Who we work for
Owners, lenders and acquirers ask different questions about the same project. On any engagement I act for one party only, and I say so up front — so nobody is left wondering whose interest the report serves.
Sponsors taking a project from concept to operations who need senior delivery capability without building a permanent organisation to get it.
"Are we actually ready to pass this gate, and what will it cost us if we go anyway?"
Banks, export credit agencies, infrastructure funds and equity investors needing independent technical assurance before and after financial close.
"Is the cost and schedule we are underwriting the one this project will actually deliver?"
Buyers of projects and platforms in development, where the value sits in execution risk that a data room does not show.
"What are we inheriting, and what does it take to finish it?"
Choosing an adviser
Including me. They separate people who have delivered megaprojects from people who have studied them.
Have you been the single named person accountable for delivering a project of this size?
Have you signed a cost estimate that went to a board, and then had to deliver against it?
Have you taken a project through FID, or only reviewed one that already had?
Have you built a project management system from scratch and implemented it on a megaproject, or did you inherit one that was already running?
Have you run construction from site, or read reports about it?
Mine is yes to all five — on the projects listed under track record, with the role and dates against each one.
How we engage
Two to six weeks, fixed fee
A defined review with a written deliverable: due diligence report, gate readiness assessment, IE report or a second opinion on an estimate.
Three months and up, day rate or retainer
Working inside the project team in a named role — interim project director, PMO lead, execution readiness lead — with agreed outcomes.
Ongoing, monthly retainer
A standing call on senior judgement: gate reviews, monthly construction monitoring for lenders, or a sounding board for the client's project director.