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Kevin Carr

Managing Director – Australia [email protected] +61 434 088 423

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-carr-7b4947229/

Kevin is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry across Australia and the UK. He has held senior roles in both the Client-side of construction and while working for main contracting organisations. He has gained extensive experience while working on major civil, educational, residential, industrial and commercial projects. In his current role as Director with Soben, Kevin’s responsibilities include the project management of several projects at varying stages, as well as the daily preparation of Quantity Surveyor reports for several funders, and cost plans for various Clients. Contact: [email protected]

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Local expertise, with a difference

From our Brisbane HQ we provide a comprehensive suite of construction consultancy services across Australia. As well as our award-winning Bills of Quantities, clients draw on the expertise of a group of highly specialised individuals, who know the local market inside-out. Our local team combines best-in-class consultancy with practical experience of managing commercial projects. All our senior staff have hands-on commercial experience working on major construction programmes – in the Australian market.

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Maximizing value

Soben entered Australia to fill a gap in the market. We bring the agility of a smaller organisation, with the quality guarantee and industry credentials of the established names. We’re seeing the Australian market transform as the local industry starts to recognise the value of traditional quantity surveying. As a a fully certified consultancy, backed by both the RICS and AIQS, we’re committed to bringing the best of the profession to our clients. Our team’s rare rigour and commitment to systems of measurement is how we ensure return on investment for our clients.

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A fresh approach

Having the best local talent available for our clients is non-negotiable, so we’ve hired the best of the best – hand-picking industry experts who are well-known, and highly-respected, in the local market. As well as our internationally recognised Bills of Quantities, our local team provides comprehensive pre- and post-contract commercial advice and Quantity Surveying services. We also offer access to a suite of specialised services to the Australian market including an advice service for Contractors covering pricing, escalation and contract types, using the most accurate live database of materials and labour costs in the Australian market.

Local knowledge with a global reach

We are local first. We are committed to putting down strong roots in the Australian market and hiring exceptional local talent. As members of the Infrastructure Association of Queensland (IAQ), we’re committed to working with other members to create strong infrastructure for Queensland – Soben’s home in Australia – and beyond.

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What our customers say...

During the project, Soben went above and beyond on a number of occasions to meet key deadlines which have required longer hours and multiple tasks to be prioritised. We would highly recommend Soben to other Clients as they offer an all-round first-class commercial service.

Confidential Multinational Energy Company, EMEA

Soben always provide clear and timely communication, with the ability to communicate with all levels of the company including package level, senior management and external stakeholders. They also work well in a team but can be trusted to work alone with minimal supervision to progress and conclude certain tasks.

Confidential Multinational Energy Company, EMEA

Soben are extremely competent, professional and have an exemplary work ethic. They are able to provide a full range of skills and are always diligent, adaptable and reliable when change occurs on high-value and complex projects.

Confidential Multinational Energy Company, EMEA

Soben has been a resilient cost management consultant during the project whereby we had to deal with cost challenges due to big impacts on global level (Covid, and global supply chain disruptions).

Sjoerd vanPopering, Head of Development, The Social Hub

I am incredibly happy with the service from Soben, particularly the flexibility on what has been a particularly challenging project to work on. Communication and responses to further requests for information, clarifications and additional tasks have been exceptional.

Confidential Hyper-scale Data Centre Client, EMEA

Please accept our congratulations for delivering a snag-free project. This is a first for our program and demonstrates a truly outstanding effort from the Soben team. Both projects faced considerable challenges, and we thank you for your dedication to overcoming those during the delivery. We appreciate your collaboration and open communication with our team.

Confidential Hyper-scale Data Centre Client, EMEA

This was not an easy project to work, but I’m so happy with the work produced by the Soben team.

Confidential Global infrastructure Client, EMEA

Working with Soben was a pleasure. Their attention to detail was spot on and they covered all areas of the job and gave me confidence that the measures were accurate when we sat down to review everything at the end. In terms of delivery, they met our ambitious targets, and they were laid out in a user-friendly manner and required very little alteration.

Daniel Shaw, Skanska, EMEA

The overall quality and communication from the Soben were very good, and outstanding issues were resolved promptly.

Bernie Mbirimi, Kier Construction, EMEA

Soben were responsive to project needs, they understood the task required, provided a proposal, timeline, and delivery.

Billy Kerr, ISG, EMEA

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Soben provided an assessment of contractor claims for Sunwater, allowing the utility to achieve a successful outcome while upholding transparency.

Unitywater

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Soben was appointed by Queensland utility, Unitywater, to conduct a comprehensive review of their estimating processes, across their capital projects portfolio.