APV Infrastructure Advisory
Perth  ·  Western Australia

Independent client-side advisory for data centres and complex infrastructure.

Development management, project leadership and infrastructure advisory for owners, operators and developers – delivered directly by an experienced principal.

info@apvia.com.au
The practice

Client-side by design.

APV works on the owner's side of the table – where decisions are made and consequences are carried.

Engagements are deliberately limited in number, so every one is delivered directly by the principal.

About the practice

Director-led, every time

Advice, decisions and delivery come directly from the practice principal – not passed down a leverage model. Clients deal with one accountable senior adviser from first conversation to handover.

An owner's perspective

Years spent as Principal's Representative on mission-critical facilities shape every recommendation around what matters to owners: capital efficiency, delivery certainty and operational risk.

Technically grounded

A mechanical engineering background and Tier 1 services delivery experience mean advice that stands up in design reviews, plant rooms and commissioning meetings – not just in reports.

Mission-critical discipline

Live environments, uptime obligations, power and water utility interfaces and commissioning-led programs are APV's home ground – not an edge case.

Principal's track record
16+
Years in complex & mission-critical infrastructure
$400m
Hyperscale data centre portfolio directed concurrently
Tier IV
Delivery experience within an operating, certified Tier IV facility
NV1
Active security clearance held by the principal
MIEAust
Member, Engineers Australia, EA ID 3399192
BP (WA)
Registered Building Practitioner, BP107469
Core market

Data centres & digital infrastructure.

Owner-side leadership of hyperscale and colocation developments – base builds, staged expansions, customer fit-outs, white space delivery, and utility connections and upgrades – including works within operating, mission-critical environments. Full lifecycle involvement from master planning and basis of design through approvals, procurement, construction, commissioning and ready for service.

Base builds & expansions Fit-outs & white space Power & water utilities Live-environment works Commissioning & ready for service Operational readiness
Data hall white space, cold-shell handover
High-voltage utility compound under construction
Central plant elevation at an operating facility

Data centre clients served
by the principal in prior
senior roles
NEXTDC EQUINIX CONFIDENTIAL · WA

Selected experience

Owner-side leadership, informed by both sides of delivery.

Full experience

NEXTDC – Perth & Darwin colocation portfolio

Senior Project Manager & Principal's Representative · 2023–26

Project direction of approximately $400m of concurrent hyperscale data centre developments across two states for the ASX-listed operator – full lifecycle accountability from master planning, basis of design and approvals through business case, procurement, construction and commissioning.

Equinix PE3 – Perth IBX colocation data centre

Project & Construction Manager, embedded client-side

Embedded full-time within Equinix's delivery team on the approximately $80m PE3 data centre at Shenton Park – the customer's senior local representative, managing the building contractor and consultant team across tender, design and construction under a guaranteed maximum price contract.

Confidential mission-critical projects – WA

Project Director assignments · 2026

Project Director assignments on confidential mission-critical infrastructure projects in Western Australia, operating against hyperscaler end-customer requirements – including delivery contract structure, sequencing, risk allocation and commercial alignment.

Independent advice for projects that can't afford surprises.

Engaged end-to-end, or brought in for the specific stage where experienced client-side leadership matters most.

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