Contract-aligned programme
NEC accepted programmes and JCT programmes structured so submissions and updates match the contract.
UNITED KINGDOM
Project Controls UK
Project controls for United Kingdom programmes: planning, scheduling, earned value, change and reporting on one data date. Based in Manchester, EVM Solutions supports UK project teams with controls that survive the board room and the commercial meeting.
Project controls UK
UK programmes need controls that match the contract, not a parallel tracker
Project controls in the UK is not a dashboard hobby. Under NEC and JCT, the accepted programme, early warnings, compensation events and monthly reporting are part of how the job is run. If schedule, progress and cost close on different weeks, the public or board date becomes an argument instead of a fact.
EVM Solutions Ltd is based at Colony, 5 Piccadilly Place, Manchester. From there we provide project controls for programmes in London, the North, the Midlands, Scotland and the South West. The city pages below describe local delivery pressure. The method is national: one network, one data date, frozen progress rules, and a narrative a senior responsible owner can defend.
UK bank holidays, Christmas shutdowns, possessions, design releases and third-party interfaces belong in the schedule as logic. Hiding them as contingency produces float that disappears in the first holiday period or the first blocked access window.
Whether you need an integrated controls setup, a schedule health review, earned value that matches the live programme, recovery after a slip, or monthly packs that people actually use, the UK standard we apply is the same: comparable updates and honest remaining duration.
On the programme
What we build into UK project controls
UK calendars
Bank holidays, industry shutdowns and access rules sit as calendars, not soft contingency.
Consistent progress rules
Earned value and percent complete use the same measure every data date.
Walkable critical path
Soft constraints and open ends are cleaned so float means something in a board pack.
Scrutiny-ready narrative
What moved, why it moved, and what decision is required—written after the file calculates.
One view of the truth
Schedule, cost and change close together. Rival spreadsheets are retired, not multiplied.
How we help
Project controls support for UK 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.
Baseline and acceptance
A programme the client can accept, with coding, calendars and a narrative that stands up to review.
Monthly controls cycle
Progress, remaining duration, path movement and a pack led by the next decision gate.
Earned value
SPI and CPI on the same data date as the schedule, with rules that do not change mid-job.
Change and recovery
Instructed change kept visible; recovery only where the site can staff the sequence.
Schedule health reviews
Logic, float, constraints and progress integrity checked before the next report or commercial position.
PMaaS for peak demand
Extra controls capacity for a UK phase without forcing a permanent hire first.
Cities
UK city project controls pages
Open a city for the controls pressures that show up there and how we support the delivery team.
London
Logistics, interfaces and funder reporting for London programmes that cannot afford a soft finish date.
Read the pageManchester
Our home city. Project controls for Manchester and North West programmes from Piccadilly Place.
Read the pageBirmingham
Regeneration, commercial and infrastructure controls across Birmingham and the Midlands.
Read the pageLeeds
Commercial, healthcare and regeneration controls across Leeds and West Yorkshire.
Read the pageGlasgow
Regeneration, energy transition and commercial controls on Scottish calendars.
Read the pageBristol
Harbour regeneration, aerospace supply chain and city-access controls across Bristol and the South West.
Read the pageKeep reading
Related planning pages
Planning and Scheduling UK
City planning pages focused on baselines, updates and recovery programmes.
Open pageIndustries We Serve
How controls change for construction, infrastructure, data centres and government.
Open pageProject controls services
Integrated controls, reporting and decision packs.
Open pageEarned value management
SPI, CPI and progress rules that match the live network.
Open pagePlanning and scheduling services
Baselines, updates and recovery programmes.
Open pageFAQ
UK project controls questions
Practical questions clients ask before they instruct us.
Where are you based?
EVM Solutions is based in Manchester, at Colony, 5 Piccadilly Place. We support programmes across the UK from that base and on the project itself.
How is this different from Planning and Scheduling UK?
Planning and Scheduling UK focuses on the programme product and city markets. Project Controls UK covers the wider controls join: schedule, progress measurement, earned value, change and reporting on one data date.
Do you work under NEC and JCT?
Yes. The schedule, updates and narrative follow the programme obligations in the contract being used.
Which cities have their own pages?
London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and Bristol. Other UK locations are still covered by this national page.
Which tools do you use?
Most integrated programmes use Primavera P6. We also support Microsoft Project and Power BI where that is the client standard.
Can you work alongside our planner or QS?
Yes. We can lead controls, or sit beside an in-house planner and commercial team to repair the join between schedule, cost and reporting.