MBM

What MBM does

MBM Pty Ltd is an independent Australian quantity surveying and asset management consultancy founded in 2002 and headquartered in Sydney. The firm provides professional services across five core lines: Quantity Surveying (cost planning, tender reviews, post-contract administration, tax depreciation), Asset & Facilities Management (lifecycle forecasting, FM strategy, procurement), Building Consultancy (technical due diligence, independent certifier services, schedule of condition), Tax & Asset Optimisation, and Expert Witness testimony for construction disputes. Service delivery is supported by the Fulcrum digital workflow platform used by the Building Consultancy team for in-house workflow tailoring on projects such as the City of Melbourne's Make Room adaptive reuse development. There is no disclosed AI/ML or proprietary software product.

MBM serves federal, state, and local government agencies alongside enterprise and not-for-profit clients across 18 industry sectors including Healthcare, Education, Utilities, Defence, Data Centres, Residential, Hotels & Hospitality, and Industrial & Logistics. Named customers include School Infrastructure NSW, Health Infrastructure NSW, Victorian Health Building Authority, SA Water, City of Melbourne, Mulpha Australia, Storage King, and Salter Brothers, with project values spanning multi-million-dollar engagements up to a $1 billion masterplan.

The firm operates a project-based professional services revenue model: fees are quoted per engagement based on scope, complexity, sector, and duration, typically structured as multi-year contracts and procured through direct enterprise field sales, government tender processes, and repeat/referral relationships. MBM runs eight offices across every Australian state and territory capital (Sydney, Parramatta, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra, Darwin), employs 101-250 staff, and is privately held with no disclosed external investors or parent entity.

Name

MBM

Legal name

MBM Pty Ltd

Website

https://mbmpl.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

MBM Pty Ltd is an Australian quantity surveying and asset management consultancy providing cost planning, FM strategy, building consultancy, tax depreciation, and expert witness services to government and enterprise clients across 18 sectors. It operates from eight offices nationwide and serves engagements ranging from social housing to $1B masterplans.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Quantity Surveying Services: MBM provides comprehensive quantity surveying services including cost planning, cost estimates, tender reviews, progress claims, variation assessments, and post-contract administration across all project phases from initiation to completion.
2. Asset & Facilities Management: Asset management services including lifecycle cost forecasting, asset replacement planning, schedule of condition assessments, and facilities management strategy development.
3. Building Consultancy: Building consultancy services including technical due diligence, independent certifier services, and expert witness testimony for construction disputes.
4. Tax & Asset Optimisation: Tax depreciation scheduling and asset optimisation services for construction and property projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MBM provides independent quantity surveying and asset management consultancy services across the Australian property and infrastructure sectors, covering cost planning, cost estimates, tender reviews, progress claims, variation assessments, post-contract administration, lifecycle asset forecasting, facilities management strategy, technical due diligence, tax depreciation scheduling, and expert witness testimony for construction disputes. Services span every project phase from feasibility and concept design through construction, commissioning, and post-completion warranty.

Product overview

MBM is a quantity surveying and asset management consultancy providing integrated professional services across five core offerings: Quantity Surveying, Asset & Facilities Management, Building Consultancy, Tax & Asset Optimisation, and Expert Witness services. The company operates across 19 industry sectors including Aviation & Transport, Commercial, Data Centres, Defence, Education, Health & Research, Heritage, Hotels & Hospitality, Industrial & Logistics, Justice & Secure Spaces, Olympics, Precincts & Masterplanning, Public & Civic, Residential, Religious & Cultural, Retail, Retirement Living, Sports & Leisure, and Utilities. MBM delivers services throughout the entire project lifecycle from feasibility and cost planning through to construction, commissioning, and post-completion warranty periods.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Quantity Surveying Professional quantity surveying services including cost planning, detailed cost reports, tender reviews, progress claim assessments, variation assessments, pre-contract and post-contract administration, bank drawdowns, and tax depreciation schedules for property and infrastructure clients.
• Asset & Facilities Management Facilities management strategy development, asset management, maintenance responsibility assessment, resourcing and contract structures evaluation, information management systems review, and FM strategy and operating model delivery for clients with large or complex estates.
• Building Consultancy Building consultancy services including schedule of condition assessments, 20-year asset replacement cost forecasts, asset management improvement plans, technical due diligence, and digital workflow delivery via the Fulcrum platform.
• Tax & Asset Optimisation Tax depreciation schedules and asset optimisation strategies for construction projects and property portfolios, helping clients maximise allowable deductions and asset performance.
• Expert Witness Expert witness services for construction disputes, providing authoritative testimony and analysis for legal proceedings involving cost, contract, and construction quantum matters.

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered cost management for over 39 self-storage facilities across Australia
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments7 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

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Westside HousingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 September 2025MBM partnered with not-for-profit Westside Housing to deliver expert cost management and quantity surveying guidance for the Findon affordable housing project, replacing two homes with seven new townhouses for people facing housing insecurity in South Australia.
• Unison HousingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 August 2025MBM partnered with Unison Housing on the City of Melbourne's Make Room Project, providing asset management guidance including Schedule of Condition assessments and 20-Year Asset Replacement Cost Forecast for the adaptive reuse social housing development.
• Hume Community HousingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2025MBM partnered with Hume Community Housing to deliver cost management for 66 new social housing homes across three sites in Parramatta. This represents MBM's second development with Hume Housing, demonstrating a strong ongoing relationship supporting vulnerable women and children.
• BuiltcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 April 2025MBM partnered with national contractor and developer Built to deliver post-contract cost management and independent certifier services for transforming Harry Seidler's Simsmetal House into Reddam House School, a private educational campus for 1,350 students.
• Inspired EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 April 2025MBM worked with Inspired Education, a global provider of exclusive schools operating Reddam House, on the adaptive reuse of a heritage-listed building into a world-class educational environment.
• Storage KingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 March 2025MBM partnered with international self-storage leader Storage King and property investment specialists Abacus Group to deliver a bespoke four-level, 10,000 square metre Storage King facility in Darlington, Adelaide. The MBM team brought expertise from over 39 self-storage facilities across Australia.
• Abacus GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 March 2025MBM partnered with property investment specialists Abacus Group alongside Storage King to deliver the Darlington self-storage facility, leveraging Abacus's property investment expertise with MBM's cost management capabilities.
• Salter BrotherscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 August 2024MBM partnered with global investment management company Salter Brothers to provide cost management expertise for the $20 million Novotel Sydney City Centre refurbishment. The partnership delivered full quantity surveying services for the 283-room, 22-floor hotel transformation.
• Mulpha AustraliaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 August 2023MBM partnered with Mulpha Australia on the $1 billion Norwest Quarter masterplan development, a zero-carbon mixed-use development with nine residential towers housing over 2,000 residents. MBM's scope included cost planning, pre-tender estimates, procurement strategy, value engineering, and progress claim assessments.
• St Vincent's Hospital MelbourneflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 July 2023MBM partnered with St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne to provide full quantity surveying and cost management services for the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery, Australia's first hospital-based biomedical research centre spanning over 16,500 square metres.
• SA WatercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023MBM partnered with SA Water to develop a facilities management strategy for their non-network portfolio, including end-to-end procurement of Integrated Facilities Management Services. The engagement spanned from 2023 to October 2025, covering SA Water's main Adelaide CBD building, field service depots, reservoirs, and workshops across 1,500+ sites serving 1.8 million people.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Turner & Townsend: Global cost and project management consultancy with Australian offices delivering quantity surveying, cost planning and asset management. Highly comparable offering and client base across infrastructure, real estate and public sector.
• WT Partnership: Global independent quantity surveying firm with established Australian operations providing cost management, project monitoring and asset advisory services. Comparable service breadth and client base to MBM.
• Currie & Brown: Global cost management, project management and advisory consultancy with Australian operations. Competes directly with MBM on major infrastructure, commercial and public sector engagements.
• Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB): Global quantity surveying and construction consultancy with a sizeable Australian practice. Directly comparable to MBM in core service lines (cost management, asset advisory, expert witness) and overlap on government, healthcare, education and infrastructure mandates.
• Rawlinsons: Long-established Australian quantity surveying practice known for Australian Construction Handbook cost data. Overlapping client base (developers, government, education, health) and core service lines in cost estimating and post-contract administration.
• Donald Cant Watts Corke (DCWC): Independent Australian quantity surveying and cost consultancy operating nationally with similar service mix (QS, tax depreciation, building consultancy, asset advisory). A direct mid-tier competitor to MBM in the Australian market.
• Mitchell Brandtman: Australian-owned quantity surveying, asset management and tax depreciation specialist. Closely aligned with MBM in services and vertical mix, particularly on residential, retirement living and commercial developments.

Broad incumbents

• KPMG Australia (Infrastructure & Real Estate): Big Four firm with an infrastructure advisory and quantity surveying / cost management practice serving Australian government and large enterprises. Comparable on asset management and infrastructure cost mandates but delivered as part of a wider advisory portfolio.
• Arcadis: Global design, engineering and consultancy firm with a cost management / commercial advisory practice in Australia. Overlaps with MBM's QS offering but operates as part of a much broader portfolio across design, engineering and digital advisory.

Emerging players

• BMT Tax Depreciation: Australian firm specialising in quantity surveying, tax depreciation schedules and asset optimisation. Closely mirrors MBM's Tax & Asset Optimisation practice and overlaps on residential and commercial mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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