Complete Architectural Solutions from Conception to Completion

At Sgammotta Architects, we offer a comprehensive end-to-end architectural service designed to manage every phase of your project seamlessly.

1. Initial Consultation Our process begins with a detailed consultation to understand your requirements, aspirations, and vision for the project. A brief is then prepared from this. This foundational step ensures we align our strategies with your goals.

2. Design Development Post consultation, our team of architects and designers work diligently to create detailed designs and plans that encapsulate your vision while adhering to industry standards and regulations (Development Application or CDC drawings).

3. Documentation and Compliance Ensuring that all designs are compliant with local and state regulations is paramount. We handle all necessary documentation, from permits to approvals, ensuring a smooth transition to the construction phase (Construction Certificate Application).

4. Construction Oversight With designs and construction documents in hand, we engage a trusted builder to oversee the construction process. Our involvement monitors the progress, meets the quality standards, and aligns with the initial design concepts.

5. Quality Assurance Throughout the project, we conduct regular quality checks and reviews. This proactive approach ensures that any challenges are addressed promptly, and the final output meets our high standards.

6. Project Completion and Handover Once the construction is complete, we conduct a final review and handover the project, ensuring that every detail aligns with your expectations and our commitment to excellence.

Senior-level project direction and management for Sydney developers, builders and consultancies. With four decades of crossover experience as an architect, builder and developer, Max Sgammotta currently serves as Project Director on a portfolio of residential and mixed-use developments for an established Sydney developer.

What that role looks like in practice

The work covers everything that sits between a DA approval and an Occupation Certificate, and everything that sits between a developer’s spreadsheet and a builder’s program.

From contract administration and superintendency under AS4000/AS2124, to the daily decisions that keep a project on program and on budget, Max provides the senior oversight developers need to protect their margin without compromising on the finished product.

Scope of services

• Project Director and senior client-side project management
• Head Contract administration and superintendency (AS4000 / AS2124)
• Builder, subcontractor and consultant coordination
• Design management – protecting design intent through value engineering, RFIs and site variations
• Program development, monitoring and recovery
• Cost control, claim assessment and variation management
• Authority and stakeholder liaison – councils, certifiers, neighbours, strata, purchasers
• Defect management, practical completion and handover
• Pre-construction advice and feasibility input on new acquisitions
• Project diagnostics and rescue work on troubled developments

Why it works

Most project managers come up through one discipline. Forty years across architecture, building and development gives a different kind of perspective: one who understands design isn’t wrong-footed by a clever RFI; one who has built and developed knows when a builder’s claim is fair; and one who has run their own practice for four decades brings judgement that only comes from responsibility and experience, across countless projects.

Available for

• Client-side and developer-side project management
• Project Director and Development Director engagements
• Head Contract superintendency
• Pre-construction and feasibility consulting
• Project diagnostics on developments running off-program or off-budget

Get in touch

To discuss a project, a contract role, or a confidential conversation about your portfolio, contact Max directly on 02 9313 7188 or max@sgammotta.com.au.

The decision to acquire a property is often accompanied by a myriad of questions surrounding its potential, the associated costs, and the possible challenges you may face.

Sgammotta Architects offers a pre-purchase consultancy to shed light on these uncertainties and help buyers visualise the renovation or development potential of a property .

We provide you with clear insights from a functional, logistical, financial and aesthetic perspective, ensuring you have a comprehensive understanding before making a decision.

We help you to understand the feasibility of the ideas you may have and provide design advice and suggestions with the primary aim of maximising space and facilitating functionality and flow.

We identify any potential problems or limitations, and give you advice on what you would need to do to improve the property to meet your needs, and increase it’s value.

Our pre-purchase consultancy service includes:

• A site inspection and assessment of the property
• A review of the property’s plans and specifications
• Advice on the property’s potential and possibilities
• A focus on space optimisition, flow and functionality improvements, and provide design concepts that align with the buyer’s needs and preferences
• Identification of any potential problems or limitations with the property
• Broad costing understandings (these are only broad estimates to give you a general idea of potential cost. To obtain accurate costings you will need to go through a secondary stage which involves a cost study).

We also offer a second stage of additional services if you decide to proceed with the property, such as:

• Cost and feasibility studies
• Design and planning advice
• Project management

To book in a time to view a property in the greater Sydney vacinity, please contact us.

Our design administration services ensure that the vision captured in your designs are realised in the final structure, with meticulous attention to detail and unwavering quality.

1. The Importance of Design Administration Design administration bridges the gap between architectural design and construction. It’s the process of ensuring that the construction aligns with the design intent, adhering to both aesthetic and functional specifications.

2. Project Oversight Our team remains actively involved throughout the construction phase. By maintaining a presence on-site, we can address any discrepancies, ensuring that the project remains true to the original design.

3. Quality Assurance

• Regular Quality Checks: Our architect conducts routine checks, ensuring that the quality of workmanship aligns with our high standards.
• Proactive Problem Solving: By anticipating potential challenges and addressing them head-on, we ensure a smoother construction process and a final result that meets both our standards and your expectations.
• Collaboration with Contractors: A harmonious relationship with contractors is crucial. We work closely with builders, ensuring clear communication and understanding of the design intent.

4. Project Completion and Handover

• Final Review: Before the project is deemed complete, our team conducts a thorough review, ensuring it aligns with the plans.
• Documentation Handover: All relevant documents are handed over, ensuring you have all the information you need to maintain the property and that every detail aligns with your expectations and our commitment to excellence.