By Bernhard Funke
At the end of a project have you ever sat back and thought, “we could have done this better” … but I’m not sure how we could have foreseen some of the complications which arose?
It’s an issue we understand well, and we have a proven solution to assist with keeping your projects on track both in budget and within efficient completion timeline. Our programming and scheduling team analyse construction staging and cost analysis standing on their heads.
Effective programming and planning techniques are fundamental to the successful delivery of major projects. Undertaking effective planning in the initial stages of a project ensures flexibility and control of budget once the project begins. Our experience brings understanding to every role, with the ability to be extremely pro-active with our direct client and project stakeholders. We take action and provide recommendations on potential issues before they adversely affect the project, during the design and construction phase.
Our team deep dive into key logic links and workflow linking sub-projects and interdependencies are extrapolated, clearly outlined and highlighted. This facilitates a discussion on lag/lead/float and other what-if aspects in respect to logic and constraints.
“WT evaluated performance during execution of the Ravenhall and Grafton Prison projects and provided unique insight into how plans can be improved and optimised. They identified the root causes of delays and the pending effects to delivery milestones”.
Stephen Sabbatucci, Laing Investment Management Services
We attend briefings with consultants and project management teams, including consultant coordination meetings with relevant authorities. Each phase and sub-phase of the program schedule will be coordinated, communicated, and distributed with consultants, authorities and the wider project team as required.
We have successfully provided programming services for a number of major projects including Melbourne Metro Stations & Tunnels PPP, North East Link, Melbourne Exhibition Centre Expansion, Ravenhall Prison, Hopkins Prison, Sunshine Coast University Hospital, University of California Merced and Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre.
Our services in this important area include:
- Independent monitoring and reporting
- Programme risk and issue management
- Programme analysis – critical path method
- Extension of time (EOT) preparation or defence including costs
- Advice on delay mitigation strategies and corrective actions
- Analysis of delay, disruption and acceleration claims/analysis
- Expert Witness reports
- Project auditing and programme compliance
- Pre-Bid programme health check and critique
Interested in finding out how we could save time and money on your project? Get in touch below:
