The International Maarif School of Australia (IMSA), located in Sydney, provides holistic, high-quality education with a global perspective. As part of its long-term vision, IMSA launched a significant infrastructure project to expand and modernize its existing campus.
Known as The IMSA Project, the initiative includes the development of new learning spaces, science labs, recreational areas, and future-ready sports facilities. With such a critical project, the school needed reliable oversight of cost, risk, and progress, without the friction of manual spreadsheets.
“Without Mastt, we would be importing and tracking everything in Excel manually. Time-consuming, wasting resources, slowing us down.”
Izzet Anmark
Before Mastt, the IMSA team used spreadsheets and disconnected systems to manage the project. As the build grew, those tools couldn’t keep up. Manual work led to delays, blind spots, and a lack of confidence and control in the project.
Here’s what made it difficult to move forward:
Project risks were logged in separate spreadsheets without any standardized format. As the team worked across design, procurement, and construction phases, identifying emerging risks and responding in time became a major source of anxiety. Critical issues often went unnoticed and had a potential impact on the reputations of the project team and school
Cost data, updates, and approvals lived in multiple files, some on desktops, some in email threads. Every update required cross-checking and copy-pasting, introducing errors and wasting time. Instead of focusing on strategy, the team spent hours managing files and fixing formulas.
“Without Mastt, we would be importing and tracking everything in Excel manually. Time-consuming, wasting resources, slowing us down.”
- Izzet Anmak, IMSA Project Manager
The team couldn’t confidently forecast the total cost to complete. Without a live view of commitments, variations, and actuals, every financial projection felt like guesswork. That uncertainty made reporting to school leadership stressful and introduced risk into every funding decision.
To manage The IMSA Project effectively, IMSA required:
IMSA onboarded Mastt in 2021 to support its most ambitious campus expansion to date. Built for capital project owners, Mastt replaced spreadsheet stress with one calm, cloud-based solution, helping the team move faster, communicate better, and lead with confidence.
Instead of jumping between folders, spreadsheets, and email threads, the team now manages costs, payments and reporting in one secure cloud-based product. Everyone works from the same live data, reducing errors and keeping updates consistent.
Mastt gives the team a real-time view of their total cost to complete. That means IMSA can compare spending against budget with confidence, supporting faster funding decisions and fewer financial surprises.
Financial risks no longer sit buried in static files. Mastt highlights potential issues early, helping the team act before delays or overruns occur. It’s a system built to prevent reactive firefighting.
“Mastt transformed our approach. I now report to leadership with confidence, knowing the data is reliable.”
- Izzet Anmak, IMSA Project Manager
Since adopting Mastt, the IMSA team has experienced meaningful improvements across their project workflows and decision-making.
With Mastt, the team stopped wasting hours fixing spreadsheets or pulling data from emails. Everything they need lives in one place, so they get more done, with less stress.
Cost forecasts and reports are accurate and always ready to go. Leadership doesn’t just see the numbers, they trust them. Every decision is backed by live, clear data.
The team no longer gets blindsided. Mastt highlights risks early, so they take action before issues escalate. It’s proactive, not reactive and that keeps the project steady.
“The efficiency of having data online and being able to access Mastt, it’s made us much more efficient.”
- IMSA Project Manager
Mastt has helped IMSA streamline how it delivers one of the school’s most ambitious infrastructure projects. By consolidating cost, risk, and reporting into one platform, the team gained the confidence and control needed to execute the build successfully.
With reliable insights and less time lost to manual admin, IMSA is on track to deliver high-quality facilities that support student growth and learning for years to come.
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