CPM integrity
Open ends, excessive lag, missing logic and hard constraints are cleaned before the reviewer finds them.
UNITED STATES
Project Controls USA
Project controls for United States programmes: CPM schedule integrity, earned value, period updates, change and reporting that survive owner review. EVM Solutions is a Manchester consultancy supporting US owners and contractors in Primavera P6.
Project controls USA
A US controls pack is a contract product, not a slide deck
American owners and construction managers often specify how the CPM schedule is coded, updated and narrated. Progress rules, calendars, constraints and the period report are part of the contract. If schedule, cost and change close on different weeks, the finish date becomes an argument instead of a reviewed forecast.
EVM Solutions provides project controls for US programmes from Manchester: baseline build and review, monthly updates, earned value that matches the live network, time impact analysis when the contract requires it, and a narrative that explains float movement in plain English. We work in the owner’s file and coding, not a parallel unofficial tracker.
State holidays, heat, storms, union calendars and multi-state labour patterns belong in the schedule as calendars and logic. A national default calendar that ignores Texas heat or New York logistics invents float the site never had.
Whether you need a specification-led controls setup, a DCMA-style health check where the contract asks for it, recovery after a slip, or period packs that directors will still open, the standard is the same: one data date, honest remaining duration, and a critical path you can walk.
On the programme
What we build into US project controls
State calendars
Holidays, weather seasons and shift patterns are explicit. A national default is not enough.
Consistent progress rules
Earned value and percent complete use the same measure every data date.
Specification narrative
The written account matches the file: critical path, calendar basis and what changed this period.
Time impact ready
Fragnets and delay logic sit in the approved network, not in a side spreadsheet.
Owner-ready packs
Path, float and the next decision gate first—volume second.
How we help
Project controls support for US programmes
Planning, scheduling and project controls from a Manchester-based consultancy, deployed to the programme rather than tied to a local office in every city.
Specification-led baselines
CPM schedules built to the owner coding, calendars and submission rules on that contract.
Period update cycle
Progress, remaining duration and float movement recorded so the narrative can be defended.
Earned value
SPI and CPI on the same data date as the schedule, with frozen progress rules.
Time impact analysis
Change and delay modelled in the approved network when the contract requires TIA.
Schedule health reviews
Logic, constraints, calendars and progress integrity checked before the next submission.
PMaaS for peak demand
Extra controls capacity for baseline, recovery or reporting peaks without a permanent US hire first.
States
United States project controls pages
Open a state for the controls pressures that show up there and how we support the delivery team.
New York
Logistics, union calendars and owner reporting for New York programmes that cannot hide float in a soft update.
Read the pageTexas
Heat calendars, long-lead equipment and multi-site controls for Texas data centre, industrial and energy programmes.
Read the pageCalifornia
Permitting interfaces, seismic and labour calendars, and owner CPM review for California programmes.
Read the pageFlorida
Storm calendars, seasonal labour and CPM reporting for Florida commercial and infrastructure programmes.
Read the pageIllinois
Winter calendars, urban interfaces and owner CPM reporting for Illinois and Chicago programmes.
Read the pageWashington
Wet-season calendars, data-centre commissioning and CPM reporting for Washington State programmes.
Read the pageKeep reading
Related planning pages
Planning and Scheduling USA
State planning pages focused on CPM baselines, updates and recovery.
Open pageNorth America
Wider North American view, including Canadian programmes.
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
USA project controls questions
Practical questions US owners and contractors ask before they instruct us.
Do you have a United States office?
No. EVM Solutions is based in Manchester, United Kingdom. We support US programmes with the project team, in the scheduling and reporting tools the contract requires.
How is this different from Planning and Scheduling USA?
Planning and Scheduling USA focuses on the CPM programme product and state markets. Project Controls USA covers the wider controls join: schedule, progress measurement, earned value, change, TIA and reporting on one data date.
Which states have pages?
New York, Texas, California, Florida, Illinois and Washington. Other states are covered by this national page and can be scoped the same way.
Do you follow DCMA or AACE guidance?
Where the specification calls for a 14-point assessment or an AACE recommended practice, we review against that standard. We do not invent a rejection test the contract has not asked for.
Can you work in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project?
Yes. P6 is usual for the integrated CPM schedule. Project is used where the contract or package manager requires it. Power BI is used for reporting extracts where that is the client standard.
Can you work alongside our US planner or controls team?
Yes. We can lead the controls cycle, or sit beside an in-house planner to repair the join between schedule, cost and the period report.