About Pocket

Thirty years of getting clients back to business.

We run the building and engineering side of major commercial claims, so the people who manage them can get on with the rest.

Who we are

The steady hand on a major claim.

Pocket is a building and engineering consultancy built around one job: making a major commercial claim go smoothly for the people who manage it. For thirty years we have worked across construction and commercial insurance, in industrial, residential, hospitality, education, retail and mining settings, on some of the largest and most complex losses in Australia and New Zealand.

Behind that is real depth. We have full access to up to 20 in-house project management professionals through a related entity, with teams in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne working across Australia and New Zealand. So we can get to a local site quickly and cost effectively, and put the right person on the right task: a graduate for the straightforward work, a senior project director for the hard calls, and value for money at every level.

We are not engineers, and we do not pretend to be. What we are is the steady hand on the building and engineering side of a claim: scoping the damage, verifying the costs, running the reinstatement, and keeping a paper trail that holds up. We tailor the approach to the claim rather than shoehorning a square peg into a round hole, and we can tap a deep network of specialist design and engineering consultants to secure the right people, fast.

We also like the parts others would rather avoid: managing the numbers, assessing messy contractor claims, and turning them into clear, reliable reports. It is how claim files get closed quickly and cleanly.

We work for, and alongside, insurers and loss adjusters. Ready, willing and able at short notice, and focused on a return to business at speed with solutions that hold up. Leave the paperwork to us, and get on with the things that really matter to you.

30yrs
Across construction & commercial insurance
$6B+
Largest insured event worked (2022 East Coast Floods)
AU+NZ
Coverage across Australia and New Zealand
Day 1
On the ground after a major catastrophe
How we work

Four things you can count on.

Depth on tap

Full access to up to 20 project managers through a related entity, so we respond at short notice.

Local teams

Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, on site quickly and cost effectively, across Australia and New Zealand.

Right person, right cost

Graduates to project directors, matched to the task, so you get value for money at every level.

Independent

We answer to the claim, not to a builder's margin. The numbers are ours, and they are defensible.

The team

Who is on your claim.

MP

Mark Pritchard

Managing Director

Mark brings more than 30 years' construction and property project management experience to Pocket, including complex capital projects up to $180M. He leads the team with the technical, commercial and contract administration discipline needed to keep major claim works clear, controlled and defensible.

PM

Our project management team

Delivery

Full access to up to 20 in-house project management professionals through a related entity, from recent graduates to senior project directors, with teams in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The right person on the right task, at the right cost.

EC

Our engineering and consultant team

Specialists

A deep network of specialist design, engineering and other consultants we can identify and secure quickly, matched to whatever the claim needs.

Got a claim that needs a steady hand?

Tell us what has happened and we will come back to you to chat about how we can help.

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