Outsourced project management in Gauteng
FortisCo is based in Gauteng and provides outsourced, client-side and embedded project management to companies delivering retail, restaurant, office, commercial and construction projects across Johannesburg, Pretoria and the wider province.
Outsourced project management in Gauteng, explained.
Being based in Gauteng changes what a project manager can offer. Site attendance can be same-day, a stalled inspection can be resolved in person that afternoon, and a contractor briefing does not have to wait for the next scheduled trip. Most of FortisCo's work is delivered in and around Johannesburg and Pretoria for exactly that reason.
Appointments range from a full client-side project management mandate on a single project, to embedded capacity inside a construction, shopfitting or project business that has more work than project managers, to a defined piece of scope such as running the close-out phase of a project that has lost momentum.
In all cases FortisCo manages the process and the interfaces. We are not a builder, architect, engineer or quantity surveyor, and specialist execution runs through appointed qualified parties.
What the appointment covers.
Because we are local, the appointment can be structured around regular on-site presence rather than remote coordination with occasional visits — the site-attendance rhythm is agreed at the start.
- Project brief, scope definition and responsibility matrix
- Programme development and critical-path tracking
- Budget and cash-flow tracking against the cost plan
- Risk register and issue escalation
- Consultant, contractor and supplier coordination
- Procurement and long-lead item management
- Regular site attendance across Johannesburg and Pretoria
- Landlord, centre and building-management interfaces
- Quality inspections and progress reporting
- Snagging, close-out, handover and documentation
Companies and projects we take on.
Companies without project managers
Businesses delivering a capital project or fit-out who need a professional project lead for the duration without creating a permanent role.
Construction and project businesses
Contractors, shopfitters, joiners and project houses in Gauteng needing embedded project management capacity during a peak or for a specific contract.
Design studios and PMOs
Practices that need a delivery-side coordinator on the ground to carry a project from documentation into construction and handover.
How FortisCo runs it.
Scoping call
Understand the project, the deadline, the appointed parties and where control is currently being lost.
Baseline
Agree scope, programme, budget position and reporting format in writing before mobilising.
Deliver
Run the project from site: coordination, inspections, decisions tracked and risks escalated early.
Hand over
Complete snagging, handover documentation, close-out and a review of what should carry into the next project.
Where we work.
FortisCo operates from Gauteng and works across Johannesburg, Pretoria, Midrand, the East Rand and the West Rand with regular site attendance.
Projects elsewhere in South Africa, and in Namibia and Botswana, are taken on with an agreed site-visit schedule and structured remote coordination between visits.
Frequently asked.
- Do you have an office we can visit?
- FortisCo works from client sites and project offices rather than a public office. Meetings are held on site, at the client's premises, or online.
- What size projects do you take on?
- From single-store fit-outs and office refurbishments through to multi-site programmes. The scoping call establishes whether the appointment is a fit.
- Can you join a project that is already behind?
- Yes. Recovery appointments start with an honest status review — programme, outstanding decisions, cost position and open risks — followed by a recovery plan the client signs off.
- How are fees structured?
- Either as a monthly management fee for the appointment period or a fixed fee for a defined scope. The basis is confirmed in writing before work starts.
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Discuss your project.
Tell us the site, the programme and the deadline — we'll come back with a clear scope and fee basis.