Brisbane Waterfront is an office building in the Brisbane central business district in Queensland, Australia. It is set to become a business and tourist destination that maximises its prime riverside location. Soben’s detailed bills of quantities meant John Holland could maintain accurate budgets and make informed financial decisions – at every stage of this iconic project.
The development will create an extravagant area, connecting the river and the city. Work includes the redevelopment of the existing Eagle Street Pier and Waterfront Place sites to deliver a new public precinct encompassing two premium commercial towers, riverfront dining, retail space and a large landscaped public realm. The proposed development incorporates an elevated podium level above open terraced ground floor plazas which will anchor the two commercial towers.
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Our experienced consultants have worked at the sharp end of contracting, commercially managing complex projects.
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Delivering on our promises
A complicated project due to the site being on an existing landmark area in the city. Soben’s role was vital for John Holland, with preparation of accurate and complete scope of works, gap analysis and errors from the issued design information. As well as preparation of the bills in accordance with the client’s requirements to complete the project.
Working closely with John Holland’s estimating team, Soben delivered detailed bills of quantities for this prestigious project. Our team ensured all design gaps and discrepancies were picked up to allow the client to make appropriate updates in the budgets.
Where culture meets quality
We understand the complexity of major infrastructure projects, the need to manage expectations of multiple stakeholders. Our infrastructure expertise is focused on delivering efficient, cost effective, and future-proofed results.
Soben offers something different – a combination of the best consultancy practices, with real-life hands-on commercial experience in delivering major construction projects.
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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.
