A practice built around moves, mergers of floors, and redrawn teams

Official name and history

The registered business name is Branch Base Change Advisory Pty Ltd. The firm was established in 2014 after founder Elena Markovic spent a decade in facilities-adjacent project roles where the physical move plan always outpaced the staff narrative. Early work focused on regional Western Australian offices consolidating into fewer floors; the practice later expanded to metro restructures and multi-site programmes by referral.

Today the advisory remains deliberately small. We take a limited number of concurrent programmes so decision calendars stay current and managers receive answers within the day during packing week.

How we work

We start with facts you already have—lease dates, headcount, draft floorplans—and build a people sequence around them. Workshops are short and owned by named roles. Written packs are brief enough that a line manager can use them without rewriting.

We measure progress by closed questions and settled neighbourhoods, not by slide volume. When a fit-out slips, we update the staff message the same afternoon rather than waiting for a weekly steering pack.

People

Elena Markovic leads relocation programmes and client relationships. Her background spans workplace projects in logistics, aged care, and professional services across WA.

James Whitford facilitates seating neighbourhoods and manager briefing series, with earlier experience coordinating multi-floor moves for survey and environmental firms.

Priya Nair designs settling-in reviews and announcement-week FAQs for restructures, drawing on HR business-partner work in mid-sized Australian employers.

Values in practice

• Say what is known and what is still open—on the same page.
• Prefer one shared calendar over parallel “people” and “facilities” versions.
• Equip managers before staff hear a rumour in the kitchen.
• Leave when the floor is workable, not when every punch-list item is aesthetic.