Bundall, Gold Coast QLD North Sydney NSW
Gold Coast · South East Queensland

Client-side project management on the Gold Coast.
Independent, local, on your side of the table.

Independent project management, superintendent and contract administration, and facilities management for clubs, hospitality groups and asset owners from Tweed Heads to Brisbane. Based in Bundall, engaged by owners only.

Your interests. Our discipline. Every stage.

Why Local Matters

Claims have clocks. Sites have problems on Tuesdays.

A payment claim under a Queensland building contract starts a timeframe the day it lands. A variation priced from the builder's office looks different once someone has stood in the room. A programme that protects gaming revenue only holds if the person administering it is on site when the trades are.

Hunter FPM is based on the Gold Coast and engaged by owners and operators only. Robert Hunter leads every engagement personally, attends site, chairs the project control group, and issues the instruments that keep the contract honest: payment schedules, variation determinations, extension of time assessments, practical completion and defects. Twenty years of capital works delivery, the last eight as an independent client-side practice.

We also work for aged care, education, medical and commercial owners. If a building is being built or run for you by someone else, our role is to make sure it is done to your interest, not theirs.

What We Do Here

Four services. One point of accountability.

From the decision to build, through the contract, to the register you keep afterwards.

01 / Capital Works Oversight

Independent owner-side representation from concept to handover.

For boards and operators with works coming: refurbishments, extensions, new venues, staged redevelopments, all while the business keeps trading.

Before you commit

Scope, budget and programme reality checks, procurement strategy, consultant selection, approvals pathway.

Tender and award

Tender documents, evaluation, contract form and special conditions negotiated from the owner's side.

Delivery

Design management, cost and programme control, site attendance, project control group, board reporting.

02 / Superintendent and Contract Administration

The contract administered to a standard that survives dispute.

Superintendent or Principal's representative under AS 4000, AS 4902 and related Australian Standard forms, on Queensland and New South Wales projects.

Payment

Progress claim assessment and payment schedules inside the contract and Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (Qld) timeframes.

Change and time

Variation directions and determinations, extension of time assessments, delay and disruption positions documented as they arise.

Completion

Practical completion, defects liability period management, final certificate, handover records the owner can rely on.

03 / Facilities Management

Structured oversight of contractors, compliance and planned maintenance.

For owners who want the discipline of a facilities department without building one. Delivering project and facilities management for clubs and operators since 2018.

Compliance

Essential services and fire safety, statutory inspections, the compliance calendar the auditor asks for.

Contractors

Service contract scoping, tendering and management, performance reporting, cost control.

Planning

Planned maintenance programmes, defect and warranty management, capital works coordination.

04 / Asset Register and Lifecycle Capture

When the auditor asks for your asset register, what will you send?

We capture what you own, its condition, remaining life and compliance status, into a register you keep. Built on Standara, the facilities management asset register and maintenance planner.

Capture

On-site survey of plant, equipment and building elements, photographed, tagged and rated.

Register

A live register with maintenance schedules and replacement years, owned by you, not by a contractor.

Handover

New works commissioned straight into the register, so the day the builder leaves is the day the record starts.

Where We Work From Bundall

Tweed Heads to Brisbane, usually within ninety minutes.

Areas
  • Gold Coast, Southport to Coolangatta
  • Tweed Heads and the Northern Rivers
  • Logan and Brisbane
  • Scenic Rim and the hinterland
Who engages us
  • Registered clubs, RSLs and bowls clubs
  • Hotel and hospitality groups
  • Aged care, education and medical owners
  • Commercial property owners and strata bodies
How we are engaged
  • Pre-contract review, fixed fee, quoted on enquiry
  • Construction-phase retainer, fixed for the contract period
  • Facilities management, scaled to the operation
  • Capture and register, priced by asset base

We have worked with Robert Hunter and Hunter FPM since 2018 and have found them to be knowledgeable, professional and to work collaboratively with all stakeholders to ensure our projects have been delivered in accordance with the budget, programme and quality expectations.

Richard Errington
Chief Executive, West HQ

Named references for club, hospitality, medical and commercial projects are available on request. Selected projects are on the home page.

Questions Boards Ask

Straight answers before the first call.

Do you work for builders or developers?

No. Hunter FPM is engaged by the owner or operator of the asset, never by the builder, the architect or a developer selling to the owner. That independence is the service.

Can you act as superintendent under AS 4000 or AS 4902 on a Queensland project?

Yes. We administer the contract on the owner's behalf: progress claims and payment schedules inside the timeframes set by the contract and the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (Qld), variations, extensions of time, practical completion and the defects liability period.

What size of project do you take on?

From refurbishments and fit-outs inside trading venues to staged redevelopments. The practice's delivered projects range from fit-outs to a $100M theatre. We tell you at the first call whether the project warrants independent representation.

How are fees set?

Fees are quoted on enquiry after a short scoping call. Construction-phase oversight is a fixed monthly retainer for the contracted construction period. A pre-contract review is a fixed fee agreed before we start.

Which areas do you cover from the Gold Coast?

Gold Coast, Tweed Heads and the Northern Rivers, Logan, Brisbane and the Scenic Rim, usually within a 90-minute drive of our Bundall office. Sydney and New South Wales projects are run from our North Sydney office.

Do you also look after the asset after handover?

Yes. Facilities management oversight of contractors, compliance and planned maintenance, and an asset register the owner keeps, built on Standara.

Ready To Start

Tell us about the project or the facility.

A 30-minute call with Robert Hunter. We tell you whether we are the right fit and what proper oversight would look like. No obligation. Robert replies within one business day.

Direct
Robert Hunter
Queensland
Gold Coast
Level 9, Wyndham Building, 1 Corporate Court
Bundall QLD 4217
Insurance
$20M public liability. $10M professional indemnity. Integrated quality, WHS and environmental management system.