Project Management
Project Management & Owner's Support
Azure Technical can provide project management and owner's-side support through various stages of project development and execution. Depending on the needs of the project, our involvement may include scope development, coordination of engineering and construction activities, procurement and contracting support, stakeholder coordination, risk management, change management, and support through construction and commissioning. Our experience includes both greenfield and brownfield industrial and mining projects, working from early project development through execution and operational handover.
Project Planning & Schedule Management
We can support the development and ongoing management of project execution plans, schedules, milestones, and work priorities. This may include establishing integrated engineering, procurement and construction schedules; identifying schedule constraints and interfaces; monitoring progress; and supporting recovery or mitigation planning where work begins to deviate from plan. Particular consideration can be given to brownfield projects where construction activities need to be coordinated around operating facilities, maintenance requirements, shutdowns, and production constraints.
Cost Control, Forecasting & Project Reporting
Azure Technical can assist clients with practical project cost control, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting appropriate to the size and complexity of the project. Services may include development and maintenance of project budgets, commitments and expenditure tracking, forecasting, change tracking, cost-to-complete assessments, and integration of cost information with engineering, procurement and construction progress. Our approach is intended to provide project teams with useful information for decision-making rather than reporting for its own sake.
Procurement, Contracts & Change Management
We can support the commercial and administrative aspects of project delivery, including procurement planning, preparation of scopes and RFP documentation, bid evaluation, contract development and negotiation support, contractor coordination, and management of project changes. Drawing on experience from both owner's and contractor/design-build environments, Azure can assist in developing procurement and contracting approaches that consider project risk, constructability, schedule requirements, commercial constraints, and the practical realities of execution.
Project Risk, Mitigation & Decision Support
Azure Technical can help establish fit-for-purpose project controls that bring together scope, cost, schedule, risk and change information to support project decisions. Depending on the assignment, this may include risk identification and tracking, project-control procedures, forecasting, progress measurement, management dashboards, documentation systems, option and trade-off evaluation, and support for capital planning and governance. The objective is generally to provide the level of control appropriate to the project, while keeping systems practical enough to remain useful to the people responsible for delivering the work.