The complete solution, from the first budget to closeout.
Seven service lines, one result: a capital project that lands on budget and on schedule. Pick one to see what it covers and the projects behind it.
Program management
Capital programs that land on budget and on scheduleProject controls
One trusted number for cost, schedule and productivityConstruction management
Progress you have seen, not progress you were toldConceptual planning
The right project, planned while change is cheapStartup support
A clean handover from construction to operationsConsulting and project recovery
A stalled project back on a baseline you can believeBid evaluation and expert witness
Award decisions that stand up in court
Also: digital solutions.
We wrote our own software, Ontrek PM and Ontrek LogistiX. Now we digitize owners’ business processes and connect the systems they already run, in weeks and months.
Influence the outcome when it costs the least.
Four habits run through every engagement, whatever the service line.
Integrated project execution
Planning, design and procurement usually run one after another, cutting the conceptual team off from execution. We bring every stakeholder in from concept through construction, from the start, when the ability to influence the outcome is greatest and corrections cost the least. That is where risk, change orders and schedule overruns are cheapest to prevent.
Earned value, verified in the field
Our earned value process monitors and trends contractor performance against the effort spent, alerting owners to problems, often before the contractors themselves are aware of them. We monitor installed quantities, percent complete, earned man-hours, productivity and man-hours ahead or behind, and forecast man-hours and cost at completion, the amount approved for invoicing and the completion date.
Risk management
We combine current risk tools, including Monte Carlo cost and schedule analysis, with field experience to lower the risk profile of a project. Changes are caught earlier and corrected at far lower cost, and delays don’t cascade into the crafts that follow.
Labor management
Direct labor and material is the largest single cost risk on any project, often 40–60% or more of the total installed cost. Our relationships across the mechanical, electrical and piping trades mean guidance with local and regional building trades councils, bid packages that attract the best local and national contractors, and agreements with labor unions that control that risk and prevent stoppages.
Operating plants, greenfield sites and public works.
- Pharmaceuticals and biotech
- Chemicals
- Refining and petrochemicals
- Pipelines
- Power and utilities
- Public water and wastewater
- Education and public buildings
- See the projects
Tell us about your program.
A new capital project, a portfolio that needs a delivery system, or a project that has stalled: call or write, and a senior member of the team will get back to you.