Question 1

What is the difference between hospitality construction management and client-side project management?

Accepted Answer

A construction manager or fit-out company is engaged to build the venue and holds the trade contracts, which is usually who people mean when they look for a restaurant construction project manager. A client-side project manager works for you and manages everyone else, the builder included. We hold the program, the budget, the approvals and the consultant appointments, so when the kitchen package comes back over budget, the person reading it is working only for you.

Question 2

Do you work on hotels as well as restaurants and cafes?

Accepted Answer

Both. Our hospitality work runs from single cafes and restaurants through to hostel and short-stay groups operating across Australia and New Zealand. Hotel project management with rooms still trading is a different program to an empty tenancy, so it helps to tell us early which one you have.

Question 3

How are you different from hospitality consulting firms?

Accepted Answer

Many hospitality consulting firms stop at the concept, the menu or the business plan. We start there too, testing a site before you sign, comparing two tenancies on services and approvals, and putting a real number against a concept. Costa Taco and Joe's Deli both began with business and expansion planning. The difference is that we then manage the project through to opening.

Question 4

Which states do you work in?

Accepted Answer

Our offices are on the Gold Coast and in Sydney. We take on restaurant and venue projects across Australia, and some of our accommodation work runs into New Zealand.

Question 5

When should we bring you in?

Accepted Answer

Before the lease is signed, if you can. The site decides your kitchen, your approvals and a large share of the fit-out cost, and none of those get cheaper once you commit. Already signed? We can still come in, and a free consultation is the quickest way to find out what can still move.

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"When we first approached AYRES, we didn't have a clear road map for our business, now working with Ryan and his team our business has a clear direction and well defined goals."

"When we first approached AYRES, we didn't have a clear road map for our business, now working with Ryan and his team our business has a clear direction and well defined goals."

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