SERVICES
Project planning and project controls services
Project planning services for contractors on NEC, JCT and FIDIC work, with programmes in Primavera P6, MS Project or Asta. Each service is scoped to the job, checked by an NEC Accredited Project Manager before issue and priced in writing before any chargeable work.
CLIENT FEEDBACK
Client feedback on NEC programmes and P6 reporting
NEC Planning Solutions ran our P6 progress updates and dashboards through to commissioning. Accurate, on time, and it gave our team and the client what they needed. Well supported throughout, so it never added load to us.
Charlie Brierton
Project Manager, Studley Engineering
NEC Planning Solutions stepped in at very short notice when we needed support with our programme and quickly turned it into a fully linked, logic-driven critical path programme. From the outset, they took the time to understand the project and worked closely with us to ensure the programme reflected the realities on site. Since then, they've continued to support us through a number of revisions and have played an important role in helping us present and support our extension of time position. What has stood out most is their responsiveness, practical approach, and ability to explain complex planning issues in a straightforward way. They have been a pleasure to work with throughout: professional, knowledgeable, commercially aware, and always willing to go the extra mile when required. Their support has given us confidence in our programme and claims position, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.
Roger Hills
Director and Contract Manager, JWA Shopfitting Solutions Ltd
CASE STUDIES
NEC, JCT and FIDIC case studies
Each case study sets out the contract, the challenge and the outcome.
WHY THIS MATTERS
Where a programme makes or loses money
Four moments decide it.
Win the work
A credible tender programme helps win the bid and becomes a baseline you can deliver.
Protect the margin
Compensation events assessed on the programme, so the entitlement is defensible.
Keep control
A programme kept current every month, so delays show while there is still time to act.
Stand up under audit
A clean evidence trail at acceptance, in assessment and in dispute.
Applied in practice across the full lifecycle. Tender, baseline, live reporting, change control and recovery delivered on a £50M+ NEC3 gas infrastructure package, a £20M carbon capture facility, a £10M grain processing shutdown and a £5M chemical processing shutdown. See project case studies
WHAT CLIENTS RECEIVE
Real project controls outputs
Anonymised extracts from live jobs. Full examples are shared privately during scoping, where confidentiality allows.
Project controls programme report
The month's position: planned Completion, Key Dates, what moved them and what is needed from others.
Baseline programme
Logic-linked in P6, MS Project or Asta, with the critical path shown.
Live reporting dashboard
Progress, S-curves, variance commentary and management reporting.
Four-week lookahead
The next four weeks from the live programme, by area and trade, for the site team.
Obstacle tracker
Open obstacles with owners, target dates and the activities they hold up.
Programme submissions log
Every programme submitted for acceptance, the reply due under clause 31.3 and the Project Manager's response.
HOW TO START
Four ways to start
Most engagements start with a single deliverable, then move to a monthly cycle. Scope and fee are confirmed in writing before billing.
Programme review
A confidential review of an existing programme: logic, critical path, baseline status and contract fit, with written findings for a fixed fee.
WHEN THIS FITS
Before you submit, accept or revise a programme.
Single deliverable
One defined output for a fixed scope and fee: a tender programme, a clause 31 submission, a compensation event assessment or a recovery plan.
WHEN THIS FITS
You need one output by a set date.
Monthly retainer
A monthly programme update and progress call, to a fixed calendar. Lookaheads, reports and dashboards are added as the scope grows. From £1,400 a month + VAT
WHEN THIS FITS
You need continuity through delivery without an in-house hire.
Multi-project support
Planning capacity across several projects or a framework, to one reporting standard, with every output reviewed before issue.
WHEN THIS FITS
You run a framework or a portfolio and need planning capacity you can rely on.
WHY TEAMS CHOOSE US
A specialist NEC planning consultancy with senior review on every output
Reviewed before issue
Every programme, report and assessment gets a senior review by an NEC Accredited Project Manager before it goes out.
Scales with the project
From a single clause 31 submission to a multi-project framework, to the same planning and reporting standard.
Clear commercial terms
Scope, deliverables and fee agreed in writing before work begins. Any minimum period is agreed up front.
SOCIAL VALUE
Fill a planning role.
Deliver the jobs and skills you promised.
From January 2027, central government tenders from £1m weight social value at 10 per cent or more, with jobs and skills at the centre. A permanent planning job is a commitment you can deliver and prove.
STAGE 01
Write the commitment
Each commitment names the role, the target, the date and the record, written to the buyer's criteria.
STAGE 02
Fill the role
A qualified engineer facing barriers to work joins your team. You employ them and we review everything they issue in their first year.
STAGE 03
Evidence and report
Contracts, pay, training and progression are recorded as the work happens, ready for each KPI assessment.
SECTORS
Sectors we work in
Experience across energy, utilities, infrastructure, process and specialist construction.
Focus for new work: carbon capture, hydrogen and AMP8.
Power & Renewables
Generation · Grid
Oil & Gas
Upstream · Downstream
Carbon Capture
CCUS
Data Centres
Hyperscale · Colo
Water & Utilities
AMP · Framework
Transportation
Rail · Aviation
Industrial
Process · Chemical · Food
PRACTICAL ADVICE
NEC programme guides
CLAUSE 31
NEC Clause 31 Programme Acceptance: The Complete Guide
The nine requirements of Clause 31.2, what reasons for non-acceptance look like in practice and how to structure submissions to clear them.
NEC Delay Analysis & Extension of Time: The Complete Guide
Time-impact methodology under NEC3 and NEC4, what survives cross-examination and how the live programme should drive entitlement.
PRIMAVERA P6
Primavera P6 for NEC Programmes: The Complete Guide
Calendars, codes, layouts and reporting setup that make P6 programmes Clause 31/32 ready, on every cycle.