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Protecting Your Interests at Every Stage

At Chapman Consulting Ltd, the best interests of our clients sit at the centre of every decision we make.

Whether acting as Client Representative, Client Project Manager, or Engineer to the Contract, our role is to provide structured leadership, commercial clarity, and technically sound guidance from feasibility through to final Code Compliance.

We tailor our services to suit each project’s complexity, risk profile, and stakeholder environment, always operating with a practical, solutions-focused, best-for-project mindset.

Client-Side Leadership & Advisory

Client Representative

Independent representation ensuring your objectives, commercial position, and risk profile remain protected throughout the project lifecycle.

Client Adviser

Strategic project guidance, commercial insight, and technical oversight to support informed decision making.

Client Mentor & Coach

Supporting boards, Body Corporates, and executive teams through complex construction and remediation processes with clarity and confidence.

Client Project Manager

Full lifecycle project leadership, from feasibility and design coordination through construction, commissioning, and handover.

Contract Administration & Commercial Management

Engineer to the Contract

Independent contract administration under NZS3910, NZS3916, NZIA, FIDIC and related forms.

Services include:

  • Contract administration and impartial certification
  • Variation assessment and management
  • Payment certification
  • Quality and compliance oversight
  • Dispute mitigation and resolution

Project Quantity Surveying & Cost Estimating

  • Detailed cost planning
  • Budget development and monitoring
  • Commercial analysis
  • Cost benefit analysis

Contract Documentation Preparation

  • Preparation of principal and subcontract documentation
  • Clear allocation of risk
  • Robust contractual frameworks

Tender & Procurement Management

  • Managing tendering processes
  • Contractor selection and evaluation
  • Procurement strategy development
  • Recommendations aligned with best-for-project outcomes

Feasibility, Strategy & Business Case Development

We assist clients in making informed investment decisions through:

  • Project feasibility studies
  • Cost benefit analysis
  • Business case development
  • Options analysis for new build vs remediation
  • Repurposing and spatial upgrade strategies
  • Optimising return on investment while maintaining full Building Code compliance

Design & Technical Oversight

Consultant Selection & Engagement

Extensive experience appointing and coordinating:

  • Architects
  • Engineers
  • Fire engineers
  • Seismic assessment specialists
  • Building condition surveyors
  • Specialist compliance consultants

Design Reviews & Value Engineering

  • Project design reviews
  • Buildability and constructability assessments
  • Value management workshops
  • Practical and innovative problem solving

Construction Phase Management

We provide comprehensive oversight during delivery and commissioning phases, including:

  • Construction management services
  • Client-side project management throughout construction
  • Construction methodology and logistics planning
  • Critical path programming and monitoring
  • Programme development and progress reviews

Risk & Compliance Management

  • Identification of key project risks
  • Development of mitigation strategies
  • Health and Safety management in line with the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
  • Environmental and RMA compliance oversight
  • Quality management and proactive site-based quality control

Regulatory Liaison

  • Engagement with territorial authorities
  • Building Consent coordination
  • Code Compliance Certificate processes
  • Digital management of compliance documentation and submissions

Specialist Building Remediation

CCL has significant expertise in:

  • Leaky building remediation
  • Recladding and façade replacement
  • Seismic strengthening
  • Passive fire upgrades
  • Post-disaster reinstatement
  • Complex multi-unit Body Corporate projects

We understand the commercial, technical, and stakeholder sensitivities inherent in remediation environments and provide decisive leadership where required.

Stakeholder & Asset Integration

  • Third-party and client-supplied equipment coordination
  • FF&E management
  • Vendor management
  • Integration of tenancy and owner requirements
  • Managing diverse stakeholder expectations within active or occupied buildings

Expert Witness Services

We provide independent expert witness services to the legal fraternity in matters relating to construction management, contract administration, and building remediation.

A Tailored, Best-for-Project Approach

No two projects are identical.

Chapman Consulting Ltd tailors its suite of services to suit each client’s objectives, risk profile, and commercial framework. Our approach is grounded in professionalism, technical competence, and a practical “can do” attitude focused on delivering compliant, commercially sound, and successful outcomes.

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