Management & Engineering Services

Independent design, buildability & delivery advisory.

Unencumbered, builder-side advice for developers, design consultants and project teams — informed by more than 25 years of Tier-1 construction experience.

Complex high-rise construction viewed from above
01 / Who we are

Construction-informed judgement, when it matters most.

M.E.S provides independent senior advisory services focused on design, buildability, procurement and delivery certainty across complex construction projects.

Led by Marco Salvati, BEng (Civil), we work alongside existing project teams at early and critical decision points — before cost, programme and risk become difficult to change.

25+Years of construction and design management experience
15,000t+Structural steel delivered through offshore supply chains*
$2B+Combined project delivery experience
82 MWCombined data centre project capacity

*Project delivery figures provided by M.E.S; project experience reflects work undertaken across previous roles.

02 / What we do

Focused advisory.
Practical outcomes.

Senior input to complement your existing team, with particular value at concept, design development and procurement stages.

01

Design management & assurance

Design readiness, completeness, coordination and independent design reviews.

02

Buildability & methodology

Construction sequencing, staging, structural systems and constructability reviews.

03

Procurement strategy

Package strategy, early procurement input, sequencing and risk identification.

04

Offshore fabrication & QA

Design development, fabrication planning, inspection, quality assurance and certification pathways.

05

Modular & structural steel

Design for manufacture and assembly, heavy lifts, transport and installation methodology.

06

Targeted delivery reviews

Independent milestone reviews and advice on high-risk packages and site-driven issues.

03 / Specialist insight

From offshore fabrication to installation on site.

Practical experience across complex structural steel, prefabricated components and modular building systems.

Our experience spans offshore design development, fabrication and inspection, through to shipping, logistics, heavy lifts and installation on constrained CBD, industrial and data centre sites.

  • Offshore procurement and fabrication
  • Design for manufacture and assembly
  • Manufacturing quality and certification
  • Transport, lifting and installation sequencing
Complex structural steel framing
04 / Selected experience

Projects that inform our advice.

Experience gained through senior construction and design management roles across major Australian projects.

55 Pitt Street construction
Commercial / Mirvac

55 Pitt Street

Offshore-fabricated structural steel, jump-start and hanging structure.

520 Gardeners Road logistics project
Industrial / Charter Hall

520 Gardeners Road

4,500t multi-level logistics and distribution centre.

NEXTDC S2 North Ryde data centre
Data centre / NEXTDC

NEXTDC S2

30MW facility with modular electrical switch rooms and generator rooms.

Macquarie Telecom IC3 East data centre
Mission critical / Macquarie Telecom

IC3 East

26MW mission-critical data centre expansion.

Woolworths distribution centre
Industrial / Woolworths

MoRDC

3,000t high-bay, long-span primary structure.

Royal Randwick grandstand
Complex structures / Australian Turf Club

Royal Randwick

1,400t structural steel extension to retained grandstand, including complex load transfers and hanging structures.

A broader portfolio of commercial, industrial, data centre, institutional and mixed-use projects is available in our capability statement.

05 / Contact

Bring an experienced builder-side perspective to your next decision.

For a project discussion, independent review or early-stage advisory engagement, get in touch.

Marco Salvati

Managing Director | BEng (Civil)