Project Controls

Earned value, cost and change control, risk registers, and reporting cadences that give leadership a single view of performance - before variance becomes crisis.

  • AS 4817 / EIA-748Aligned to
  • EVM, cost, change, riskCycle we own
  • Stand-up to close-outEngagement scope

Why it matters

Performance leadership can act on

When cost, schedule and risk live in separate spreadsheets, leadership is always one report behind the variance. We build integrated controls that surface the truth early - and the conversation that goes with it.

  • Integrated, not siloed

    Cost, schedule, change and risk reconciled into one performance picture - so the same numbers go to the project, the client and the board.

  • Forecasts you can defend

    EAC and ETC built from production rates, commitments and risk exposure - not last-month-plus-burn.

  • Decisions, not data dumps

    Reporting calibrated to what leadership actually has to decide - with the trend, the cause and the option on a single page.

Capabilities

End-to-end controls discipline

From baseline through close-out, here's where we plug in - whether we are establishing the controls function from scratch or embedding alongside an existing team.

  • Earned Value Management

    Performance Measurement Baseline, control accounts, CPI/SPI tracking and variance analysis structured to AS 4817 and EIA-748 principles.

  • Cost Control & Forecasting

    Commitment tracking, accruals, EAC/ETC modelling, and contingency drawdown discipline that keeps the forecast honest each month.

  • Change & Trend Management

    Trend logs, change requests, contract variations and management reserve all reconciled - so the cost-to-complete reflects reality.

  • Risk Register & Quantitative Risk

    Threats and opportunities scored, owned and reviewed - with Monte Carlo overlays that translate risk into schedule and cost exposure.

  • Performance Reporting

    Monthly project reports, board packs, dashboards and steering committee narratives that decision-makers can actually use.

  • Governance & Stage Gates

    Stage-gate readiness, controls maturity assessments, and lift-up support when a project needs to move into a higher governance tier.

What good looks like

Outcomes you can take to the board

  • One source of truth for cost, schedule and change
  • A forecast leadership can defend in a steering meeting
  • Risk turned into options, not unowned line items
  • Reporting that tells the trend, the cause and the action

How we engage

From baseline to close-out

We embed in the controls team for the duration - or stand up the function from scratch on projects that don't yet have one.

  1. Assess the controls state

    We map what's in place across schedule, cost, change and risk - and where the reconciliation breaks down.

  2. Stand up the baseline

    Performance Measurement Baseline established, control accounts framed, and reporting cadence agreed with project leadership.

  3. Run the monthly cycle

    Status, EAC, change, risk and reporting - owned end-to-end alongside the project team, on the rhythm the board expects.

  4. Lift the team

    Templates, training and documented procedures left behind so the project's own controllers can sustain the discipline after we exit.

Tools

We work with the stack you already run

We work across Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, EcoSys, SAP, Aconex and Power BI - whatever the client's existing controls stack requires.

  • Oracle Primavera P6
  • EcoSys
  • SAP
  • Aconex
  • Power BI
  • Microsoft Project

FAQ

Common questions about our project controls work

Experience

Related case studies

Our controls leads have embedded on major energy, pipeline and civil programs — see representative engagements on our projects page.

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Related services

Planning, scheduling and controls work together

One performance picture. Decided early.

Tell us where controls are sitting today - we'll put a senior controller on a short call and map what good looks like for your project.