Who owns the date
The schedule shows which company owns each milestone. Shared dates without an owner become arguments.
CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
Planning and Scheduling for Construction Companies
Planning and scheduling written for the way construction companies actually use a programme. Pick the type of firm below. The sector view of construction sits on its own page.
Construction companies
A main contractor, a developer and a trade firm do not share one planning problem
Construction companies buy planning support for different decisions. A main contractor needs an integrated schedule and a look-ahead the packages will follow. A developer needs stage gates and a date that still means something when the design is only half procured. A specialist subcontractor needs a short, constraint-led plan that protects its own critical path inside someone else's master.
The pages below are written for those firms. The construction industry page describes buildings as a sector. These pages describe the company. A business can need both: the sector page for how a building is sequenced, and the company page for how that firm should run the programme.
EVM Solutions is a project controls consultancy based in Manchester. We are not a contractor. We build, review and report the schedule the construction company is accountable for, under NEC, JCT, FIDIC or a US CPM specification.
On the programme
What we refuse to blur
Master and look-ahead
The three-week plan has to trace back to the master. If it does not, the site and the report will disagree.
Contract record
Updates are kept so a later delay analysis has something better than memory and a photo folder.
How we help
How we work with construction companies
Planning, scheduling and project controls from a Manchester-based consultancy, deployed to the programme rather than tied to a local office in every city.
Baselines they can submit
Programmes structured for the contract, at a level the project team will maintain.
Update discipline
A monthly cycle with remaining durations, progress and a narrative.
Independent review
A second pair of eyes before a client rejects the programme, or before a claim is built on a weak file.
Company types
Pages for each type of construction company
Open the page that matches the firm. Each one describes the planning product that firm actually needs.
Main Contractors
Integrated baselines, package interfaces and look-aheads a main contractor can submit and maintain.
Read the pageSpecialist Subcontractors
Constraint-led programmes for specialists whose dates sit inside someone else's master schedule.
Read the pageDevelopers
Stage gates from land and design through construction, for developers who need a date they can fund.
Read the pageCivil Engineering
Linear works, possessions and utility interfaces for civil engineering contractors.
Read the pageMEP Contractors
Design release, long-lead plant, area installation and commissioning for MEP contractors.
Read the pageFit-Out Contractors
Sectional access, tenant changes and handover inspections for fit-out contractors.
Read the pageFAQ
Questions from construction companies
Are you a construction company?
No. EVM Solutions is a planning and project controls consultancy. Contractors, developers and specialists appoint us to run or review the schedule.
Which company types have pages?
Main contractors, specialist subcontractors, developers, civil engineering contractors, MEP contractors and fit-out contractors.
Can you work inside our existing P6 file?
Yes. We would rather repair a live schedule than start a rival one, unless the file is beyond recovery.
Do you cover only the UK?
No. Construction companies appoint us on UK, US, UAE and international programmes. The place pages describe the local constraints.