Project Services & PMO
Proposals, feasibility studies, owner's-engineer representation and full PMO support — the meticulous planning that decides whether a project succeeds long before the first spade hits the ground.
The problem we solve
Most projects don't fail during construction — they fail in the decisions made before it: an over-optimistic feasibility case, a scope that was never properly defined, a contractor left unchecked, risks nobody owned. By the time the problems surface on site, they're expensive.
NPM exists to protect owners from exactly that. We bring the foresight of four decades of delivery to the front end of your project, and we stay to make sure what gets built is what you actually asked for.
"If the conditions on both sides be known, I can foretell a victor." — Sun Tzu. Meticulous planning is the source of every successful outcome; we use hindsight to foresee problems and mitigate them early.
What we do
We can act on a single project or embed as your project-management office (PMO) across a portfolio.
- Feasibility studies & options analysis
- Technical & commercial proposals
- Owner's-engineer representation
- Project planning & scheduling
- Budgeting & cost control
- Procurement & contract strategy
- Risk identification & mitigation
- PMO set-up & governance
- Progress monitoring & reporting
- Close-out & handover
Feasibility studies
Before capital is committed, a good feasibility study answers the hard questions honestly: is this technically sound, commercially viable and deliverable in the real world? We assess the options, size the cost and risk, and give you a defensible basis to decide — not a document written to tell you what you hoped to hear.
Owner's engineer
As owner's engineer we are an extension of your team, protecting your interest across the whole lifecycle: reviewing designs, scrutinising contractor claims, verifying quality and keeping the work aligned to the brief and the budget.
Environmental & compliance consultancy
Drawing on years of work on major Gulf projects, we prepare the environmental and social documentation that keeps a project on the right side of its regulators — including the plans required on giga-scale developments.
- Construction Environmental & Social Management Plans (CESMP)
- Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)
- Air-quality & noise monitoring plans
- Waste & hazardous-material management plans
- Traffic management plans
- Environmental training & auditing
New to these? Start with our explainer: What is a CESMP?
How we work
- UnderstandWe learn your objective, constraints and appetite for risk before proposing anything.
- AnalyseOptions, feasibility, cost and risk — assessed with the judgement of people who have delivered the real thing.
- PlanA clear, deliverable plan with owned risks, a realistic schedule and a governance structure.
- OverseeWe monitor delivery, verify quality and keep the project honest through to close-out.
Why NPM
We've been on every side of a project — owner, contractor, operator and engineer. That perspective is why our feasibility cases hold up, our proposals win, and our owner's-engineer work catches the things others miss. And because we're senior and lean, the person advising you is the person who's actually done it before.
Planning a project?
Bring us in early. A feasibility study or a scoping call is the cheapest insurance a project can buy.