Trusted advisor with proven track record

Trusted advisor
with proven track record

An outcome focused consultancy

Macdonald Consultancy is a facilities management advisory with a proven track record delivering solutions that enable our clients core business to be effectively supported.

Macdonald Consultancy provides research-based consultancy advice and support to clients seeking to optimise the value and minimise the risk of facilities management to their organisation, freeing clients up to concentrate on their core business.

An outcome focused consultancy

Macdonald Consultancy is a facilities management advisory with a proven track record delivering solutions that enable our clients core business to be effectively supported.

Macdonald Consultancy provides research-based consultancy advice and support to clients seeking to optimise the value and minimise the risk of facilities management to their organisation, freeing clients up to concentrate on their core business.

Our Services - Macdonald Consultancy Facilities Management Advisory Group

SERVICES

We offer a broad range of integrated facilities and asset management services to improve business efficiency

Our Experience - Macdonald Consultancy Facilities Management Advisory Group

EXPERIENCE

We have decades of proven experience delivering FM solutions to the public, private and third sectors

Our Partnerships - Macdonald Consultancy Facilities Management Advisory Group

PARTNERSHIPS

We are, through collaborative partnerships, committed to delivering optimised outcomes to our clients

Our Services - Macdonald Consultancy Facilities Management Advisory Group

SERVICES

We offer a broad range of integrated
facilities and asset management services
to improve business efficiency

Our Experience - Macdonald Consultancy Facilities Management Advisory Group

EXPERIENCE

We have decades of proven experience
delivering FM solutions to the
public, private and third sectors

Our Partnerships - Macdonald Consultancy Facilities Management Advisory Group

PARTNERSHIPS

We are, through collaborative partnerships,
committed to delivering optimised
outcomes to our clients

Why partner with
Macdonald Consultancy?

Macdonald Consultancy is trusted by multiple clients throughout Australia for its professional, diligent approach across a broad range of environments including government, health, corrections and education whether insourced, outsourced or PPP models are in place.

Partnering with RMIT, Macdonald Consultancy is working to close the circular economy gap in the built environment.

Through CAMS, Macdonald Consultancy provides clients with access to research-based support to inform the entire FM ecosystem and helps organisations reduce costs, maximise efficiencies and improve outcomes.

Facilities Management Advisory - Macdonald Consultancy

Why partner with
Macdonald Consultancy?

Macdonald Consultancy is trusted by multiple clients throughout Australia for its professional, diligent approach across a broad range of environments including government, health, corrections and education whether insourced, outsourced or PPP models are in place.

Partnering with RMIT, Macdonald Consultancy is working to close the circular economy gap in the built environment.

Through CAMS, Macdonald Consultancy provides clients with access to research-based support to inform the entire FM ecosystem and helps organisations reduce costs, maximise efficiencies and improve outcomes.

Donald Macdonald, Founder, Macdonald Consultancy, Facilities Management Advisory Services

Donald Macdonald

FOUNDER | MACDONALD CONSULTANCY

Donald has over 30 years’ experience in the facilities management and asset management sector.

During his career, Donald has provided FM consultancy advice to blue chip, public sector and not for profit organisations initially in the UK and from 2006 in Australia and New Zealand.

Committed to continuous improvement, Donald is a thought leader in the field of asset management and facilities management and has fostered a commercially successful JV with RMIT centred on the CAMS life cycle modelling tool.

Donald Macdonald, Founder, Macdonald Consultancy, Facilities Management Advisory Services

Donald Macdonald

FOUNDER | MACDONALD CONSULTANCY

Donald has over 30 years’ experience in the facilities management and asset management sector.

During his career, Donald has provided FM consultancy advice to blue chip, public sector and not for profit organisations initially in the UK and from 2006 in Australia and New Zealand.

Committed to continuous improvement, Donald is a thought leader in the field of asset management and facilities management and has fostered a commercially successful JV with RMIT centred on the CAMS life cycle modelling tool.

1980s Macdonald Consultancy’s founder, Donald, graduated in Building Surveying in Glasgow and then began his career working for central government in London. 1990s Donald became a Chartered Building Surveyor and progressed his career in London with local government organisations and major FM providers. 2000s Donald moved into FM consultancy with key clients including AMEX, the British Library and Ernst and Young. In 2006, Donald moved to Australia where he led Programmed Facility Management’s Consultancy business for eight years. 2015 Donald Macdonald Consultancy was established with anchor clients including RMIT, Frankston City Council and Downer EDI. 2017 Donald Macdonald Consultancy became known as Macdonald Lucas and the client portfolio expanded to include Honeywell, Orygen & Melbourne Markets Authority. 2018 Macdonald Consultancy secured its first CAMS licence sale to Western Power in WA helping to cement its partnership with RMIT. 2023 Macdonald Lucas re-established as Macdonald Consultancy with key clients including Navitas, Alfred Hospital & Melbourne Racing Club. CAMS is deployed on >5,000,000m2 of real estate throughout Australia including hospitals, prisons, and universities. 2024 Macdonald Consultancy expanded its capability and sector diversification through an exciting strategic partnership with specialised holistic asset management consultancy, Odysseus-imc Pty Ltd. With decades of facilities management experience, Macdonald Consultancy have developed expertise across a variety of sectors Macdonald Consultancy and Odysseus-imc are excited to announce that they are forming a strategic alliance

Partner with Macdonald Consultancy for research-based consultancy support for your facilities management that helps you reduce cost, improve quality and increase sustainability

Partner with Macdonald Consultancy for research-based consultancy support for your facilities management that helps you reduce cost, improve quality and increase sustainability