Expertise · 06

Engineering & Infrastructure

A major project is won at scoping and lost at the interfaces.

01Executive summary

Major infrastructure projects combine technical, contractual, financial and human risks. Overruns rarely stem from a single issue.

Our engineering and project-control teams work from design to delivery, with particular attention to interfaces between packages, parties and decisions.

02What we solve

The situations that bring us in.

01Designs insufficiently consolidated before commitment
02Cost and schedule overruns on site
03Difficult coordination between owner and contractors
04Investment programmes without consolidated steering

03Where we create value

Six levers we work on.

01
Design & engineering
02
Owner's engineering
03
Major project steering
04
Cost and schedule control
05
Project risk management
06
Capital programmes

04How we work

ESA Execution Framework

Every engagement follows the same four phases, each with an expected decision.

Our approach

Diagnose

Establish the facts

Design

Design the trajectory

Deliver

Execute and steer

Embed

Embed the value

Decision

Where to focus effort, and what we choose not to do.

Arbitrate target, sequencing and resources.

Trade-offs on priorities, risks and escalation.

Handover of accountabilities and target run model.

Deliverables

Fact base, issue map, value hypotheses.

Target operating model, roadmap, business case.

Transformation office, executive reporting, recovery plans.

Skills transfer, performance routines, dashboards.

01 · Diagnose
Establish the facts
Decision
Where to focus effort, and what we choose not to do.
Deliverables
Fact base, issue map, value hypotheses.
02 · Design
Design the trajectory
Decision
Arbitrate target, sequencing and resources.
Deliverables
Target operating model, roadmap, business case.
03 · Deliver
Execute and steer
Decision
Trade-offs on priorities, risks and escalation.
Deliverables
Transformation office, executive reporting, recovery plans.
04 · Embed
Embed the value
Decision
Handover of accountabilities and target run model.
Deliverables
Skills transfer, performance routines, dashboards.

05Capabilities

The practice's capabilities.

Design Office: Technical studies, design and structural verification.
Construction: Works supervision, quality, safety and handover.
Construction & Major Projects: Major-project PMO, scheduling, cost and risk control.

Main industries: Industry & Infrastructure · Energy & Utilities · Transport & Logistics · Public Sector

06Insights

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