Complex industrial project

Areas of expertise

Performance Improvement & Organizational Transformation

Nine areas of expertise and eight project environments to structure organizations, develop teams and secure the delivery of complex projects and programmes.

  • Organization
  • Performance
  • Cost · Schedule · Risk
  • Contracts · Information · AI
  • Mentoring · Training

Engagement framework

Organization · Performance · Projects · Decisions

Sustainable performance comes from aligning the operating model, accountabilities, control data and management decisions.

01

Organizational transformation

Evolving organization design, governance and ways of working to support strategy and execution.

  • Operating model, matrix organization and project governance
  • Roles, accountabilities, RACI and delegation of authority
  • Front-end loading, decision gates and maturity criteria
  • Change leadership, communication, training and capability transfer
02

AI deployment in project management

Use cases, data governance, predictive tools, adoption and human accountability.

  • Select use cases from the business problem
  • Data quality, traceability and governance
  • Predictive dashboards and contract intelligence
  • Human review, deliverable accountability and adoption metrics
03

Contracts & claims

EPC/EPCI contract administration, change management, claims and commercial negotiation.

  • FIDIC, NEC and contractual obligations
  • Change orders, variations and impact quantification
  • Notices, correspondence and rights preservation
  • Commercial negotiation and back-to-back supplier terms
04

Mentoring & training

Sharing experience from complex projects and supporting the development of professionals, teams and entrepreneurs.

  • Mentoring project leaders and PMO professionals
  • Training in project management, entrepreneurship and the digital economy
  • Lessons learned and communities of practice
  • Capability building and sustainable knowledge transfer
05

Cost control & forecasting

Budgeting, cost control, earned value management, forecasting and variance analysis.

  • Estimating, budgeting, CBS and cost centres
  • CPI/SPI, EAC/ETC and variance analysis
  • Contingency, management reserve and cash flow
  • Integrated cost-schedule reporting and Power BI dashboards
06

Planning & scheduling

Integrated planning, contractual baselines, critical path, delay analysis and progress measurement.

  • WBS/OBS structures and reference calendars
  • Critical path, float, sequencing and progress curves
  • Time impact, windows and planned-versus-actual analysis
  • Primavera P6, MS Project and multi-contract schedules
07

Risk & opportunity

Identification, quantification and management of cost, schedule, contract and interface risks.

  • Risk register, taxonomy, appetite and escalation thresholds
  • Qualitative and quantitative Monte Carlo analysis
  • Contingency sizing and P50/P80 confidence levels
  • Project, portfolio, HSE and permitting risk reviews
08

Performance management & executive reporting

Turning operational data into a clear, forward-looking view for executive action.

  • KPI architecture and performance dashboards
  • Consolidated cost, schedule and risk forecasts and scenarios
  • Performance reviews, alert thresholds and escalation
  • Executive committee reporting and documented decisions
09

Document control & information management

Document governance, master deliverables register, common data environment and revision management.

  • Coding, distribution matrices and review cycles
  • Master deliverables register and transmittals
  • Configuration, revisions and as-built integrity
  • Approval workflows and close-out archiving

Front-End Loading & Stage Gates

Build maturity before committing capital

Front-End Loading progressively matures scope, cost, schedule, risk and contracting strategy before capital commitment.

Opportunity

Strategic framing

Need, value, stakeholders, constraints and success criteria.

Gate 0 · Qualify
FEL-1

Business case

Initial scope, assumptions, options and order of magnitude.

Gate 1 · Validate
FEL-2

Concept selection

Technical, economic, regulatory and contractual comparison.

Gate 2 · Select
FEL-3 / FEED

Project definition

Basis of design, estimate, level 3 schedule, contracts and risk.

Gate 3 · FID
Execution

Delivery & handover

Engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and close-out.

Gate 4 · Operate

ENERTRAG France · Initial situation

An execution organization structured in functional silos, with dispersed accountabilities, interfaces and decisions.

Transition to a project matrix organization

  • Cross-functional project accountability and stronger coordination
  • Clarified roles, RACI, procedures and governance bodies
  • Maturity reviews and decision gates
  • Predictive dashboards and multi-level routines
  • Alignment with portfolio and EBITDA objectives

Sectors & project environments

From LNG to renewable energy assets

Eight project environments, from LNG and subsea systems to utility-scale solar PV farms and onshore wind farms. Each combines distinct technical, contractual, regulatory, environmental and logistics constraints.

LNG & major industrial projects

LNG & major industrial projects

Project controls and scheduling for LNG facilities above $15B, PMO governance on €330M industrial projects, earned value management and integrated planning.

Technip EnergiesAir LiquideLNG · EPC/EPCI
SURF · Subsea Umbilicals, Risers & Flowlines

SURF · Subsea Umbilicals, Risers & Flowlines

Management of engineering, fabrication, installation and tie-in interfaces across subsea systems. Offshore coordination, risk, contracts, marine sequences and campaign readiness.

SURFSubseaOffshore interfaces
FPSO & floating production

FPSO & floating production

Project controls on EPC oil and gas projects above $3B: planning, forecasting models, agile controls and multi-site executive reporting.

EPC > $3BForecastingMulti-site
Drilling rigs & offshore platforms

Drilling rigs & offshore platforms

Multidisciplinary piping, structural, electrical and instrumentation campaigns from engineering through fabrication and site installation.

SaipemCometalNigeria · Congo · Gabon
Shallow water · Trenching & cable burial

Shallow water · Trenching & cable burial

Shallow-water power cable projects, including installation in the Wadden Sea. Planning, cost, risk, contracts, interfaces and change management.

Enshore SubseaWadden SeaTrencher · barge
Cable-lay vessels

Cable-lay vessels

Marine campaign planning: mobilization, sequencing, weather windows and interfaces between vessels, substations and landfalls.

Cable layWeather windowsGrid interfaces
Aerial view of a utility-scale ground-mounted solar PV farm

Solar PV farms (utility-scale photovoltaics)

Execution of utility-scale ground-mounted solar photovoltaic plants in France: permitting and environmental constraints, EPC packages, procurement of modules, mounting structures and inverters, civil works, tracker and table installation, DC and AC cabling, substation, grid connection, testing and commissioning. Integrated control of cost, schedule, risk and contracts through to commercial operation.

ENERTRAG FranceVOLTALIA · PIMAN ExecutiveGrid connection
Onshore wind farm with turbines across an open agricultural landscape

Onshore wind farms

Execution leadership on onshore wind farms: access tracks and crane pads, foundations, abnormal-load transport and component logistics, turbine erection and assembly, inter-array cabling, substation and grid connection, testing, commissioning and handover. Matrix governance, predictive dashboards and control of landowner, environmental and regulatory interfaces.

ENERTRAG FranceFoundations & erectionCommissioning

Geographic reach

Europe & Africa

France, Germany, Nigeria, Congo, Gabon and Cameroon: multicultural coordination, varied regulations and international interfaces.