Win More Projects, Grow Your Revenue with Chastain Consulting

We believe at Chastain Consulting in assisting businesses achieve their goals through our proven Total Growth process.

Based on our experience, spanning over 25 years, of delivering best practice solutions in Bid Management, Business Growth Strategies, & Brand Implementation, we help businesses with a tailored strategic & tactical plan.

–Growth is central to what we do.

Balancing the Scales with Strategy.

Unlock the potential of your business with our strategic guidance and best practice solutions. Let's define a clear direction for growth together.

$2B

Bid Management in Major Tenders & Competitions

25+

Years of Industry Experience

10+

Experience in Multiple Sectors

Who We Are

“We are a multiskilled consultancy. Drawing on both local knowledge and our international experience.”

Drawing on over 25+ years experience in procurement, Graphic Design, Sales Optimisation and bidding across Australia and New Zealand, Managing Director and Founder Casey Chastain is passionate about helping businesses grow.

Casey and her team have extensive experience working in and for both the public and private sectors. They draw on experience across infrastructure, commercial, transport, education, health, sports, civic industries and more.

We have deep roots across Australia and globally, providing assistance with Bid Management, Strategy, Sales Optimisation, and graphic design.

Whether you have an individual request for tender that you need assistance responding to, or you’d like to work with us on a longer term basis to really transform your business – we’re here to help.

Strategic Solutions

BID/ TENDER EXPERTS

Its easy to become distracted doing things that are related to, but not core to your vision. The whirlwind of being busy can deceptively leads us to believe we are achieving something.

Many businesses, the feeling of being super busy but going nowhere is too familiar. Yet time is our scarcest resource. Knowing and appreciating this ,we need to scrupulously evaluate every decision we make and understand the reason for what we do and why we do it.

Our experienced team works strategically, seamlessly and creatively to manage the full range of bid production, editing and graphic design

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GROWTH

Growth stems from the synergy between brand alignment and effective bid execution, impacting win rates and revenue streams. By utilising advanced analytics, businesses can decode patterns from past bids to enhance future predictions. Tailored training sharpens bid teams’ proposal quality and presentation, while automation focuses efforts on strategic elements.

A consistent brand identity across all touchpoints, bolstered by a compelling narrative and uniform messaging, solidifies value propositions and enhances market perception through strategic digital marketing.

These cohesive strategies elevate bid success rates, streamline operations, and strengthen the brand, driving sustainable growth and revenue enhancement.

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BRAND IMPLEMENTATION

Once a business has undergone a branding exercise, we handle all the groundwork. We seamlessly transform existing marketing collateral content into a fresh format.

By delving into your brand guidelines, we meticulously transfer all brand templates, including CVs, project sheets, case studies, capability documents, etc, into their newly branded counterparts. Furthermore, we offer a comprehensive walkthrough on effectively utilising these assets.

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Insights into Best Practice

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Navigating Economic Uncertainty
Navigating Economic Uncertainty

As of August 2024, Australia's economy stands at a crossroads, with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) poised to make decisions that could have long-lasting impacts. For the Architectural and Interior Design industry, understanding these economic shifts is crucial for strategic planning, particularly as businesses weigh the benefits of diversification against potential constraints in different sectors.

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Harnessing AI for Tender Writing: The Crucial Role of Human Curation
Harnessing AI for Tender Writing: The Crucial Role of Human Curation

In today’s fast-paced business environment, the pressure to deliver compelling and winning tenders is immense. With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), tools have been developed to aid in the tender writing process, offering businesses the ability to automate and streamline various aspects of proposal creation. However, while AI has its advantages, the importance of human curation in this process cannot be overstated.

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Embracing Sustainability & Green Procurement
Embracing Sustainability & Green Procurement

The architectural and interior design industry is experiencing a significant shift towards sustainability and green procurement. This trend is driven by increasing regulatory requirements and societal expectations for environmentally responsible practices. To remain competitive and win work in this evolving landscape, firms must adapt and integrate sustainable practices into their operations and project delivery. Here’s how architectural and interior design firms can position themselves to succeed:

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Leveraging Current Relationships into New Markets
Leveraging Current Relationships into New Markets

Companies are increasingly recognising the value of relationship sales models. This approach, which focuses on building and nurturing strong relationships with existing clients, offers a powerful strategy for expanding into new markets. At Chastain Consulting, our recent work with clients has highlighted the efficacy of leveraging current relationships to drive growth and market penetration.

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The Difference between Marketing & Business Development
The Difference between Marketing & Business Development

Firms often overlook a critical distinction: the difference between marketing and business development. While these two functions share the ultimate goal of business growth, their strategies, approaches, and resource requirements are distinct. Understanding these differences is crucial for defining the resources you need and selecting the right tools to support your business.

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Navigating Diversification in The Built Environment
Navigating Diversification in The Built Environment

In the aftermath of COVID-19, diversifying revenue streams has become crucial for architecture firms. Agility and flexibility are key as firms adapt to market shifts in public/private sectors, commercial spaces, and more. Just like not putting all your eggs in one basket, spreading your investments across different areas reduces risk and increases stability.

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  • Casey is a highly capable, energetic and extremely proactive. She took charge of the pursuits process and associated reporting at Buchan and created a workable, business critical tool for the organisation. Casey is an excellent problem solver who approaches every challenge with passion and enthusiasm

    Buchan

  • Casey was a pleasure to work with. Professional and diligent at all times, managing multiple submissions at any time. A genuine asset to any company!

    Studio Fab

  • Casey carried out a marketing collateral benchmarking exercise across key urban design, architectural and interior services. This exercise largely through her intuition and graphic skills improved the calibre of the marketing and submission material. Her work ethic, proactive nature, in-dependency and ability to collaborate and communicate with personnel in preparation of such marketing and submission material has contributed to and facilitated a significantly higher standard of documentation.

    Mark Louw Architects

  • Casey’s drive and commitment is second to none. Professional, resilient, consistent, reliable, a very fast learner and I would guess probably teacher by now ! An absolute pleasure to work with Casey also has a great sense of humour and a big heart to boot

    Project One

  • Casey to be highly competent in managing the production of fee documents, submissions and associated marketing collateral. Casey assisted in the implementation of a new submissions template and showed extreme talent in our internal and external communications. Casey is a direct communicator, responsive, delivers on time and has great attention to detail and thoroughness.

    AJC Architects

  • Both capable and dependable, Casey exudes great energy, and is a smart and creative talent to learn from.

    COX

  • As Director at AJ+C Architects I worked directly with Casey on multiple submissions and award presentations. Casey is an intelligent and dedicated person who is creative, innovative and dynamic. She is very talented and showed extensive knowledge in bids, digital media and marketing. She refreshed the look of presentations and submissions making them progressive and vibrant. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Casey and found her very capable. She would be an asset to anyone’s team and I would highly recommend her.

    AJ+C

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