Services - Project Controls

The Project Controls group is responsible for estimating, scheduling, progress measurement and project reports for Commonwealth's projects.

Estimating:

• Planning estimates
  • Capital and home office estimates
  • +/- 50% conceptual & study estimates
  • Capacity & major equipment factored, and /or Kbase
     
•  Identification estimates
  • Capital and home office
  • +/- 25% to +/- 40% study & engineering funding
  • KBase with major equipment lists and plot plans
     
• Definitive estimates  
  • Capital Estimates
  • +/- 10% to +/- 20% project funding
  • Kbase with BEP or better data

Full service estimating is provided in house, or through Commonwealth managing a specialty estimating subcontractor, depending on project size, phase and timing.  Estimates are developed to fit the quality of scope.

Scheduling:

• Level 1 Master Program Schedule (MPS)
  • Primavera Project Planner and/or Microsoft Project
  • Project milestones
  • Overall project timing
  • Summary engineering activities by discipline
     
• Level 2 Project Schedule
  • Show relationships between functions
  • Start the monitor progress activity
  • Demonstrate understanding of scope
     
• Level 3 Project Execution Schedule (PES)
  • Fully integrated engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning/startup activities
  • Milestones, reviews, and major project activities
  • Incorporate unit/plant shutdowns
  • Critical Path Method (CPM) used to develop Level 3.
  • Resource loaded
  • Logic driven
  • Critical path analysis
  • Flexible WBS Coding
  • Planned progress curves & staffing

Progress Measurement:

• Earned value based physical progress measurement
• Productivity reporting
• Physical progress curves & forecast staffing

A senior scheduler/planner is assigned to all projects as the “Project Controls Lead” to work with client and Commonwealth project management to ensure that project milestones are achieved, and progress is measured in accordance to engineering phase and deliverables.

Cost management:

• Conceptual cash flows
• Proposed cost breakdown structure
• Monthly cost reporting
• Change procedures, logs and reporting
• Cash flows indicating baseline, revised, actual and forecast for spending, commitments, and cancellation