Independent capital project advisory · Dubai
Independent reviews, benchmarks, and contract support for owners, contractors, and investors in major capital projects, so you commit with evidence rather than hope.
The cost of getting it wrong
Of large projects ran over budget, over schedule, or both
Came in on budget and on time
Came in on budget, on time, and with the benefits promised
Source: Flyvbjerg and Gardner, How Big Things Get Done, 2023, based on more than 16,000 large projects
The cheapest time to close these gaps is before you commit. That is where we work.
Who we work with
You need confidence at each gate: that the scope is defined, the targets are realistic, and the team can deliver before you commit capital.
Is this project ready for final investment?Readiness Review →
Are our cost and schedule targets realistic?Benchmarking →
Why do our projects keep missing their targets?System improvement →
You win work on price and keep margin on delivery. You need to know where bids and outcomes diverge, and to prove your performance to the owners you bid for.
How accurate are our bids against actual outcomes?Portfolio Benchmark →
Where does productivity leak between plant and site?Cost and controls →
Is our live project on track, or drifting?Execution Health Check →
You rely on a sponsor's plan. An independent view tests whether the plan, the team, and the contracts can carry the headline numbers.
Is the sponsor's cost and schedule plan credible?Project assurance →
What risks sit behind the headline figures?Project assurance →
Is this project recovering, or drifting further?Health checks →
Three ways to start
Is this project ready for final investment, and what must close first?
How do your completed projects really perform, and why?
Is your project on track, and if not, what will bring it back?
A separate practice
Alongside project advisory, our licensed legal consultancy drafts, reviews, and negotiates the agreements companies rely on every day.
Joint ventures, shareholder agreements, investment, agency, distribution, and consultancy contracts.
Procurement, supply, subcontracting, and service agreements with clear service levels.
Software, licensing, confidentiality, intellectual property, and data terms.
Employment and contractor agreements, leases, settlements, renewals, and terminations.
Why NeoGen
We have no stake in equipment, software, or contracts, so our findings stay objective.
Every conclusion rests on project data, a stated comparison basis, and clear assumptions.
Our team has reviewed major projects for national energy companies and industrial producers across the Middle East and Europe.
Recommendations come with owners, priorities, and support to put them in place.
Sectors
Upstream, midstream, refineries, and turnarounds
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Petrochemical, polymer, and fertilizer complexes
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Mines, processing plants, and battery materials
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Renewable fuels, hydrogen, and carbon capture
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Steel structures, industrial buildings, and public works
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Why it matters
Decisions made before execution set most of a project's cost, schedule, and operating outcome.
We bring independent evidence to those decisions, and to recovery when execution goes off track.
Insights
Most projects that struggle in execution showed warning signs at sanction. Five of them can be checked in a week.
A contractor's completed projects hold the most useful benchmark it will ever have. Few use it.
Change orders and claims turn on one question: does the contract describe the project that is actually being built?
Book a free 30-minute call. Tell us what decision is coming up, and we will tell you whether independent evidence would help.