Capabilities of CMS Inc.
February 26, 2016
Experience
¤ 30 years corporate experience
¤ 250 years collect project experience
¤ Have had input to the majority of large capital projects in the area over the last 20 years in multiple industries ¤ Agrichemical
¤ Oil Refining
¤ Power Generation
¤ Pipelines
¤ Gaming/Public Facilities
Capabilities
Capability – as part of execution
¤ CMS Inc. is a full project services company for all phases of a project – feasibility to commissioning ¤ Estimating ¤ Cost engineering ¤ Cost control ¤ Planning ¤ Scheduling ¤ Field services
¤ Management ¤ Safety ¤ Procurement ¤ Contract management
Capability – as third party consultant
¤ CMS Inc. has been commissioned to: ¤ Recover failing projects
¤ Provide “cold-eyes” reviews of performance
¤ Provide independent forecast and status assessment
¤ Review contractor estimates
¤ Review project delivery processes
¤ Assess the feasibility from pilot to commercial plant.
So What?
¤ Every company you talk to can present the same capability; with the exception of being truly independent.
¤ So the only thing that matters to you are the results
¤ All projects with a poor estimate immediately fail.
¤ All projects with a poor project control process cost more and take longer than industry norms.
OUR RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
Estimating Accuracy
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Project Controls Index
Deficient Poor Fair Best
IPA Assessment
Industry Average
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IPA Re-Assessment
CMS Provided Project Control Leadership To Site Portfolio
CMS Provided The Project Control For Large Project Same Site
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The Facts Over Time
¤ Over a 5 year period of bring CMS Inc. in to provide leadership to the contractors project controls group initially. To having the Owner replace key members and the contractor walking away from the control responsibility. CMS Inc. working as the Owners project controls group accomplished the following ¤ Reduced the cost overruns on the authorized budget from
17% to 3% (we still have work to go in defining scope)
¤ Estimating confidence went from 33% of project being within +/- 10% to 93% being within +/- 10%.
¤ Schedule performance went from 1 in 5 being completed on time to 3 out of 4 on time.
CMS Inc.’s Distinctiveness
¤ CMS Inc. is the only independent project control company in the area.
¤ CMS Inc. has the highest ratio of certified staff.
¤ CMS Inc. doesn’t consider the project over until on-spec product is delivered to inventory.
¤ Proven track record of successful project delivery.
Estimating
Estimating
¤ From concept to check estimates.
¤ Estimates are within the industry standard range of accuracy.
¤ Estimates have been proven to have greater accuracy, and consistency.
¤ Estimating units are constantly reviewed using actual data.
¤ Estimators work as part of the Project Control Team.
Cost Control
¤ Works closely with the estimators.
¤ Utilizes all available data in forecasting final outcomes.
¤ Reviews contracting strategy to ensure status updates are efficient and effective.
¤ Are cost engineers and focus on the now and future, not accountants and focus on reporting history.
¤ Work closely with finance to ensure all reporting is compliant with the owners needs.
Planning
¤ Work closely with the rest of the Project Control Team to ensure alignment between cost and schedule.
¤ Initiate the overall project plan.
¤ Work with the project team to ensure buy-in to the plan.
¤ Ensure the plan is baselined and used as the basis for variance analysis.
¤ Analysis the changes to the schedule to determine the real impact on completion.
Bid Package Support
¤ CMS Inc.’s cost engineers ensure that a “scope-to-scope” comparison is being made.
¤ Utilizing the base estimate and change management tools the current budget is always representative of the current scope for an execution package.
¤ CMS Inc. works with procurement to analyze the discrepancies in pricing, ensuring that the package isn’t cash flow negative.
¤ CMS Inc. works with procurement to price the exceptions to the estimate.
Field Support
¤ CMS Inc. has provided the following field staff: ¤ Construction Manager
¤ Field Planner
¤ Contract administrator
¤ Safety supervisor
¤ Quantity Surveying