Owner-side perspective
Advice framed around budgets, board reporting, portfolio outcomes and the decisions asset owners actually have to make.
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Delivery that creates lasting value.
Independent advisory for complex capital, remediation and infrastructure portfolios.
ServicesView details ↓
- Portfolio Delivery
- Program & Project Management
- PMO & Governance
- Contract & Commercial Management
- Dispute Resolution
- Client, Contractor & Subcontractor Management
Industries
- Waste & resource recovery
- Civil infrastructure
- Mining & resources
- Energy, oil & gas
- Remediation & environmental works
Ray ZadehDirector
20Years of delivery leadership
$2B+Capital & remediation works
450+Projects & works packages
Why Aldergate
Clarity at the point where strategy meets delivery.
Aldergate Advisory helps asset owners and delivery organisations make sound decisions, establish control and turn complex programs into measurable outcomes.
Experienced leadership. Practical execution. Owner-side leadership, major engineering consultancy experience, contractor-side delivery and deep technical grounding come together where scope, governance, design, commercial performance and stakeholder alignment must work as one.
Engineering consultancy experience
Disciplined design management and multidisciplinary coordination, with a clear view of how concept, FEED and detailed-design decisions affect delivery.
Contractor-side experience
Realistic programs, defensible estimates and commercial positions informed by pricing, tendering and delivering the work.
Technical grounding
Civil engineering depth across landfill, remediation, pipelines, water and civil infrastructure underpins every recommendation.
Our services
Advise. Manage.
Deliver value.
Targeted support across the full delivery lifecycle—from portfolio decisions and governance through commercial resolution and execution.
Portfolio Delivery
Set priorities, align investment to strategy and establish a delivery model that converts capital plans into accountable outcomes.
Program & Project Management
Lead complex programs and projects from definition and planning through execution, assurance, handover and close-out.
PMO & Governance
Build fit-for-purpose governance, controls, reporting, decision rights and performance visibility across the portfolio.
Contract & Commercial Management
Strengthen procurement, tendering, contract administration, variations, claims, EOTs and commercial performance.
Dispute Resolution
Resolve issues early, recover underperforming work and provide clear commercial pathways through difficult delivery situations.
Client, Contractor & Subcontractor Management
Align executives, operational teams, consultants and contractors around decisions, responsibilities and delivery expectations.
How an engagement runs
Control first. Then momentum.
- 01
Understand
Rapid review of scope, controls, commercial position and stakeholders.
- 02
Establish control
Agree priorities, governance, reporting and the decisions that matter.
- 03
Deliver
Lead execution alongside your team, holding cost, time and risk.
- 04
Hand back
Embed process and capability so the outcome holds without us.
Delivery record
Twenty years of delivery, at every scale.
Major capital projects, national programs and hundreds of small and medium works packages.
- Waste & resource recovery
- Civil infrastructure
- Mining & resources
- Energy, oil & gas
- Remediation & environmental works
Waste & resource recovery
- National remediation and capital portfolio
- $700M / 5 yrs
- National landfill gas and cell infrastructure programs
- Multi-site
- Dunmore Cell 5B landfill
- $2.5M
- Hyland Highway landfill
- $2.2M
Energy, oil & gas
- Cook Line composite oil transfer pipeline, 180km
- $30M
- SWQ pipeline maintenance and integrity program
- $23.5M
- Northern field HV cable and civil infrastructure, 65km
- $12M
- PNG refinery repair and upgrade, EPC estimate and tender
- $120M
Civil infrastructure
- New England Highway upgrade, 4.5km
- $10.5M
- Regional road upgrade program
- $4.1M
- Crinum Road upgrade
- $3.8M
- Road maintenance and minor civil works portfolio
- $30M / yr
Remediation & environmental
- Brine pond remediation
- $12M
- Orana 3 brine pond remediation
- $15M
- Water storage ponds and tailings dams
- 5 dams
- Alumina refinery expansion, basic engineering
- $4.3M
Programs of small and medium works
Alongside the major projects above, the balance of 450+ delivered works have been small and medium packages executed under national and regional programs—the volume where consistent systems, panels and controls decide whether a portfolio holds its budget.
Project experience shown was delivered by Ray Zadeh in senior delivery, project management and portfolio roles with prior employers.
Director profile
Leadership you can put to work.
Ray Zadeh Director
Civil engineer and senior delivery leader with 20 years across asset-owner, major engineering consultancy and contractor environments—six of them overseas—spanning capital works, remediation, civil infrastructure, mining and oil and gas.
Selected credentials
- BEng Civil, First Class Honours
- Engineers Australia member
- Craig Gilbert Leadership Award
- F.A. Haas and Sir William Goodman Prize for Engineering
What clients can expect
From uncertainty to controlled delivery.
Clear decisionsConcise advice grounded in delivery reality.
Stronger controlGovernance and commercial discipline matched to risk.
Practical leadershipHands-on support that works with your team.
Measurable valueSharper outcomes across cost, time, risk and performance.
An independent viewAdvice free of internal politics and supplier interest.
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