastructure projects.
• Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA)minorOthersOrion Group maintains active involvement in UDIA committees, including Illawarra committee leadership positions. This industry association membership supports advocacy and networking within the development sector.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• WSP Australia: WSP is a global professional services firm with a large Australian practice spanning property, infrastructure, environment, and land development. It competes with Orion for major developer and government work but operates at a far larger scale and broader portfolio, positioning it as a broad incumbent rather than a direct peer.
• Stantec Australia: Stantec is a global design and engineering firm with a major Australian presence following its acquisition of Cardno. It offers property, infrastructure, water, and environmental services and is a broad incumbent competing for the same developer and government clients as Orion.
• GHD: GHD is one of Australia's largest employee-owned engineering, architecture, and environmental services firms, with deep relationships across government, water, and property developers. Its property and infrastructure practices compete directly with Orion at the upper end of project size.
• Aurecon: Aurecon is a large Australasian engineering, infrastructure, and advisory consultancy serving property, transport, and government clients. It overlaps with Orion on urban land development and infrastructure but is materially larger and broader in scope.

Regional players

• Beca Group: Beca is a New Zealand-headquartered engineering and advisory consultancy with a growing Australian presence in infrastructure, water, and property. Its multidisciplinary, mid-to-large scale delivery and Asia-Pacific footprint make it a relevant peer, primarily serving Australasia rather than global markets.

Direct peers

• Northrop Consulting Engineers: Northrop is an Australian employee-owned engineering consultancy providing civil, structural, and related engineering services across property, infrastructure, and land development. Its Australian focus, mid-tier scale, and developer/government client mix make it a direct comparable to Orion's core land development engineering offering.
• Meinhardt Group: Meinhardt is an Australian-headquartered engineering and project management consultancy delivering infrastructure, property, and environmental services across Asia-Pacific. Comparable to Orion in multidisciplinary delivery, property/infrastructure client focus, and Asia-Pacific reach.
• Calibre Group: Calibre Group is an Australian professional services consultancy offering engineering, project management, and advisory services to the resources, infrastructure, and property sectors. It is closely comparable to Orion in scope (multidisciplinary engineering services), client base (developers, government), and Australian footprint, making it a direct mid-tier peer.
• Brown Consulting: Brown Consulting is an Australian civil and structural engineering consultancy serving property developers, builders, and government. Mid-tier scale and a developer/government client base make it a direct comparable to Orion's urban and infrastructure services.
• Beveridge Williams: Beveridge Williams is an Australian surveying, civil engineering, and town planning consultancy with offices across Victoria, NSW, and other states. The combination of land surveying plus civil engineering for property developers makes it one of the closest direct peers to Orion's integrated surveying/engineering platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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