Tender set · Issue C · For submission
Doc no. MS-TS-07Scale NTSStatus: For tenderCommercial & multi-residential builder

The programme is the promise.

Merrow & Slate delivers commercial, multi-residential, industrial and fit-out projects from $5M to $80M. Forty-one buildings since 2009, eleven of them for clients who came back. Read this page the way your panel would. That is how it was written.

Tower crane with a signal-orange jib over a concrete building frame at dawnSTRUCTURE TOPPED OUT · L12 OF 12ELEV. 42.0 M
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The prequalification scorecard

Five numbers a tender panel scores before anyone returns a call. Published here, current to the last financial year, held to the same document control as our drawings.

17
Years trading
41
Projects delivered
62%
Work from repeat clients
4.2
TRIFR, last 12 months
$140M
Work in hand

TRIFR is total recordable injuries per million hours worked. Audited figures, updated each July. Your quantity surveyor is welcome to the workings.

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Capability statement

Four divisions, one delivery discipline. Each carries its own preconstruction bench, its own supervisors and the same document control.

DIV 01

Commercial

Office, mixed-use and workplace buildings for developers and owner-occupiers. Structure, envelope and services coordinated under one programme, from demolition to practical completion.

$8M to $80M · New build & redevelopment

DIV 02

Multi-residential

Apartment buildings from mid-rise infill to 200-unit precincts. Waterproofing, fire compliance and acoustic separation treated as structure, not finishing trades.

$10M to $80M · 40 to 220 units

DIV 03

Industrial

Warehouses, plants and logistics facilities where the programme is measured in tenant lease dates. Precast, tilt-up and long-span steel, with site management self-performed.

$5M to $45M · Design & construct preferred

DIV 04

Fit-out

Commercial interiors delivered inside live buildings, after hours where the asset demands it. Clean sites, sequenced deliveries, no surprises for the tenants above.

$1M to $15M · Occupied-building specialists

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The programme, drawn

Contract MS-2148, exactly as delivered. Five phases, two overlaps planned from day one, practical completion eleven days early. We publish one real programme because every builder claims discipline and a drawn programme cannot lie for long.

Delivery programme · Contract MS-2148As built vs tender

Early works

FEB 24 - APR 24

Structure

APR 24 - DEC 24

Envelope

SEP 24 - MAR 25

Services & fit-out

NOV 24 - MAY 25

Practical completion

PC - 12 JUN 25

Programme extract from the Northbank Exchange delivery records. Milestone dates as certified at practical completion.

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Selected works

Six sheets from forty-one. Every project carries its client, value band, role and delivery method, because a photograph proves nothing a panel can score.

Drone view over the Northbank Exchange slab with the tower crane above
MS-2148 · REV C12 LEVELS · $46M

Northbank Exchange

Client · Halberd Property Group

A twelve-storey commercial building over a two-level podium, delivered design and construct on a live arterial corner. Topped out on programme and handed over eleven days early.

D&C · DELIVERED 2025 · PC 11 DAYS EARLY

Completed Fenner Quarter apartment building at overcast dusk
MS-2141 · REV B142 UNITS · $58M

Fenner Quarter

Client · Fenwick Development Partners

Three residential buildings over a shared basement. Waterproofing and facade systems were benchmarked at sample stage and inspected against that benchmark, floor by floor.

D&C · DELIVERED 2024 · 142 UNITS SETTLED

Completed Ashgrove Learning Commons entry with timber battens over concrete
MS-2137 · REV D6,800 SQM · $24M

Ashgrove Learning Commons

Client · Ridgemont Schools Trust

A library and teaching building delivered on an operating campus. Early contractor involvement cut nine weeks from the structure package before a contract was signed.

ECI · DELIVERED 2024 · LIVE CAMPUS

Vantage 118 office fit-out in progress with glass partitions installed
MS-2152 · REV A4 FLOORS · $9M

Vantage 118

Client · Vantage Workspace Co.

Four floors of workplace fit-out inside an occupied tower. Every delivery was sequenced through a live loading dock and the tenants below never lodged a complaint.

LUMP SUM · DELIVERED 2025 · AFTER-HOURS

Precast concrete frame of Corriedale Works with crew small in frame
MS-2129 · REV C18,500 SQM · $31M

Corriedale Works

Client · Corriedale Logistics

A precast logistics facility delivered in thirty-four weeks against a lease commencement date. The programme was the contract, and it did not move.

D&C · DELIVERED 2023 · 34-WEEK PROGRAMME

Harborfield Civic Annex with glazing complete on the lower floors
MS-2144 · REV B5,200 SQM · $19M

Harborfield Civic Annex

Client · City of Harborfield

A civic annex delivered under construction management for a public client, with probity reporting and open-book trade procurement at every package letting.

CM · DELIVERED 2023 · PUBLIC PRECINCT

The document your panel actually wants

The full statement: divisions, systems, safety record, bench, referees. No form between you and it.

Download the capability statement
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Zero harm, in numbers

Safety on our sites is not a poster in the shed. It is a published metric, a certified system and a standing induction, audited by people who do not report to the project. When a number moves, the board hears about it in the same week.

ISO 9001 · QUALITY · CERT NO. 000000

ISO 45001 · SAFETY · CERT NO. 000000

ISO 14001 · ENVIRONMENT · CERT NO. 000000

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The bench

Named people, stated years, the projects they personally ran. Bench depth is a scored criterion, so here is ours.

Managing director Alaric Merrow at the site office door

Alaric Merrow

Managing Director

Co-founder · 28 years in construction

Delivery director Mara Kovacs on a poured slab

Mara Kovacs

Delivery Director

17 projects delivered · Northbank Exchange, Fenner Quarter

Preconstruction manager Toby Ashworth beside the site office window

Toby Ashworth

Preconstruction Manager

Nine years in preconstruction · ECI and D&C bids

Re: Your next project

Bring us the programme. We'll meet it.

You have a site, a proforma and a board that wants certainty. We have a bench that has delivered forty-one buildings without leaving a single client in dispute. The conversation costs an hour, and the capability statement is already on this page.

Send the tender documents as they stand, or start with five questions. Either way, we come back inside two business days with a named director attached.

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