Vidotto Group has developed skills and earned a reputation for providing expert Project Controls services including:
• Capital and Operating Cost estimating
(including operations readiness & pre-production costs)
• Cost Engineering
• Planning and Scheduling
• Change Management
• Reporting
• Team building and mentoring
Services include Planning and Scheduling, Estimating, Cost Engineering, and Reporting. Each phase of a project is critical to the success of the subsequent phase and as such needs to be set up correctly with a well-defined Work Breakdown Structure and a common Study table of contents across each phase of the project or study.
STUDY PHASES
Vidotto Group can assist with estimating, planning and scheduling and cost engineering. We have found that a Change management program during study phases can assist the owner to understand the status of the study at all times. This avoids an owner getting a nasty surprise where the estimate and or schedule has blown out from expectations. The following services are recommended during the study phase:
• Study planning and coordination of study report
• Capital and Operating cost estimating
• Planning and Scheduling, including permits and approvals schedule
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Project Execution plans
• Change management
• Risk analysis
• Cost control of services costs
• Scope definition and contracting plans
• Study management
• Project Readiness plans
EXECUTION PHASES
During Project execution, Vidotto Group personnel can assist the owner with project controls management of the project, right through the commissioning and handover phase. Again a well-structured Change management program will assist the owner. The following services are recommended during the project execution phase:
• Planning and Scheduling
• Cost Engineering
• Bid pricing schedules and bid evaluations
• Change management, including scope control
• Contingency management
• Cost estimates and reviews
• Systems reviews
• Reporting
• Risk management
• Processes, procedures and work instructions