Gate Zero Advisory provides independent expert advisory for major capital projects — reviewing readiness, testing assumptions, and delivering clear findings to the people who carry the financial risk.
Practitioner-led. Conflict-free by design. Qualitatively deep.
Talk to us about your projectOur review typesMajor capital projects fail not because the people involved are incompetent — but because the systems around them reward optimism, suppress bad news, and rarely surface the questions that matter until it is too late to act on them.
Gate Zero Advisory exists to ask those questions — independently, early, and without a financial interest in the answers.
The warning signs were visible; nobody independent was asked to look.
Independent insight for those who make the critical decisions.
Seven standard review types, aligned to the moments where independent scrutiny creates the most value.
Every review is led by a senior Lead Reviewer and overseen by a founding principal. We do not deploy advisory generalists, we have no delivery relationships to protect, and structured interviews test genuine understanding rather than document existence.
Reviews are carried out by people who have delivered major projects or built their careers around them, with years of embedded large-project knowledge and lessons.
Our conclusions answer to capital stewardship, not internal optics. We have no relationship with contractors, EPCM providers or delivery organisations.
We look for what experienced practitioners see that checklists cannot — using structured interviews as a primary tool.
Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, we work with owners, sponsors, joint venture partners and lenders across Australia and New Zealand, the wider Asia Pacific and the Middle East. We typically engage on projects of US$1 billion or more and review smaller projects where the client's risk warrants it.
Our home region, with headquarters in Melbourne.
Southeast Asia and the wider region, where our principals have delivered major projects.
Where our principals have delivered major chemicals and refining programmes.
If you are approaching a phase gate, a Board commitment, or a moment where the cost of being wrong is unacceptable — talk to us.
