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Arrow Shoots for Strategy and Delivery
When Arrow International takes on a project, everyone is playing for the same winning team. They work in close consultation and partnership with clients to provide the best resources and management
for their projects.
Their unique approach is to create a Project and Construction Management team to act as the Client’s Agent, almost like an in-house construction team. Effectively, they create an alliance with the client,
which means all the nitty gritty details are handled with minimal complications. A developer only has the one highly professional company they need to liaise with.
The Project Management team delivers effective scope management and buildable design, incorporating value engineering and budget control into the project. Then the Construction Management team delivers effective control of individual subcontractors and the varying trade specialists working on a project, while ensuring best value through competitive trade tenders.
Furthermore, as a direct representative of the client, Arrow delivers value-engineering enhancements through feedback from trades and expedites and fast tracks the construction programme. Additionally, as a registered commercial and residential builder, Arrow is capable of taking all the legal statutory responsibilities of a builder.
Arrow International Australia Limited has been operating in Australia since May 2000, when it’s CEO, Vinod Perera, moved to Melbourne to set up the Australian Operation. “Our client-focused attitude and the quality of our people, coupled with the company’s culture of integrity, passion and innovative solutions sets Arrow aside from other Project Management companies,” said Mr Perera.
“Arrow has completed in excess of 900 projects, ranging from complex strategic planning projects to construction and project management of multimillion-dollar developments in Australia and the Pacific. Our staff numbers across Australasia exceed 200.
“Arrow provides a unique blend of team leadership and the skills required to deliver capital works projects with an uncompromising focus on the client’s end objectives. We differentiate from the traditional and sometimes fragmented project delivery method by creating an environment where all parties work together emphasising their areas of strength and therefore maximise value for money for the client.
“This approach eliminates the principal consultant, head builder and client conflict. The designers work to their strengths in design, the trades work to their strengths in trades and Arrow provides leadership and interaction. As the client’s Agent we maximise project objectives and take responsibility for the end goals, resulting in a much more efficient method of project delivery.
“Our goal is to deliver additional value for money to our clients in their capital works projects over and above the traditional method of project delivery that involves a principal consultant and a head builder. Our track record to date demonstrates that this has been consistently achieved, achieving from 10% to 15% extra value on capital works projects.”
Over the years Arrow International (Australia) has delivered some outstanding projects. They include the Peppers Coral Coast Resort Project for Latitude Development Group featured elsewhere in this edition. Other projects include Blue Horizon Resort in Airlie Beach, Roville Anglican Church in Victoria, numerous projects for the Office of Housing in Victoria including Black Saturday’s fire rebuild projects and projects for clients such as Kraft, Coca Cola and Sensient Technologies.
Their win-win approach; and the keenness to establish a true long term alliance has resulted in developing a portfolio of long-term repeat clients. This has ensured that their order book is full even in the current times of economic down turn.
A recently formed division, Arrow Interiors, focuses on fixed-price fit out and construction projects for small to medium developments.
Arrow International are part of the New Zealand based Arrow Group of companies. Sister company, Arrow International Limited, opened in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1984 and is currently the largest project and construction management company in New Zealand.