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Remote Project & Design Office

Your project department — operated remotely by ABA.

ABA Associates runs as an extension of your own organisation: a remote project management and design office that plans, coordinates, documents and controls your project from feasibility to handover — working entirely to your standards, policies and reporting lines. More than task-based outsourcing — a dedicated extension of your project team.

“Projects rarely fail from a lack of technical expertise. They fail when coordination is absent.”
From The Invisible Architecture of Project Success — Azhar Bashir, ABA Associates

After 25+ years across design consultancy, construction, project management and manufacturing, we have seen the same pattern repeat: capable designers and competent contractors, yet projects that slip on cost, time and quality — because no single discipline is holding the whole together.

That coordinating discipline is what our remote office provides. We don't sell drawings by the hour. We operate the function that keeps a project aligned — the invisible architecture behind its success.

The concept

One office. Two functions. Fully under your control.

We operate as a back-office department — a project management office and a design office working side by side. Every task is executed to the SOPs, policies and approval limits you provide. You retain ownership, verification and final authority; we carry the workload, the coordination and the documentation.

Function 01

Project Management Office (PMO)

Feasibility, planning, scheduling, cost control, procurement, billing verification, vendor management, progress reporting and closeout — the coordinating engine of the project.

Function 02

Design & Drawing Office

Design development, CAD and technical drawings, BOQs and quantity take-offs, shop and construction drawings, and 3D visualisation — informed by real construction experience.

Operating model

Your department, remotely

We work to your standards and jurisdiction. If your office in Australia sets a policy, our Pakistan office executes to it and returns the work for your verification and release. Where local professional registration or statutory sign-off is required, your locally authorised professional remains responsible for verification and release.

What we operate — project lifecycle

From the first feasibility study to the final handover file.

Project management begins at conception, not at construction. Our remote office can carry the project across its full lifecycle, or take on the specific stages where you need additional capacity.

Stage 01

Feasibility & Initiation

  • Feasibility reports & preliminary estimates
  • Project brief & scope definition
  • Objective, budget & risk framing
  • Consultant / team evaluation support
Stage 02

Planning

  • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Schedules & Gantt charts (Primavera / MS Project)
  • Cost budgeting & cash-flow planning
  • Procurement & resource planning
Stage 03

Design & Technical

  • Design development
  • CAD & technical drawings
  • BOQs & quantity take-offs
  • Shop / construction drawings & 3D visualisation
Stage 04

Execution & Monitoring

  • Progress reporting & project controls
  • Billing & interim payment verification
  • Invoicing & documentation
  • Vendor management, evaluation & procurement tracking
  • Cost control & variance reporting
  • Remote progress monitoring via authorised site feed
Stage 05

Closure & Handover

  • Final accounts & reconciliation
  • As-built documentation
  • Handover & closeout document sets
  • Project completion reporting
Back-office support

Administration that runs to your policies.

Alongside project delivery, our office can carry the recurring administrative load — always as a processing function under your instructions, never as a transfer of legal responsibility.

Payroll & resource administrationProcessed to your SOPs and the tax and labour rules of your jurisdiction — prepared here, verified and released by you.
Vendor & procurement administrationVendor records, evaluation reports, procurement tracking and status updates maintained to your approval structure.
Billing, invoicing & reportingInterim bills checked, invoices prepared, and management reports issued in your required format and cadence.
Why this is different

We understand drawings from both sides of the table.

Independent, objective project leadership An internal department sits inside your hierarchy and its politics. A dedicated project office answers to the project — able to raise concerns, flag risk and recommend corrective action openly.
Execution understanding, not just drafting Our documentation is informed by real construction, interiors and manufacturing delivery — so drawings, quantities and specifications are practical to build, not just correct on paper.
Technical and commercial fluency We coordinate the gap that often divides technical teams and finance — scheduling, procurement lead times, cost control and approvals understood together.
Confidentiality by design

Your data stays protected — structurally, not just by promise.

The biggest concern with remote support is exposure of pricing, client identities and commercial intelligence. We answer it with a system, not a slogan.

Compartmentalised workflowWork is broken down so each dedicated team sees only what its task requires. Commercial data is separated across the process so no single point holds the complete picture — the dots cannot be joined.
Controlled access & responsibilitySensitive information is handled under defined access rights and clear accountability, not left open across the team.
Formal confidentiality termsEngagements are supported by signed NDAs. Your rates, your relationships and your project intelligence remain yours.
Real work — real evidence

Capability you can see, not claims you have to trust.

Genuine ABA Associates deliverables — drawings, plans, renders and quantity documentation from real projects.

KIMS gate technical elevation drawing by ABA Associates
Technical drawingKIMS main gate — annotated structural elevation
KIMS gate rendered visualisation by ABA Associates
3D visualisationThe same gate, developed to a buildable render

From annotated drawing to realised design — the same structure, drawn and visualised in-house.

ABA Associates project delivery Gantt chart — WBS and schedule
Project planning & schedulingReal multi-site delivery programme — WBS, phases and timeline in ABA project controls. Client identities withheld under confidentiality.
Ground floor layout drawing with ABA Associates title block
Planning & design developmentGround floor layout — dimensioned, titled and issued
Residential villa architectural render by ABA Associates
Architectural visualisationFull residential development — presentation render
Bill of quantities sample by ABA Associates
BOQ & quantity documentationStructured trade-wise quantities and take-offs
Residential villa front elevation render by ABA Associates
Design & execution understandingElevation study — material, detail and buildability
How we work

A clear engagement — from brief to delivery.

01

Project brief

You share drawings, requirements and the deliverables you need.

02

Scope review

We review the scope and clarify the technical and reporting requirements.

03

Deliverables & terms

Scope, schedule and commercial terms are agreed and documented.

04

Technical development

Our office develops the drawings, documentation and project controls to your SOPs.

05

Review & coordination

Comments and coordination requirements are incorporated in agreed cycles.

06

Delivery

Completed work is issued in your required format for your verification and release.

Ways to engage

Take the whole office, or just the package you need.

There is no fixed commitment. Start with a single deliverable and scale up, or hand us the full project office from day one — the scope is built around your requirement.

Option A

Complete project office

An end-to-end remote department carrying your project from feasibility to handover — planning, design, controls, procurement, documentation and reporting under one arrangement.

Option B

Defined work packages

Specific scopes — large or small — such as a BOQ, a drawing set, a project schedule or a monthly reporting function. Ideal for adding capacity to an existing team.

Option C

Ongoing capacity

A standing arrangement where our office supports your projects continuously — a dependable extension of your team, scaled up or down as your workload moves.

The commercial case

Run leaner. Bid sharper. Win more.

By carrying your project office remotely, we let consultants and contractors reduce fixed overhead and project team cost — sharpening the numbers behind a tender or bid without losing coordination, documentation or control.

1Coordinated project office — feasibility to handover
25+Years of engineering & construction delivery behind every deliverable
Your SOPsEvery task executed to your standards, jurisdiction and authority

Need additional project or technical capacity?

Whether it's a single package or an ongoing project office, tell us what you're delivering and we'll show you how our remote team can carry it.

Discuss your project