Services
Project Controls
Robust, reliable controls that tell you where the project actually is, what is coming, and what to do about it. They are also the foundation our advanced project intelligence is built on.
Overview
Overview
We provide integrated schedule, risk and cost management on major programmes, from planning and scheduling in P6 through cost, change and earned value to executive reporting in Power BI.
Our controls practitioners work inside your team. We challenge constructively, report openly and help fix what is not working, so that the numbers leadership sees can be trusted.
That work is increasingly supported by advanced analytics and AI-enabled project intelligence, always validated by experienced practitioners before it reaches a decision-maker.
What we do
- Planning & scheduling (including P6)
- Integrated controls: cost, risk and change
- Earned value management
- Reporting, data & Power BI
- Schedule assurance
- Programme recovery
- Advanced project intelligence
How we deliver
Our approach.
We bring consistent management to all our work, adapting our approach to the specific project, client and environment.
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Plan
Establishing integrated project and programme schedules, including across multiple suppliers and contractors.
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Integrate
Bringing cost, risk, change and earned value into one controls picture, aligned to the scope.
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Report
Credible change and performance reporting, with Power BI dashboards that give executives visibility across cost, schedule and risk.
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Assure
Schedule assurance and quantitative schedule risk analysis, so forecasts can be relied on.
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Recover
Rebuilding schedules and re-baselining when a programme has lost credibility.
Case studies
Work in this area.
Client names are withheld in line with our confidentiality obligations.
Defence · Submarine enterprise
Steam Generation Facility
A steam generation facility within a submarine enterprise programme required restructure and recovery. As part of a Programme Improvement Team, we led commercial and supply chain intervention and established a lean, integrated project controls capability.
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Nuclear · Major project
Box Encapsulation Plant
Engaged periodically over eight years on a £1.2bn nuclear encapsulation plant, we led procurement and provided delivery support, change and performance reporting, and supplier relationship management.
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Defence
Naval base infrastructure framework
An infrastructure framework across a secure naval estate needed a PMO able to operate within a List-X Common Working Environment. We provided PMO design and programme controls, and supported DIO on a circa £800m Outline Business Case.
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Defence
Royal dockyard infrastructure portfolio
A royal dockyard infrastructure portfolio needed credible baselines for two major programmes of works and a business case covering a decade of investment. We developed the baselines, the Strategic Outline Business Case and the supporting controls.
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Net-zero energy
Hydrogen pipeline programme
On a national infrastructure-scale hydrogen programme in FEED, the contractor was struggling to meet its programme controls requirements. We re-baselined a fully integrated programme, achieving a client-approved baseline within six weeks.
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Advanced nuclear
Advanced Modular Reactor prototype
We provided programme management and controls for a full-scale mock-up of a reactor primary system, spanning multiple suppliers, under strict innovation-funding reporting. The mock-up was delivered on time and below budget.
Read the case studyQuestions
Common questions.
Do you work in Primavera P6?
Yes. Planning and scheduling, including P6, is at the core of our project controls service.
Do you provide earned value management?
Yes. Earned value sits within our integrated controls service alongside cost, risk and change. On a £1.2bn nuclear encapsulation plant we established credible change and performance reporting, including earned value calculations and cost and programme analysis.
Can you build Power BI reporting for our programme?
Yes. We have built interactive Power BI dashboards drawing on multiple data sources to improve programme visibility, and integrated Power BI reporting to give executives a clear view of cost, schedule and risk performance.
Can you assure a schedule someone else has built?
Yes. Schedule assurance is one of our core controls services, and our schedule intelligence work can support it. Automated output informs professional schedule assurance; it does not replace it.
Do you run quantitative schedule risk analysis (QSRA)?
Yes. QSRA tests how likely a schedule is to be achieved given its risks and uncertainties. We implemented enhanced QSRA as part of a defence programme recovery.
Other services
Other services
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