Managed as one. Delivered as one.
Project management, cost management and contract administration
Professional Project Management across the full lifecycle.
One discipline. Every dimension.
Lestari manages time, quality, and cost as a single, integrated discipline. Stakeholder management, design coordination, procurement, programme, risk, commercial management, governance, and quality are all managed by the same people, within the same system, across the full lifecycle.
This is how we work. It is built into our governance, our platform, and every engagement we take on.
What this means for you
Know the project. Then build the team.
The least is known about a project at the start. That is often when the whole professional team, and its fees, are fixed.
We work the other way round. We scope, programme and govern the procurement of the professional and design team around what the project actually needs. Each appointment is made when the project needs it, from the business case through to handover to the FM team.
Each discipline goes to the right specialist for that project, not the one who happens to be available. We set the KPIs and hold every appointment to them.
The client pays for the team the project requires. Not for what ifs.
Project Management
Stakeholder engagement, governance frameworks, design management, procurement strategy, programme management, risk management, and construction oversight. Structured around RIBA work stages, with clear deliverables and stage-gate approvals at every transition.
Within a Project and Commercial Management practice, programme management is not an isolated service. It is practised alongside commercial management by the same people, so that every programme decision carries full commercial awareness from the outset. Our platform enforces this governance automatically: every form, every approval, and every action is tracked and visible in real time.
Cost Management
Order of cost estimates, cost plans at every RIBA stage, procurement and tendering, contract administration, valuations, change control, cashflow forecasting, and final account negotiation.
In a Project and Commercial Management practice, commercial management is not a separate appointment. It is practised within the same discipline as programme management, so commercial intelligence is always current and always aligned with the delivery reality. There is no separate report to reconcile against the programme. It is one picture, produced by one practice.
Procurement and Contract Administration
We advise on the procurement route that suits the project, rather than fitting the project to one route. Traditional, design and build, construction management or multiple packages, under JCT, NEC or bespoke forms.
We then administer the contract in whichever role the form requires: project manager, contract administrator or employer's agent. Tendering and appointment, change, valuations and certification, through to completion and the final account.
Because contract administration sits within the same integrated practice, it is never separated from the programme and cost position. The client has one adviser who holds the whole picture.
Programme Management
For organisations managing multiple concurrent projects, we provide portfolio level oversight with consistent governance across every scheme. Because Professional Project Management is a single, integrated discipline, portfolio reporting is not an aggregation of separate outputs from separate consultancies. It is a single, coherent view of performance, exposure, and forecast, produced by one practice on one platform.
Every phase. The same rigour.
Structured around the APM project lifecycle, from concept through to benefits realisation.
Concept
Establish the need, define feasibility, develop the business case, and set the strategic brief. Programme, quality, and cost baselines are defined from the outset.
Definition
Develop the project management plan, define scope, procure and appoint the full professional team, establish the governance framework, and set the programme, cost, and risk baselines.
Implementation
Execute the plan, manage design and construction, control programme, quality, and cost, administer contracts, manage change, and maintain governance across every work stage.
Handover & Closeout
Commission the completed works, hand over to the client, close contracts, negotiate final accounts, capture lessons learned, and confirm the golden thread is complete.
Benefits Realisation
Post-occupancy evaluation, confirmation that project objectives and business case outcomes have been achieved, and identification of lessons to carry forward.