The schedule has failed and no new date is credible
The project has been rebaselined several times and nobody believes the next date.
Advisory & Project Recovery B3
Project recovery: bringing the project back under management
A project in crisis loses more than time: it loses controllability. Data conflicts, contractual positions weaken, participants move to defend themselves. We rebuild the facts, the completion plan and the management structure.
How it is bought
- Format
- Fixed-price express product
- Fee
- Fixed price per deliverable package
- Who it is for
- Investors and lenders — before a deal, or when a project is in doubt
- Projects
- 2 projects
We reply within 1 business day. A commercial proposal follows within 5 business days of the scoping meeting.
In substance
What Project Recovery is
Recovery differs from audit by action: an audit diagnoses, recovery takes the project under management. The first two to three weeks establish the factual position — without it any completion plan is fiction. Legal support is provided by First in Law.
When you need this service
The budget is exhausted and the asset is unfinished
Funding is spent while the remaining scope and cost to complete are undefined.
Contractors are stopping work
Mutual claims, suspensions and the threat of demobilisation.
The data contradicts itself
Quantities, payments and contract status differ between participants.
A dispute or termination is being prepared
Facts and quantities must be recorded in a form usable for claims and litigation.
What we do
Establish the factual position
Inventory of executed quantities, payments, delivered equipment, contract status and documentation — one agreed reference point.
Recovery schedule and cost to complete
A realistic completion schedule built from actual status, with the cost of completion calculated.
Management reset
Procedures, reporting, change control and project controls introduced; contract package structure revised where needed.
Claims
With First in Law we build and defend the owner's position: justification, quantification and evidence.
Site stabilisation
Contractor coordination restored, critical-path works prioritised, blocking constraints removed.
Deliverables
Deliverables
The specific documents, reports and management products that remain with the client.
- Factual status baseline report
- Inventory of executed quantities and payments
- Recovery completion schedule (Primavera P6)
- Completion budget and Cost to Complete
- Management reset plan and procedures
- Claim submissions and evidence base
- Monthly recovery progress reporting
Client outcomes
One reference point
All participants begin working from the same recorded set of facts.
A completion plan that holds
The schedule is built from actual status rather than a desired date, so it can be defended to lenders and shareholders.
A protected position in disputes
Facts and quantities are recorded in a form fit for claims and proceedings.
Controllability restored
Procedures, reporting and coordination function rather than exist on paper.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Not answered here? Write to us and we will respond on your case.
An audit is diagnosis: an opinion, a forecast and a roadmap in 3–5 weeks. Recovery is management: we take the project on and answer for driving it to completion. In practice recovery almost always begins with an accelerated audit as its first phase.
Factual status baseline in 2–4 weeks. Recovery schedule and completion budget in 4–8 weeks from start, depending on scale and data quality. Site stabilisation runs in parallel from the first weeks.
Usually yes, and usually that is preferable: replacing a contractor mid-project costs time and money. The decision follows an assessment of their actual capacity to finish and of the contractual position.
Yes. In those cases correct recording of quantities and facts matters most. First in Law handles the legal work; INVECON builds the technical evidence base.
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Shall we discuss your project?
Tell us about the asset and the current stage — we will propose a working format and team composition. A commercial proposal follows within five business days of the meeting.
We reply within 1 business day. A commercial proposal follows within 5 business days of the scoping meeting.