About Contrive Consultants
A specialist stormwater and civil engineering consultancy, and the parent company of the Contrive group.
Engineering partners for land development
Contrive Consultants Pty Ltd is a civil and stormwater engineering consultancy serving developers, builders, architects, planners and councils across New South Wales. We specialise in turning planning approvals into practical, compliant and cost-effective engineering outcomes.
Our work spans the full development lifecycle — stormwater drainage and management plans, on-site detention, flood and hydrological studies, road and pavement design, water and sewer reticulation, waste management plans, water sensitive urban design and the civil structures that hold it all together.
As the master company to ARQI (architecture, urban design, landscape & visualisation), NathersPRO (NatHERS & BASIX), Pit and Pipe (NBN telecommunications pit & pipe), URBA (town planning) and Sweptpaths (traffic & transport) — with surveying through our partner surveying company — we give clients every consultant a development needs under one coordinated group.
Senior-led, hands-on design
A focused team of four — every project is overseen by our Senior Design Manager and delivered by dedicated civil design engineers.
Senior Design Manager
Project leadership, design review & council liaison across all disciplinesCivil Design Engineer
Stormwater drainage, OSD & management plansCivil Design Engineer
Road, pavement & subdivision civil worksCivil Design Engineer
Flood studies, WSUD & MUSIC modellingCompliance-led
Designs built around each council's controls, BASIX, Austroads and relevant Australian Standards — approvals are the starting point, not an afterthought.
Technically rigorous
Robust hydrological, flood and MUSIC modelling underpins every stormwater strategy we put our name to.
End-to-end
From concept and approvals to detailed design and construction management — one coordinated team across all civil disciplines.
Our specialist companies
Architecture, urban design, landscape and 3D visualisation for considered, compliant outcomes.
Visit websiteNatHERS energy ratings and BASIX certificates for sustainable, compliant homes.
Visit websiteNBN Co telecommunications pit-and-pipe and conduit design for subdivisions and developments.
Visit websiteTraffic and transport engineering, swept-path assessment, access and parking design.
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Whether it's a single lot or a master-planned community, we'd be glad to help.
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