Who we work for
Owners, lenders and acquirers ask different questions about the same project. I have answered all three from the delivery seat — the lender's independent review, the partner's due diligence, the board paper behind an FID — so I know what each of them actually needs to see.
Sponsors taking a project from concept to operations who need senior delivery capability without building a permanent organization to get it.
"Are we actually ready to pass this gate, or are we about to pay for it later?"
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 carried the responsibility for every worker on site going home safely to their family — with a record that stands up? Mine is 24 million work hours without a lost-time injury.
Have you prepared a project for FID and then lived the day-to-day grind of delivering against what you promised?
Have you been the company’s representative on a multi-billion-dollar EPC contract, solely accountable for managing it through execution — or one of the people helping to manage it?
Have you built a project management system fit for the project in front of you and implemented it, or inherited one that was never tailored to it?
Have you run construction from site, or read reports about it?
Have you worked every phase, so a lesson from commissioning changes how you shape the FEED?
Mine is yes to all seven — 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 judgment: gate reviews, monthly construction monitoring for lenders, or a sounding board for the client's project director.