Project Controls

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GEMS’ team is innovative, and our technology tools provide complete and comprehensive project control services from project initiation through project close-out to ensure projects are delivered within budget, schedule, and risk expectations. We provide accurate and timely information, data analysis, and recommendations to assist project management in decision making and positively influencing the schedule and cost outcomes of projects, as well as regulatory, quality and safety standards. Our seasoned professionals scale the project controls solution to match our client's needs, providing consistent results whether we are augmenting an existing client team on a multi-billion dollars program, or providing a turnkey project control solution for an individual project. 

We believe that project controls provide a meticulous approach to managing risk. By preemptively identifying risks, monitoring risk continuously, and developing contingency plans to address and mitigate issues, it becomes possible to reduce impact on budget and schedule. It also helps prevent some risks from happening in the future.

Our qualified project controls team specialize in setting up easy-to-use dashboards to report on a project’s health, status, and salient trends. By providing the client and the team with rich data at their fingertips, the focus can shift from report generation to critical-thinking tasks, where interpretation of information evolving into action can take place. Our approach generally consists of:

1. Planning: Development of performance (cost, schedule, productivity, etc.) baselines

2. Measurement: Quantifying, forecasting, and tracking of project performance metrics

3. Comparison: Quantifying variances between the plan and periodic project performance

4. Recommendations: Determining appropriate corrective actions (if necessary)

This approach contributes to increased efficiency, decrease in delays and cost overruns, and fewer claims and costly litigation.

Our Project Controls Services Include: 

  Project Planning and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Development

Configuration and Change Management

Schedule Development, Oversight, Analysis, and Reporting

Cost Estimating and Analysis, Budget Development

Document Control

Earned Value Analysis, Progress Measurement and Performance Management 

Resource Management 

Web-Based Project Health Dashboards and Management Reporting

Risk Management and Analysis

Claims Management and Avoidance Support

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Development