General contractor business executing projects in oil and gas industry. Required general contract projects management tools.
Cases
Consultancy. Implementation of corporate project management system for general contractor
Baseline
Findings
- No clear distribution of cost estimates;
- Separated forms of to collect actual executed works data;
- No corporate norms database;
- Mistakes in preparation of quotation;
- No chain of financial efficiency tracking from quotation to project closure;
- Mistakes in planning of resources flow.
Solution
- Analyzed existing project management system including quotation calculation processes;
- Implemented general contract projects management processes including calculation of quotation;
- Trained Customer’s employees to use of Spider Project software;
- Developed construction works budgeting mechanism;
- Established project control department.
Outcomes
- Quotations calculated using resource method in accordance with corporate norms;
- Increased quotation accuracy, reduced risks of loss;
- Capabilities for operative control of project profitability;
- Centralized project management functions;
- Increased quality of construction manageability.