Services.
The services we offer depends very much on the particular needs of our clients. At the outset we will work with you to understand your objectives & requirements and develop a solution to suit. We are confident that we can provide a full range of quality planning, programming and control solutions to support you through all phases of the project life cycle.
Providing Our Services.
Flexibility is key to meeting the needs of our clients, our services can be offered in a variety of ways including:
Production of specific deliverables
Secondment of resources to support and enhance existing teams
Provision of complete planning and control function for a particular project
Core Knowledge & Understanding.
We combine practical construction experience with knowledge and understanding of planning and time control principles such as:
Critical Path Analysis
Earned Value Analysis
Last planner
Time and programme obligations of standard forms of contracts
Tools We Use.
We use the latest tools to support our service provision including:
Scheduling – Primavera, Powerproject, Microsoft project
4D Visualisation applications
Time Chainage
Schedule Risk analysis
Capability Development and Support.
We recognise that many organisations prefer to have in-house capability, while others often have peaks in work load or unexpected events that mean existing resources are over stretched – we can help you with:
Capability development
Bespoke training
Provision of personnel
Independent Audit.
Many clients day to day business is not the delivery of projects and they need to entrust others to do this on their behalf, it is often prudent to seek independent verification. In other cases projects can simply benefit from a fresh pair of eyes to help identify opportunities or risks that other wise may be missed. Using our experience we can undertake:
Independent reviews
Due diligence reviews
Capability audits
Project surveillance & status verification
Project Development.
It is the choices and decisions made at this stage that greatly influence the chances of project success. It is vital that the best advice is given, we offer:
Strategic planning & programming
Scope definition / WBS establishment
Feasibility, optioneering & scenario planning
Phasing & methodology development
Builability advice & review
Schedule risk identification & analysis
Design planning, programming & monitoring
Procurement planning, programming & monitoring
Integrated baseline establishment & reviews
Project Implementation.
As the project moves into the implementation phase it is vital that the correct contractual arrangements are established, progress is controlled and change is managed. We can assist with:
Establishing tender & contract programming obligations
Tender planning – programmes, method statements, logistics plans
Tender & contract programme review & analysis
Contract programme preparation
Detailed construction planning & programming
Commissioning & completion planning & programming
Establishment of performance measurement regimes and metrics
Progress monitoring, reporting and foward action planning
Assessment of change
Retrospective.
If things do go wrong, it is vital that the reasons are properly understood, both to learn for the future and to recover any entitlements. We can use our skills to preform:
Delay analysis
Lessons learned reviews