MBB Group, infrastructure experts who specialise in advisory services during the strategy, development, delivery and operations phase of projects, will now have six offices spread across Australia and New Zealand, ensuring the continued provision of high quality services to an increased client base across the transport, energy, defence, water, ports, and social infrastructure sectors.
“This new partnership is an important milestone in the continued growth of both businesses,” Matthew Brook, Managing Director, MBB Group said. “Together, our partnership with iPLAN offers complementary services to new and existing clients and gives them access to a full suite of advisory, project management, and integrated project controls services across all our office locations.
“In line with our strategic growth plan, we are always on the lookout for new partnerships that increases our capability to support our clients, whilst creating development opportunities for our team. iPLAN’s strong history, leadership, and culture made it a high priority, and we are excited to hit the ground running together.”
Founded in 2005, iPLAN prides itself on its best-in-class project management and control processes, which help deliver the highest quality outcomes for project partners. Recent projects include the provision of planning and integrated project controls services for clients delivering projects including the Cross River Rail, Callide C4 Rebuild, Australian Pacific LNG, Gladstone LNG and renewable energy portfolios across Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
“When we first heard that MBB Group was interested in a partnership, it seemed like a natural fit with material opportunities for our people and our clients,” Shane Chidgzey, Managing Director, iPLAN said.
“Our team are now a part of a leading, national infrastructure advisory business with great experience and an excellent reputation, which enables us to implement our services at an earlier stage of the project lifecycle, while simultaneously expanding our service offering across the broader MBB Group. I am excited to work alongside the MBB team for this next chapter of growth in the iPLAN journey and am looking forward to continuing building our businesses together.”
Founded in 2014, MBB Group now employs 150+ people throughout Australia and New Zealand, working on major infrastructure and energy projects such as the River Torrens to Darlington project in South Australia, the New England Renewable Energy Zone project in New South Wales, Marinus Link in Tasmania, and the North East Link in Victoria.
MBB Group will continue to provide advisory services during the strategic, development, delivery, and the operations phase of projects, whilst iPLAN will continue to provide advisory, project planning, and project controls services across the full project lifecycle. Ensuring an expanded service offering and deeper capability across the businesses.