Project Management

Project Management and Advisory

  • account_balance The Client Representation
  • note_add Project Brief Development
  • description Detailed Project Requirements and Work Breakdown Structure
  • dashboard Overarching Project Delivery Plan and Associate Management Plans
  • bar_chart Establishing the Project Baselines
  • business_center Professional Services and Construction Procurement (various types)
  • attach_money Budget Establishment and Earned Value Management
  • check_box_outline_blank Scope of Works Allocation with Responsibility Matrix (RAM/RACI)
  • rocket Project Kick-off and ongoing Progress Monitoring and Reporting
  • build Design Management
  • folder_open Documentation and Version Control
  • people_outline Iwi and other Stakeholder Identification and Management
  • autorenew Value Engineering and Management
  • swap_horiz Change Management
  • article Consenting Strategy
  • note Professional Services Contract Administration (SFA, CCCS, ACENZ)
  • check_circle Construction Contract Selection and Negotiations (NZS3910, NZS3916)
  • health_and_safety Health, Safety And Environment Management
  • build Defecting and Quality Management
  • alarm Risk and Schedule Management
  • sync Continuous Improvement Records and Knowledge Transfer
  • gavel Project Closeout and Operation Handover including O&M Manuals

“Leadership that delivers.”

Simple doesn’t mean easy. Take running a marathon: the task is simple – just run 42.2 km. What could be simpler? But achieving it requires serious planning, discipline, and consistent practice. Similarly, delivering a project may sound straightforward, but it demands structured thinking, continuous curiosity, and the ability to balance complexity with clarity. At Reliancepier, we believe that staying curious and open at every stage of a project is what makes meaningful progress—and growth—possible.

For us, project management is an art of balancing attitudes while employing proven management principles and techniques. It requires an effective use of intuition, judgment, and experience. We have developed this capability while delivering projects across public and private sectors. Our clientele includes commercial as well as residential land developers. Our portfolio includes over $1 billion in project value, with $280+ million under direct management.

We deliver projects using proven practices across both traditional and agile work environments, adapting our approach to the scale, pace, and nature of each project. Our core role is to shepherd all efforts, beginning with early and frequent collaborations with the client and the project team to secure answers to the three critical anchors.

  • ➡️ What the client and the team need
  • ➡️ Commitments about when things will be done
  • ➡️ How those commitments will be made visible across the project team

We apply both technical tools and behavioural insight to manage competing interests, reduce friction, and keep the team focused on shared outcomes. Our experience has taught us that misaligned priorities and individual biases—if left unmanaged—can quickly derail a project. We confront those challenges early and often.

Every aspect of project delivery can be scaled into its own discipline depending on the project’s size, complexity, or strategic importance. For example, a Cost Management Plan may include detailed guidance on budget formation, cost baselining, monitoring thresholds, variation approval, and records management—fully aligned with client objectives and governance requirements.

Every project is ultimately an act of transformation—modifying, building, or dismantling something to create value. This effort always brings with it opportunities to rethink, learn, and apply new techniques that make delivery more effective and engaging.

At Reliancepier, we thrive in this dynamic space, where our role is to lead with clarity, manage with empathy, and deliver with purpose—for our clients and all project stakeholders.