Holiday calendars
August shutdowns, national days and long weekends move float. They need their own calendars, especially where fabrication and site are in different countries.
EUROPE
Project Controls in Europe
European programmes often split design, fabrication and site work across several countries. The schedule has to show that split without losing the critical path.
Europe
Planning work that crosses European borders
A European project can be consented in one country, fabricated in another and assembled in a third. Public holidays, language of the report and the form of contract all change. If those differences sit outside the schedule, the monthly update becomes a negotiation.
We plan that work as one network. Design packages, notices under FIDIC or NEC, transport, installation and commissioning stay linked. The United Kingdom is covered in more detail on the Planning and Scheduling UK page, because the contract practice and the city markets there need their own treatment.
Clients use these schedules for board reporting, contractor coordination and, when dates move, for a clear record of cause and effect. The aim is a programme the Munich office and the site team can both update.
Typical European work includes commercial buildings, life sciences, energy, rail-adjacent infrastructure and industrial plant. The common failure mode is the same: each country team protects its own float until the integrated finish date is already lost.
On the programme
Planning issues we see on European programmes
Contract notices
FIDIC and NEC both expect early warning and notice. The schedule should make those dates visible, not leave them in a commercial tracker nobody reads.
Design across offices
Architectural, structural and MEP design often sit in different cities. Interface milestones stop one office assuming another has finished.
Multi-language reporting
The board may want English while the site reports locally. Coding and a clear narrative keep both audiences on the same dates.
How we help
Support for European delivery teams
Planning, scheduling and project controls from a Manchester-based consultancy, deployed to the programme rather than tied to a local office in every city.
Integrated baseline
A single schedule from design through commissioning, coded so each country can filter its own work.
Comparable updates
One data date and one remaining-duration rule, so progress from each office can be read together.
Delay records
A logic-based account of slippage that commercial teams can use when notices are served.
Recovery planning
When a border-crossing package is late, we re-sequence the network rather than adding hope to the finish date.
Also in this section
Other project controls locations
North America
CPM specifications, multi-state calendars and programmes that report in both the United States and Canada.
Read the pageMiddle East
Heat, Ramadan productivity and fast-track Gulf programmes planned under FIDIC, with the UAE covered in its own section.
Read the pageAsia Pacific
Long supply chains, multi-country fabrication and programmes that still report to a UK, US or Gulf client.
Read the pageAfrica
Infrastructure, energy and industrial programmes where logistics, seasonality and funder reporting shape the schedule.
Read the pageAustralia
Infrastructure, resources and building programmes planned around distance, weather and multi-state delivery.
Read the pageCanada
Winter calendars, provincial holidays and cross-border supply planned into a CPM network that still reports cleanly.
Read the pageSaudi Arabia
Large multi-package programmes planned around heat, approvals and fast-track design-to-site overlap.
Read the pageSingapore
Dense urban sites, strict interfaces and programmes that often report to regional or global sponsors.
Read the pageKeep reading
Related planning pages
Planning and Scheduling UK
City-level planning support across the United Kingdom, including London and Manchester.
Open pagePlanning and Scheduling USA
CPM planning for programmes in the United States, from New York to California.
Open pagePlanning and Scheduling UAE
Planning for Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the wider United Arab Emirates.
Open pageIndustries We Serve
How planning changes for construction, infrastructure, data centres and other sectors.
Open pageFAQ
Europe planning questions
Does this page cover the United Kingdom?
This page covers continental European and cross-border programmes. Planning for London, Manchester and other UK cities is on the Planning and Scheduling UK page.
Can you work with both NEC and FIDIC programmes?
Yes. The schedule structure follows the contract the project is using, including programme submissions, accepted programmes and notice periods.
Do you need a local European office to do this work?
No. We are based in Manchester and work with the project team in the tools they already use.
Which industries do you support in Europe?
Construction, infrastructure, energy, industrial and digital infrastructure programmes are the usual context. Sector detail sits under Industries We Serve.