Director – Andrew Ma
Andrew has a broad range of project experience from simple housing, industrial and commercial projects, high rise projects, refurbishment projects to infrastructure projects.
Andrew is involved in all facets of the construction cost management from site analysis and feasibilities, estimating and cost planning, value management, tender procurement, tendering bid strategies and assisting delivery teams. He is also involved in construction pricing, tendering, and procuring materials on construction projects in the South Pacific Regions.
Andrew combines 8 years of consultancy experience in a global quantity surveying consultancy firm with 22 years of construction experience in design and construct commercial construction companies in Queensland and South Pacific.
Whilst consulting to construction companies, Andrew carries out normal senior cost planning duties, mentoring junior staff where required, provides guidance on improving estimating management to achieve bid targets, and exploring business development opportunities.
Furthermore, whilst consulting to development companies, Andrew not only offers his senior cost planning duties, but also provides buildability guidance based on his design and construct experience.
Andrew’s “hand-on” knowledge of the development process, his knowledge of development stakeholders’ requirements, his experience with value adding consultants, and his knowledge of an extensive and diverse range of trade suppliers and subcontractors give him and his clients a variety of opportunities to improve their development margin and their development product.
Andrew’s knowledge of body corporate sinking fund forecasts, building depreciation assessments, and insurance replacement estimate valuations allows him to provide to his clients a truly ‘development concept to completion’ service.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Applied Science – Quantity Surveying (QUT) 1992
- Associate member of Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors since 1994
- Fellow member of Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors since 2016
- Certified Quantity Surveyor – Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors since 2017
- International Cost Engineering Council Accreditation
- Member of the Tax Practitioners Board