Independent interrogation of the programme and the numbers — as a standalone overlay on your existing team, or inside a full delivery engagement. Based in Melbourne, working Australia-wide.
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Programmes
Every revision read
Reporting
Board-ready
Engagement
Standalone or bundled
The Problem
The programme you were given is a commercial document
It shows what the contractor wants shown
Float is placed where it protects their position. Durations reflect a resourcing assumption that may or may not hold.
By the time the date moves, it is expensive
A changed completion date in a monthly report is the last signal, not the first. The earlier ones were in the programme.
You usually have no other view
Which is why an independent reading of the same document changes the conversation more than another report does.
That is not necessarily dishonest. It is what happens when the party being measured produces the measurement.
Logic and float
Where the float actually sits, who benefits from it sitting there, and whether it is being consumed while the reported date holds steady.
Links checked for type, direction and missing activities
Lags interrogated for hidden scope
Total float mapped against activities that can genuinely absorb delay
Float consumption tracked between revisions
Durations and critical path
Optimistic durations are the most common single cause of programme failure, and the easiest thing to catch early.
Durations tested against quantities and resourcing assumptions
Critical path credibility assessed each revision
Movement between revisions flagged with the line that moved
Commissioning and shutdown windows checked against the services scope
Constraints and contract dates
A programme that does not contain the constraints is not a programme, it is a wish list.
Access dates, separable portions and practical completion checked against the contract
After-hours restrictions, hoisting windows and base-build shutdowns
Authority approvals and long-lead procurement durations
Progress claimed reconciled against progress achieved
Cost assurance
Committed versus forecast versus actual, tracked so the difference between not spent and not committed stays visible.
Variance explained rather than displayed
Variation exposure including what has not been claimed yet
Contingency drawdown against the risk register, as a trend
Cashflow forecast against the programme, updated when it moves
What Soft Float Looks Like
The signals are specific, and they repeat
Float on activities that cannot absorb delay
Total float shown against work that is sequence-locked or access-constrained.
Simultaneous trades in a single area
Sequences that assume access the site will not permit.
Long-lead items priced on instant approval
Procurement durations that leave no time for the approval they depend on.
No float to practical completion
Which means the first delay is a claim rather than an absorption.
Reporting
Written for the people who make the decision
Construction reporting is written for construction people
Boards, finance directors and property committees need something else, and usually get a longer version of the same thing.
What changed, what it costs, what the options are
Plus what happens if nothing is decided this month, and what we recommend.
Detail sits behind it
For anyone who wants it. One page that says something beats twelve that say nothing.
Every revision read on receipt
Not monthly. Changes between revisions are flagged with the specific line that moved and a plain-English risk note.
Engagement
You do not have to hand us the project
Works as an overlay
Your project manager keeps running the project. We interrogate the programme and the numbers independently and report to you.
Suits internal delivery teams
For clients with their own capability who want an external check rather than a replacement.
A low-friction way to start
It is also the easiest way to work with us before deciding on anything larger.
Quoted per scope
Against project value, duration and reporting frequency. Bundled into delivery engagements at no separate charge.
Melbourne
Melbourne conditions, tested in the logic
Constraints that are real here
Out-of-hours approvals, CBD access windows, heritage conditions and authority hold points belong in the programme logic. Their absence is usually the first red flag.
Market-rate scrutiny
Cost plans and trade lettings tested against current Melbourne pricing, not benchmarks from a calmer market. Working in Melbourne →