Welcome to Benchmark Projects
Benchmark Projects, Australia’s leading project management consultancy specialising in complex, large-scale urban and marina developments.
Benchmark Projects consistently delivers challenging and world-class projects and has a built a strong reputation for project management, incorporating bold designs, technical innovation and a commitment to environmental excellence.
Collectively, our highly skilled team has experience spanning a wide range of specialist disciplines including: project management, property valuation, real estate, environmental management, town planning, building design and construction, urban design, engineering and accounting.
Benchmark Projects is the developer of choice for both government and Australia’s best private developers seeking cutting-edge knowledge and services.
Latest News
Chris Carman wins National Project Director of the Year
Chris won the award for his progressive project management techniques and the consultative approach adopted to overcome seemingly irreconcilable stakeholder differences.
Read about his award from PMAA magazine here.
Benchmark’s Chris Carman wins Project Director of the Year
Benchmark Project’s Managing Director, Chris Carman, has been recognised as Western Australian Project Director of the Year at the 2009 Project Management Achievement Awards.
Chris was acknowledged by the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) for his role in LandCorp’s iconic $60 million Mandurah Ocean Marina.
With more than 30 years experience in land development and major civil engineering projects, Chris led a project team through a detailed process including feasibility, planning, design, construction and marketing.
The ambitious project included the creation of a strategic 500-boat harbour, together with surrounding land development.
The judges also acknowledged innovations such as the Venetian-style canals in the Mandurah Ocean Marina’s south harbour, which significantly changed the project’s economic, social and environmental incomes.
In winning the award Chris thanked LandCorp for the opportunity to work on such a challenging and diverse project, as well as the many consultants and contractors who helped bring a long-held community vision to reality.
“Benchmark Projects is passionate about design excellence, best-practice project management and achieving the unachievable,” he said.
“This project allowed us to live and breathe these values, and proves that with big picture thinking, Western Australia’s waterfront developments are up there with the best in the world.”
Chris will now represent Western Australia at the National Project Management Awards to be announced at the AIPM annual conference in Adelaide on Tuesday 13 October 2009
South Beach Recognised for Excellence
Benchmark Projects was an integral part of the consulting and contracting team which has delivered a National UDIA Award for the South Beach project.
The joint project between LandCorp and Stockland transformed a derelict industrial rail terminal into an exciting new community overlooking South Beach in Fremantle.
South Beach - which won the UDIA Award for Excellence a development over 150 lots - was the only Western Australian development to pick up a 2009 National Award.
Benchmark Managing Director Appointed to Sustainability Committee
Managing Director, Chris Carman, has been appointed to the Urban Development Institutes’ Sustainable Urban Development Committee in Western Australia.
The new committee will maintain the peak body’s focus on world’s best sustainability principles and practice across all aspects of the development industry.
Benchmark appointed to multi-million dollar AMC project
Benchmark Projects has been appointed external Project Manager for LandCorp’s development of a $35 million oil and gas industry service and supply base at the Australian Marine Complex (AMC) in Henderson.
The project - announced recently by Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls – coincides with an agreement for Chevron Australia to become the first user for its Gorgon Project, located 150kms off Western Australia’s north-west coast.
Director, Brett Chivers, will lead Benchmark’s involvement in this significant development which will feature a multi-million dollar service wharf to accommodate roll-on/roll-off vessels and a 4.4ha staging area located within the AMC Common User Facility.
Brett will use his experience on a range of large-scale, complex industrial projects, to deliver optimum outcomes for LandCorp.
Detailed risk assessment and planning has already commenced with construction due to start in the second half of 2009.
North Port Quay
Benchmark’s project management role in the stunning $10 billion North Port Quay Development concept in Fremantle, Western Australia, epitomises the scale of the company’s technical and innovative capabilities.
Proposed to be built on reclaimed from the sea-bed, North Port Quay could become the world’s first completely energy self-sufficient, carbon-free residential, tourist and commercial development and one of the largest marina developments in the southern hemisphere.
Visit the North Port Quay Website to learn more about this exciting project.
Mission Possible!
The West Australian's Belle Taylor interviewed Benchmark Projects' Managing Director, Chris Carman, for the newspaper's regular feature Face2Face.
Read Chris' thoughts on the ambitious North port Quay project and 'new urbanism'. |
