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Planning, Scheduling & Project Controls

Project controls and scheduling leadership for major construction, shutdown, turnaround, maintenance and pipeline or facility programs. Builds integrated execution schedules, validates contractor progress, manages critical path and resource logic, and supports delay, recovery and claims analysis.

$170M project with 300,000 man hours and 15,000 activities

UEI
ZR3PJZEA7A21
CAGE
174X8
Independence
Findings challenged before release
Deployment
Remote response within 24 hours

What This Discipline Covers

Scope of the technical capability.

Project controls and scheduling leadership for major construction, shutdown, turnaround, maintenance and pipeline or facility programs. Builds integrated execution schedules, validates contractor progress, manages critical path and resource logic, and supports delay, recovery and claims analysis.

  • Primavera P6
  • CPM
  • Integrated master scheduling
  • Resource loading and leveling
  • EVM, SPI and CPI
  • Critical path
  • Look ahead planning
  • Schedule recovery
  • Delay and impact analysis
  • Forensic schedule review
  • Change impact
  • Contractor schedule review
  • WBS and CBS
  • Commissioning and turnover scheduling
  • TILOS
  • SAP and Maximo integration

Problems The Technical Lead Solves

The questions this discipline is engaged to answer.

  1. 01

    Schedule delays

  2. 02

    Claims and extension of time

  3. 03

    Recovery planning

  4. 04

    Turnaround planning

  5. 05

    Contractor schedule validation

  6. 06

    Productivity and resource analysis

  7. 07

    Critical path disputes

  8. 08

    Baseline and schedule governance

Equipment And Systems

Assets this Technical Lead has worked on directly.

  • EPC projects
  • Turnarounds
  • Shutdowns
  • Gas compressor stations
  • Pipelines
  • Industrial facilities
  • Maintenance portfolios

Industries And Environments

Operating environments where this experience was built.

  • Chemical
  • Oil and gas and upgrading
  • Agricultural processing
  • Energy and infrastructure
  • Industrial construction

Diagnostic And Investigation Methods

How the technical work is actually performed.

  • Schedule review, logic verification, and critical path analysis
  • Delay and disruption analysis using recognized forensic methods
  • Progress measurement and earned value assessment
  • Cost and change order technical review
  • Constructability and sequence evaluation
  • Contemporaneous record reconstruction

Codes And Standards

Frameworks applied to the analysis.

  • AACE International recommended practices
  • AACE 29R-03 forensic schedule analysis
  • PMI project management standards

Credentials And Qualification

The professional basis for this discipline.

  1. 01

    Project controls leadership on major capital programs

  2. 02

    Planning and scheduling certification or equivalent depth

  3. 03

    Claims and delay analysis experience in disputed projects

  4. 04

    Field construction management experience

Scale And Breadth

Reported scale of professional exposure.

  • 01

    $170M project with 300,000 man hours and 15,000 activities

  • 02

    $80M gas compressor station project with 250,000 man hours and 10,000 activities

  • 03

    $60M turnaround with more than 150,000 man hours, 500 work orders and 6,000+ activities

  • 04

    $100M turnaround portfolio spanning 12 related projects

Representative Professional Experience

Assignment types this discipline supports.

  1. 01

    Forensic schedule analysis establishing responsibility for critical path delay

  2. 02

    Technical evaluation of disruption and productivity loss claims

  3. 03

    Independent progress and completion assessment for a lender

  4. 04

    Review of change order technical justification on a capital project

Assignment descriptions are generalized to protect client confidentiality. Specific references can be discussed during scoping where permissions allow.

Multidisciplinary Interfaces

Disciplines this work commonly coordinates with.

  • Construction Claims
  • Mechanical and project engineering
  • Electrical
  • Process
  • Field Execution

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