Project Management

pitt&sherry provides a comprehensive range of consultancy services covering various aspects of project management and delivery including:

Project management

Business case development
Strategic planning including scoping, project schedule / milestones, resourcing, budgeting, and risk analysis
Requirements definition and management
Scope definition and management
Risk management and workshops
Preparing project briefs
Stakeholder identification, engagement and ongoing management
Agreeing scope Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Developing and implementing Management Plans, which may form stand-alone documents or a consolidated document. Examples include:
- Project Management Plan
- Quality Management Plan
- Risk Management Plan
- Communications Management Plan
- Stakeholder Management Plan
- Information Management Plan
- Health and Safety Management Plan
Scope baseline including cost and schedule baselines
Project reporting, including project status dashboards and more detailed progress reports depending on the project requirements
Quality assurance, including monitoring quality control documentation such as Inspection Test Plans (ITPs) – refer also construction assurance capabilities below
Facilitating project meetings and workshops
Managing multi-disciplinary teams, including mentoring and developing team members
Conflict management and negotiation
Project close-out, including lessons learned workshops and reporting against project objectives.

Commercial management

Developing and implementing a procurement strategy
Managing the tender process including:
- Preparing tender documentation
- Agreeing tender assessment criteria
- Ensuring client procurement process is followed
- Responding to tender queries
- Assessment of tender submissions
Contract negotiation
Contract execution
Contract management during project delivery, at various stages of the project lifecycle (design, construction, and maintenance).

Construction assurance & superintendency

Review of construction documentation submitted by the Contractor(s)
Facilitating kick-off and progress meetings
Monitoring progress and general site matters
Non-conformance / defects management
Management of communications and project information, including an escalation procedure and delegated authority of decision making
Contract administration, including:
- Assessment and validation of variations and time claims
- Cost monitoring and control
- Validating progress claims
- Providing completion certification
- Ensuring all parties meet their contractual obligations
Technical Advisor and Peer Review services.

Project controls management

Project planning and schedule management
Cost control
Document control
Information management
Performance management
Developing tools and processes appropriate to the needs of the project
Data analysis and reporting to a level of detail commensurate with the project requirements, enabling effective and efficient project decision making.