Cost Engineering / Project Control

To control specific types of engineering project costs effectively, you may need to involve a Cost Engineer throughout, from concept to completion. Gleeds offers 40 years experience in this area - from planning and design through to construction, maintenance and decommissioning.

We are also able to provide:
• Experience controlling costs in  power station construction, and serving the nuclear generation and reprocessing industries.
• Expertise from the earliest feasibility stages, including value engineering, risk analysis and life-cycle costing.
• Expert advice on all aspects of contract procurement, including documentation preparation and issue.
• Independent financial audit, based on performance specification.
• Revolutionary techniques in term contract management and fully computerised plant  maintenance programmes.
• Recent experience in new and challenging areas of nuclear decommissioning.

Project Control
Gleeds recognise that in today’s marketplace of competing demands, project managers have a challenging position. The role that they undertake is complex and varies from managing cost,  project completion, timelines, ensuring health and safety as well as maintaining communications between all stakeholders.

The risk element is often managed on behalf of their clients, their own team and others involved in the process.

Using the project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) provides a robust basis for change management, performance management and control. Utilising the latest tools and techniques our service delivers factual information that facilitates data driven decision making and takes the ‘guess work’ out of project management. 

 A cost effective and efficient fit for business service Cost and cash-flow certainty benefit identification, tracking and management schedule certainty and performance management. Improved communications and information sharing enables data driven decision making.

Key specialisations include:
• Energy
• Utilities and Petrochemical
• Manufacturing
• Transport