Infrastructure Projects
Services
How can we help?
We are experts at identifying and managing commercial, finance, and cost risks on projects. We do this by developing and implementing cost assurance protocols on cost-based, open-book contracts or capex projects helping to minimise overspends and outturn risks on infrastructure projects. This involves training, designing standard controls, process, tools and templates. We carry out independent cost assurance and cost verification audits to validate the actual defined costs and agreed contract changes reimbursed over a project lifecycle versus the intended contract costs to minimise risks and surprises for the parties.
We fulfil the independent project/contract auditor role includes pre-audit diagnostics, facilitating cost records for legal compliance and contractual reporting on cost and open book accounting contracts. Our independent HR and payroll audits includes ESG audits such as carbon costs, pay-gap, gender balance audits and carbon benchmarking and ESG impact reporting.
Commercial Protocols & Training
We develop and deliver cost assurance protocols on cost-based or open-book contracts helping to minimise risks on infrastructure projects. This involves training, designing standard controls, process, tools and templates.
Cost Assurance & Cost Audits
We carry out independent cost assurance and cost verification audits to validate the actual defined costs and agreed contract changes reimbursed over a project lifecycle versus the intended contract costs. We ensure that commercial governance and financial controls are in place. This includes pre-audit diagnostics and implementing people, process, systems controls to minimise cost and profit risks.
Independent Project Audit & Open Book Accounting Team
This entails fulfilling the independent project/contract auditor role including pre-audit diagnostics and facilitating cost records for legal compliance and reporting on cost-based and open book accounting contracts.
Cost Systems, HR, Payroll, Carbon Cost & ESG Audits
We undertake independent HR and payroll cost audits. This includes ESG audits such as carbon costs, pay-gap, gender balance audits and carbon benchmarking and ESG impact reporting.
ESG Finance Training & Capex Business Case Appraisal
We help develop and implement capex strategy including investment business cases development and appraisal.
This includes ESG Finance workshops and training for upskilling staff and supply chain on ESG KPIs in decision making and implementing controls, tools and templates for ESG reporting.
Protocols & Training
We deliver case-study based training, ensuring that staff and suppliers are skilled in their roles, on projects and agile enough to respond efficiently to changes and risks as employees, staff, managers, suppliers, and custodians of public or private funds.
Cost Assurance & Cost Audits
We carry out independent cost assurance and cost verification audits to validate the accuracy between the intended contract costs, agreed contract changes signed by the parties versus actual BAU costs reimbursed over the project lifecycle. In this process we ensure that the commercial governance and financial controls are in place.
Independent Project Audit & Open Book Accounting Team
We undertake the role of independent project audit team and contract auditor. This includes carrying out pre-audit diagnostics and facilitating early engagement on required cost records, cost reports and financial controls for legal compliance and substantiation to build confidence on actual/defined costs on cost-based and open book accounting contracts.
Systems, Payroll, ESG & Carbon Cost Audits
We carry out independent cost assurance and audits to validate the accuracy between the intended contract costs, agreed contract changes signed by the parties versus actual BAU costs reimbursed over the project lifecycle. In this process we ensure that the commercial governance and financial controls are in place.
ESG Finance Training & Business Case Appraisal
We help develop investment business cases, undertake appraisals and support businesses in selecting an appropriate funding strategy. This involves implementing the capital expenditure strategy including investment business case development and appraisal. It also includes ESG finance training for upskilling staff and the supply chain on KPIs for decision making and implementing controls and tools for ESG benchmarking/reporting.
What we will do / What you will Get
Our services involve in-depth reviews and include:
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Cost assurance: capex people, process, systems protocols and controls
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Protocols: training, project and contracts standard process, tools, templates
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Independent cost audits: verification of actual/defined cost on cost/open book contracts
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Systems auditor: assurance of financial records, controls and cost systems integrity
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Pre-audit diagnostic: risk RAG status/ ownership on cost-based/open book contracts
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Independent contract auditor role: Accountability for internal project/contract auditor role
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Legal records: Robust records for legal compliance on cost/open book contracts
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Payroll audit: Independent HR, payroll carbon cost, pay-gap gender balance audit records
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Business case: Robust capex strategy and successful investment business case funding
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ESG Finance training: Upskilling staff/supply chain on ESG KPIs in finance decision making
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ESG protocols: Implementation of standard controls, tools and templates for ESG reporting
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Commercial Contracts: Examination and review of contract project and commercial controls
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Specialist Expertise: Advisory and links to a rich repository of contacts and project expertise
Read Our Testimonials
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"You ran the session very well. Your follow-up material was excellent. Well done". - S.B (Network Rail)
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"I really liked it. I have not quite seen anything like it. Well done". - G.B (Blake Newport)
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"Good session 10/10. I found it very useful and learned a lot. Glad I attended ". - C.M.Wood (Ideagen-Pentana Audit)
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