About HBK Group
HBK Group is a Victorian infrastructure consultancy built around senior practitioners. Our directors have spent their careers on billion-dollar rail and civil programs across the state, covering Rail Corridor Upgrades, Level Crossing Removals, Structures, Rail Systems and Freight Terminals, working both contractor-side and client-side.
Our Story
HBK Group began on the Melbourne Intermodal Terminal, the Aware Super-funded development of Australia's largest intermodal freight terminal. Our three founding directors came to it from different backgrounds in program leadership, civil delivery, and rail systems. They found that the combination worked.
That project confirmed something we had each seen in pieces over the previous decade. The judgement that resolves a stalled interface, a contested variation or a commissioning window under pressure comes from a handful of experienced people who trust each other, not from an org chart. We founded HBK to build on this belief and to make those people directly available to the contractors, operators and clients who need them.
Between them, our directors have held delivery roles with CPB Contractors, McConnell Dowell, Laing O'Rourke and Downer, and have worked operator-side with Metro Trains Melbourne and ARTC. They have also worked client-side on the Melbourne Intermodal Terminal and through the Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority (VIDA).
That span, from contractor to client to operator, is what shapes how we approach an engagement.
Today we deliver through our directors, a network of specialists we have worked alongside for years and a growing team.
How We Work
We can work embedded within your team or alongside it.
Embedded secondments — our people integrate directly into your team to lead delivery, taking full accountability for outcomes as though they were your own staff.
Strategic advisory — independent senior counsel on contracts, programs, procurement and operational integration, without a long-term resourcing commitment.
Both models scale to the client, whether you're a head contractor managing a program, a subcontractor needing commercial and delivery support, or an asset owner. Where an engagement calls for capability beyond our directors, we draw on a network of trusted specialists we've worked alongside for years.
Why HBK Group
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Our directors have led delivery on Victoria's largest rail and civil programs, contractor-side and client-side. You get that judgement directly, on every engagement.
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We work as part of your team, not as external observers. Our secondment model puts our people inside your delivery structure with real accountability for the outcome.
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We bring proven technical and commercial experience to support the successful delivery of your project. Our team has extensive expertise across all project delivery models and possesses strong technical capabilities, enabling us to provide practical, effective, and commercially focused solutions
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Possessions, occupations, commissioning windows and operating interfaces. We have delivered where the schedule does not move and there is no second attempt.
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