KSH is an employee owned, specialist engineering and project delivery service provider with a proven track record in complex multi-faceted infrastructure projects. We support government clients, contractors and consultants in all aspects of the delivery lifecycle. The team at KSH is accomplished at delivering on challenging engineering and project management outcomes across the Rail, Power and Water sectors here in Australia and internationally. Our open, proactive approach and commitment to collaborative contracting results in successful project delivery. Our team is committed to excellence in everything we do resulting in satisfied clients who turn to KSH with all of their project needs.
KSH has extensive experience in delivering complex infrastructure projects. Our capabilities include strategic project development and contract management, as well as project and delivery management through to implementation. We use collaborative stakeholder engagement and practical risk management approaches.
Our diverse range of leaders offer expertise in all areas of project lifecycle as detailed below:
Whilst balancing often competing needs of a project, effective early project planning is the foundation for successful execution. KSH recognise early intervention can maximise the ability to influence a positive outcome. Our team provides expert guidance on developing a comprehensive and accurate technical scope of work and defining functional and operational requirements aligned to our client’s strategy. We support our clients by providing sound constructability analysis through our multi-discipline experience and collaborative approach.
Our advisors integrate the collective knowledge and experience of the client, stakeholders, project consultants, designers and contractors to successfully maximise efficiency and minimise change, allowing projects to be delivered under budget and ahead of schedule.
We specialise in:
Our team’s expertise includes developing projects through government business case and procurement gates.
Our key services include:
The procurement process is high pressured, time constrained and can be complicated by often conflicting inputs from multiple disciplines and stakeholders. All of which must be considered to ensure seamless integration and accurate decision making.
Our team has experience in leading procurement processes in the private (tender bids) and public sectors (government transactions). We have worked across all common construction contracts on some of the largest complex infrastructure projects in the market to date.
Our subject matter experts excel in:
At KSH, we believe successful project delivery stems from efficient construction planning. Our team uses their wealth of experience to solve complex staging and constructability challenges in the most complex and technically demanding infrastructure projects. Throughout the constructability stage, we work closely with stakeholders to create an efficient program true to our client’s outcomes.
Our team’s strengths include:
At KSH, we systematically identify key stakeholders, refining their requirements and collaboratively aligning them to the project needs. We also understand how these stakeholders fit within the project, recognising their responsibilities and influence allowing us to manage them in an effective manner. Our team is accomplished in constructing a layered governance process with clear escalation pathways for efficient and timely decision making.
Proactive early engagement with stakeholders avoids gaps within the requirement gathering process, eliminates assumptions, fosters respectful supportive relationships and ultimately mitigates project risk. KSH has worked experience with all major stakeholders and our advisors have a reputation for their direct approach to obtain solutions and value added in the most complex and technically challenging infrastructure projects. We strive to obtain the best outcome for all parties through a thorough understanding of our client’s requirements and best practise engineering and construction.
We specialise in:
Effective project completion must start at the project initiation stage. KSH’s advisors establish and document project objectives completely and clearly, as well as identify all relevant objective measures and specifications to create a framework which allows for a smooth project completion. KSH will energise your team to retain focus and push through the often neglected final 10%. Understanding the end goal and translating it into smaller categorised steps with clearly defined measurable goals is instrumental in successful project completions. We specialise in:
We have hands on knowledge of preparing and gaining approval of all management plans to achieve a successfully delivered project with efficient usable management plans to suit all types of projects.
Sydney Metro City and Southwest (CSW)
Sydney Metro West
ARTC Inland Rail
TfNSW Transport Access Program (Brownfield Station Upgrade
TfNSW Power Supply Upgrade Projects
TfNSW Hornsby Junction Remodelling
TfNSW Wickham Transport Interchange (Newcastle Interchange)
TfNSW New Intercity Fleet
TfNSW Epping to Thornleigh Third Track
TfNSW Glenfield Junction Rail Alliance
TfNSW Yennora Siding Access Improvement
Director
A Project Management professional with over 20 years’ post graduate experience successfully delivering complex and varied infrastructure projects in Australia, UK and Ireland.
Karl is a recognised leader with a natural ability to inspire teams to optimal performance. He is both a proactive, reactive manager of people and an excellent communicator.
Highly experienced in project development, Karl has a proven record in delivering brownfield rail projects in the private and public sectors.
Technically strong with a keen eye for engineering detail, Karl is highly effective manager of complex construction projects, he brings a highly developed conceptual and analytical skills to access problems, derive effective solutions and take decisive action
Director
Sal has over 20 years’ experience in applying a framework approach to managing multidisciplinary systems integration and complex brownfield infrastructure projects within operational environments.
Sal is highly skilled in operating under the TfNSW Authorised Engineering Organisation (AEO) and Systems Engineering framework as well as the requirements of Rail Safety National Law and the Work Health and Safety Act.
He is exceedingly experienced in delivery of projects with multipart staging and complex risk profiles to ensure safety and certainty of meeting delivery targets.
His experience in identifying and managing challenging stakeholder requirements to meet project delivery targets is recognised within Transport for NSW brownfield rail infrastructure and Sydney Metro projects.
He is an avid champion for mentoring aboriginal youths and women in engineering. He employs a “lean in” approach to empower the future of our industry
Director
Bree has over 10 years’ experience in engineering and infrastructure industries in Australia and the UK. She has a reputation for strong leadership in multi-disciplined delivery teams to enable successful construction and commission of projects.
With a proven track record of working well in project environments with competing stakeholder interests and multiple interfaces, Bree is an excellent communicator at all levels, from executive to site. Her direct approach and problem-solving nature ensures collaboration and communication between clients, stakeholders and project teams.
Bree is highly skilled in construction and staging of multi-facet projects. She has a keen eye for complex staging issues and uses her knowledge of project frameworks and third-party processes to successfully deliver construction staging works. On site, Bree ensures the works are constructed safely, reliably and to the required standards.
Bree strives to be a mentor to younger women in the construction industry and promotes STEM to school aged children.
