Senior project management, project controls and contract administration for bridge, transportation, marine and heavy civil work, with owners, contractors and consultants working from one plan.
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Owners, designers and contractors each hold a different part of the picture. Matter Project Advisory manages the interfaces between them: aligning scope and responsibilities, resolving technical questions early, and recording decisions so handovers hold and issues do not stall the work.
Led by Matt Miller, a project-delivery professional with more than 15 years in civil and structural infrastructure across Canada and Australia. Experience on both sides of the contract, as designer, resident engineer, contract administrator and project manager, supports collaboration among owners, contractors, consultants, fabricators, utilities and site personnel, with scope, cost and schedule managed against constructability from the start.
Services
A single point of coordination across owner, designer, contractor and specialty trades. Responsibilities are defined at each interface so issues do not pass between parties unresolved.
Where options carry significant cost and the answer is not obvious, trade-offs on cost, schedule and risk are set out so owners and teams can decide with confidence.
Design conflicts, constructability questions and unexpected site conditions, worked through with the specialists to a practical way forward, including geotechnical, hydraulic and marine challenges.
Structured transitions from design to procurement, procurement to construction, and construction to close-out, so information and accountability carry across each stage.
Scope, cost and schedule management in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project, with forecasts, risk registers and progress reporting that give every party the same picture.
Contractor changes, owner coordination, progress meetings, inspection, survey and quality oversight, with records that stand up to review.
An objective review of schedules, cost forecasts, change requests, designs and constructability, written for owners, lenders and project teams who need an unbiased view.
An experienced advocate for the owner on site and in the project office, aligned with owner objectives and the contract from procurement to close-out.
Short-term advice for owners, developers and contractors in the Sea to Sky corridor and across BC, from early scoping through to resolving problems in the field.
Selected projects
Pedestrian bridge in an active marine environment, with a hydraulically operated double-draw span and pile-supported approaches. Managed technical interfaces among the owner, consultants, specialty designers, fabricators and construction teams, and supported design integration, constructability reviews and resolution of geotechnical, hydraulic and marine challenges.
Cost and schedule controls for tunnel access portals, roadways, bridges and building design packages within a major pumped-hydro development. Weekly Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project reporting, and coordination with Lombardi Engineering, Tractebel and Tetra Tech design offices across Australia.
Two-span steel girder bridge on the PR 304 all-season road to Berens River First Nation, built in remote northern terrain before the road existed. Everything arrived by winter road, barge or air. Girders were placed from a temporary trestle and by the first ice-bridge girder launch deployed in Manitoba. Variable bedrock at the foundations forced design changes in the field, and wildlife, wildfire and ice conditions shaped the safety and environmental plans.
Managed inspectors and surveyors, structural QA/QC, temporary works and logistics on 8.7 km of roadwork adjacent to the bridge. Coordinated the design team, owner, contractor, environmental monitors and First Nation representatives, and supported public engagement, local labour requirements and community-benefit commitments.
Emergency repairs to seven undermined bridge piers on an accelerated programme ahead of the next flood season. Full-time site representative leading inspection staff and weekly progress meetings.
Scope, cost, schedule and contract administration for an integrated bridge, roadway and active transportation project. Full-time site representative, with contractor changes and owner reporting.
Six-lane urban grade separation in an active CN rail corridor. Design coordination, project controls and interface management across utility and railway constraints, with structural design of the deep pump station.
A 7.6 km dedicated bus rapid transit corridor through southwest Winnipeg, delivered as a design-build-finance-operate-maintain public-private partnership with a 30-year maintenance concession. The rebuilt Pembina Highway Underpass opened in September 2019 and the full line in April 2020. The corridor runs through a constrained urban setting of live rail, power and gas utilities, roadways and adjacent property. Structural design and construction-phase inspection of cast-in-place cantilever and deep pile-supported retaining walls, coordinated with civil and geotechnical teams, with field inspection to resolve design and constructability issues early.
Structural design of gantries, portals, traffic-control structures and foundations for an intelligent transport systems upgrade, within an alliance design-and-construct environment.
Photographs: SEAandSKY, PTH 1W, Sturgeon Creek and Pigeon River, Matt Miller (to be confirmed per image). Snowy 2.0: placeholder image, source to be confirmed. Plessis Road Underpass: Google Street View. Pembina Highway Underpass aerial and Smart Freeway (Perth) photo: sources to be confirmed. Hero: “The Chief, Stawamus Chief Provincial Park” by James Abbott, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Howe Sound view: Michael Whyte, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Based in Squamish. Working wherever the project is.Howe Sound, British Columbia
About
Senior project manager with a structural engineering background. Work to date spans AECOM and Tetra Tech in Canada, Tetra Tech and WSP in Australia, and most recently civil construction project management on the BC coast with Jacob Bros Construction.
Clients work with Matt directly, from the first scoping conversation through close-out.
Questions
Based in Squamish, BC. Work is centred on the Sea to Sky corridor, including Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton, and extends to Vancouver and projects across British Columbia.
Bridge, marine, transportation and heavy civil projects, including pedestrian and highway bridges, sea dikes and marine works, roadworks, rail grade separations and major infrastructure programs.
Yes. Reviews cover schedules, cost forecasts, contractor change requests, design and constructability issues, and contract administration practice, with findings written for the party who commissioned the review.
Yes. Owner's representation can be full time on site or part time, with coordination across designers, contractors, fabricators, utilities and regulators.
Yes. Advice can be a single call, a short review, or ongoing support through construction.
Enquiries are answered within one business day. Call 250-241-0886 or email mmiller@matterproject.ca.
How it works
A short note on the project and the support needed.
Thirty minutes to confirm scope, timing and the parties involved.
Scope, approach, schedule and fees set out in plain terms.
Agreement signed, work begins, and regular updates keep all parties informed.
Contact
Send a short note on the project and the support needed. Replies within one business day.