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Smarter Buildings. Better Experiences.

Smarter Buildings. Better Experiences.

Meld Strategies is Australia’s Leading
Smart Building Consultancy.

Built Environments
Technology

What We Do

Meld Strategies is a creative, award-winning, strategic planning, technology design and technology project management consultancy that specialises in Smart Buildings, Smart Workplaces, Smart Precincts and Smart Things.

We partner with property development teams, builders and design professionals to design and deliver innovative technology design solutions that improve commercial value, support sustainable outcomes, increase operational efficiency, secure buildings and create better user experiences for your building's tenants, residents and operators.

What is a
Smart Building?

A Smart Building is a safer, healthier, more comfortable, resilient building that delivers better user experiences for its occupants and achieves more sustainable and operationally efficient outcomes for its owners throughout its lifecycle and avoids the traditional pitfalls of poorly implemented building technologies.

Our Vision

Our vision is to provide world leading Smart Building Technology Solutions and exceptional user experiences for our customers.

Our Mission

Our mission is to create smarter buildings and better experiences by collaborating with industry leading property developers, builders and design professionals.

Our passion is to deliver innovative project outcomes for our clients that

1.

Increases project differentiation and marketability;

2.

Improves the value, efficiency, security, resilience, health and environmental performance of assets; and

3.

Provides great user experiences.

Our Expertise

Our expertise is built on decades of award-winning hands-on technology experience from design to delivery.

We have worked on many of Australia’s leading property developments across a wide range of asset classes including commercial office, build-to-rent residential, build-to-sell residential, student accomodation, retail and mixed use.

Our knowledge and expertise are built on the following foundations.

85

+

Smart Building-related projects.

160

k+

hours of technology design & project management delivery experience.

60

+

years of combined personnel industry experience.

100

+

potential building technologies to choose from

Our team offers insightful, vendor agnostic, experience-based design advice, based upon our extensive knowledge of building technology systems.

We use our expertise to identify an optimal mix of technologies, project technology budget costs, project design and documentation coordination methods, and project management risk mitigation methods to suite your project's needs.

Our Focus

We work with Property Developers, Builders, Design Professionals and Asset Managers to create Smart Buildings, Smart Workplaces, Smart Precincts and Smart Things.

Smart Buildings

We develop technology masterplans, technology budgets, technology designs, and produce and coordinate documentation to deliver Smart Buildings that are safer, healthier, more comfortable, more resilient and deliver better user experiences for its occupants and achieve more sustainable and operationally efficient outcomes for its owners throughout its lifecycle.

Smart Workplaces

We facilitate and provide design, documentation and project management of technology design solutions for modern Smart Workplace environments. These smart workplace environments improve workplace flexibility, security, AV connectivity, environmental monitoring, spatial efficiency and resource utilisation. Most importantly these smart workplaces maintain a symbiotic relationship with the base building in which they are located.

Smart Precincts

We create strategies and technology masterplans for Smart Precincts designed holistically to consider the relationship between buildings, public realm spaces, infrastructures, technologies, sensors and services to create better places.

Smart Things

We create technology design solutions that utilise the Internet of Things (IoT). These devices can sense, measure, monitor or track objects, spaces, and environments. Many of these IoT devices are located in buildings, workplaces and precincts.

We Provide
Technology Solutions

We provide full end-to-end services for

New Property Developments

At all stages of the project lifecycle.

Existing Property Assets

Including refurbishments, minor and major capital works.

Our Customers

Some key clients we have worked with on some amazing projects.

AMP Capital LogoCharter Hall LogoGPT Group LogoNSW Government LogoGoldfields LogoRichard Crookes Constructions LogoLinkcity LogoV-Leader LogoIcon LogoRoberts Co LogoCrown LogoDexus LogoCromwell LogoAPA LogoTipalea LogoCentral Element LogoHickory LogoInvesta LogoNewmark LogoJohn Holland LogoPDS Group LogoQIC LogoColliers International Logo
AMP Capital LogoCharter Hall LogoGPT Group LogoNSW Government LogoGoldfields LogoRichard Crookes Constructions LogoLinkcity LogoV-Leader LogoIcon LogoRoberts Co LogoCrown LogoDexus LogoCromwell LogoAPA LogoTipalea LogoCentral Element LogoHickory LogoInvesta LogoNewmark LogoJohn Holland LogoPDS Group LogoQIC LogoColliers International Logo

Testimonials

"As we move from a period of buildings with no intelligence to smart, connected, high performance buildings, we need to totally rethink everything."

Jim Young

CEO / Realcomm

"Technology is moving at a substantial pace and the book 'Smarter Buildings. Better Experiences.' clearly and concisely articulates key strategies on how to achieve innovation in the built environment."

Darrell Smith

Director of Facilities & Energy / Microsoft Cooperation

"Bruce holds the unique insight into how technology can assist in the process of shaping the built environment and in turn transform our cities."

Bridget Smyth

Design Director / City of Sydney

"Bruce is one of those rare people who is prepared to show leadership in [property] developments that go beyond the day to day activities."

Paul Budde

CEO / BuddeComm

"I find that Bruce is one of the few lateral thinkers in this industry..."

John Varoutsos

Principal Consultant / CSC

"Bruce possesses the rare ability to lead others to excecute through his capacity to relate and explain various concepts in a pragmatic manner, as well as his infectious passion for the task at hand."

Brad Ferguson

Managing Director / Frame Group

"As we move from a period of buildings with no intelligence to smart, connected, high performance buildings, we need to totally rethink everything."

Jim Young

CEO / Realcomm

"Technology is moving at a substantial pace and the book 'Smarter Buildings. Better Experiences.' clearly and concisely articulates key strategies on how to achieve innovation in the built environment."

Darrell Smith

Director of Facilities & Energy / Microsoft Cooperation

"Bruce holds the unique insight into how technology can assist in the process of shaping the built environment and in turn transform our cities."

Bridget Smyth

Design Director / City of Sydney

"Bruce is one of those rare people who is prepared to show leadership in [property] developments that go beyond the day to day activities."

Paul Budde

CEO / BuddeComm

"I find that Bruce is one of the few lateral thinkers in this industry..."

John Varoutsos

Principal Consultant / CSC

"Bruce possesses the rare ability to lead others to excecute through his capacity to relate and explain various concepts in a pragmatic manner, as well as his infectious passion for the task at hand."

Brad Ferguson

Managing Director / Frame Group

Why Meld?

Why choose meld?

Our differentiation can be summed up in the following four attributes.

Unique

Our unique background experience in architecture, planning, design, engineering, project management and technology results in a genuinely holistic design-driven approach with a balanced understanding of all key stakeholder mindsets, value propositions and anticipated user experiences.

Efficient

Decades of extensive hands-on project experience led us to develop our unique set of processes for designing, documenting and delivering building technology systems. We understand a broad range of stakeholder perspectives, common pitfalls, and risks in order to efficiently and effectively communicate and action the requirements of various stakeholder needs.

Reliable

We are committed to reliably achieving the best possible outcomes for our clients in the use of building technology systems. We are experts in this field and have dedicated all of our resources, knowledge and expertise to reliably and consistently design and deliver technology solutions that maximise value and minimise risks for our clients.

Independent

As truly independent consultants, we are not an agent of or affiliated with any specific vendor product. Our design considerations are vendor agnostic and based on open standards, open systems and equity of access to data.