Possessions and permits
Access windows are scarce. The schedule should show what must be ready before each one, and what slips if it is missed.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Planning and Scheduling for Infrastructure
Infrastructure is planned around access that someone else controls: a possession, a road closure, a utility outage or a land handover.
Infrastructure
The critical path is often the access window
On rail, highway, water and power programmes, the crew cannot start just because the drawing is approved. Possessions, permits and third-party assets decide the window. A schedule that treats those as milestones with no duration misleads everyone.
We plan linear works, structures, systems and commissioning as one network, with possessions and outages as real activities. Interfaces with existing operators are coded so a missed window is visible the day it is missed, not at the next quarterly review.
Reporting is set for the client body that owns the asset: stage gates, earned value where it is required, and a narrative a non-planner can follow.
On the programme
What has to be got right
Third-party assets
Utilities, rail operators and highway authorities do not move at site pace. Their lead times belong in the logic.
Linear progress
Chainage and area progress need a measurement rule that matches how the work is actually done.
How we help
How EVM Solutions supports the team
Planning, scheduling and project controls from a Manchester-based consultancy, deployed to the programme rather than tied to a local office in every city.
Access-led baselines
Schedules built around possessions, outages and land, not around a generic construction template.
Interface schedules
A single view of what the operator, the designer and the contractor each owe.
Recovery options
If a window is lost, we re-sequence against the next real access, not against a wish.
Also in this section
Other sectors
Construction
Buildings and campuses, where trade sequence, access and sectional completion decide the finish date.
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Shell, long-lead electrical plant, MEP and phased commissioning for halls that must energise on a promised date.
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Power, renewables, networks and utilities, planned around outages, commissioning and regulatory dates.
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Brownfield shutdowns, long-lead equipment and commissioning on programmes where the asset stays live.
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Factories and process plants, where equipment installation and production ramp-up sit on the critical path.
Read the pageMarine
Ports, harbours and waterfront civils, planned around tide, weather and scarce marine plant.
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Public infrastructure and government programmes that need assurance, stage gates and reporting a non-planner can audit.
Read the pageFAQ
Questions we are often asked
Which infrastructure types do you cover?
Rail, highways, bridges, water, wastewater and utility networks are the usual programmes. The method is the same: plan the access, then the work.
Can you work with an existing client scheduling specification?
Yes. We follow the WBS, coding and update rules the client has already published.
Do you replace the client planner?
We can lead the planning work or support an in-house team. The schedule remains the programme record either way.