Architects, Engineers & Construction Professionals

Insurance and Risk Advisory for Construction Professionals

As specialists in risk for construction professionals our team develop risk management and insurance programmes across diverse business structures – from sole practitioners to corporations. Underpinned by Bellrock’s unique risk advisory and advocacy methodology, our Team offers a competitive advantage to our clients helping them navigate risk with confidence.

Construction Professionals Risk Seminar Series: National Roadshow

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$140m

in policy premiums placed into the insurance market annually

100%

owned by directors and staff, including our employee share plan

$10b

premium pool leveraged across global insurance markets
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Simon Gray

Practice Leader, Construction Professionals

Simon has over 30 years’ experience in the insurance and legal industries. During that time he has been an insurance intermediary and practised as a lawyer (including roles as an insurance partner in private practice).

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Carina Bogaard

Senior Advisor

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Throughout her career Carina has prioritised relationships built on trust with industry peers, underwriters and customers. She believes this underpins her recognition as a thought leader in the specialist area of construction professionals’ risk across Australia.

Construction Professionals we advise

Our claims management experience

Client testimonials

Risk trending and market updates

Risk management services

Insurance for Construction Professionals

Construction Professionals we advise

Our team specialises in managing insurance programmes for construction professionals, providing advisory and advocacy services across diverse business structures—from sole practitioners to corporations. We deliver guidance for partnerships, joint ventures, and trusts, while offering specialised risk assessment for government entities and industry bodies. Our solutions address unique challenges with personalised service and expertise for various disciplines including:
  • Acoustic Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Architecture
  • Building Design
  • Certification
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction management
  • Consulting Engineers
  • Design & Construct
  • Development management
  • Draft persons
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Facade/Cladding Engineering
  • Fire engineering
  • Geotechnical and soil engineering
  • Heritage impact assessments and heritage advice
  • Hydraulic/plumbing Engineering
  • Inspection services (statutory building, insurance claims assessment, pre-purchase, owner builder
  • Interior design
  • Marine Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mining Engineering (above and below ground)
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Oil & Gas engineering
  • Pest Inspections and reporting
  • Project Management
  • Structural engineering
  • Surveying (land, quantity, building, marine, traffic and transport)
  • Swimming Pool Safety Inspections
  • Town planning

Our Expertise with Construction Professionals

We have advised and provided advocacy services to the following categories of construction professional businesses.

Discipline (A-Z) Annual Professional Fees Staff Domicile Major works or contracts of client
Architect – full services $50M 245 Australia Commercial, mid-rise residential, industrial
Architect – full services $80M 415 Australia Health, Defence, High-rise residential, Commercial
Certifier, BCA Consultant $6M 25 Australia High-Rise buildings
D&C contractor/consultant $5M 40 Australia Interior fit out, commercial, hotels
D&C contractor/consultant $10M 80 Australia Residential sub-divisions, High-rise buildings
Development manager $2M 7 Australia Low and mid-rise residential developments
Façade Engineer $6M 20 Australia Mid and high-rise residential
Geotechnical engineer $20M 90 Australia Geotechnical, laboratory testing, soil testing
Interior Architect (full services) $10M 50 Australia, New Zealand Financial institutions
Landscape Architect $20M 88 Australia & Middle east Greenfield, Public Realm, Hotels & Tourism
Landscape Architect, urban planners $15M 60 Australia & UK & Middle east Commercial, bio-urbanism
Marine Engineer $5M 15 Australia Jetties, wharves
Multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm $40M 205 Australia Private and public sectors, including built Environment, Water, Environmental & Renewables, and Transport.
Multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm $40M 195 Australia Structural and civil engineers and project managers
Multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm $60M 310 Australia Structural and civil engineers and project managers
Multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm $89M 450 Australia Multi-disciplinary – we assisted them to combine a disparate insurance program with different policies in different states into one global program
Project Manager $10M 50 Australia Commercial, mid-rise residential
QS $30M 125 Australia QS, tax depreciation
Town planning, project management $20m 98 Australia, Middle East Rail, airports, residential sub-divisions

Claims management experience

Testimonials

“Simon and his team have extensive experience in the insurance industry, and their ability, selflessness and willingness to share their knowledge, means that we now understand our PI insurance...better than we ever did in the past.”

Linton Speechley

Director JK Geotechnics

“We have found their assistance, especially with risk management insurance services, to be exceptional. They are 100% attentive to the best outcome for MAJCON and act promptly with proactive responses.”

Michael Jaroszewicz

Director MAJCON

“Dealing with Simon and Carina is a pleasure, and we feel they act as a genuine business partner who understands the industry, our business nuances, and they act on our behalf as if Partridge was their own business.”

Peter Standen

Managing Director Patridge

Risk trending articles & market updates for Construction Professionals

Recent articles by our Team reporting on the latest trends, legislation and key events impacting insurance.

Risk management services for Construction Professionals

Our people understand the risk trends impacting our clients and have developed a host of internal and external risk management tools to mitigate against them.

Our methodology

Internal Risk Management

External Risk Management

Insurance for Construction Professionals

With access to a broad range of insurance markets, our Team can confidently advise on benchmarking across the risk spectrum. Clients can be assured that insurers recommended by Bellrock are qualified by financial strength rating, demonstrated claims performance and commitment to the profession and policy class.

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Acknowledged as industry thought leaders, Bellrock’s Team of Advisors are well known and respected across the industry. Our passion for delivering superior risk advisory and advocacy to our clients is a cornerstone of our offering.

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