We offer a wide range of management advisory and support services based on NPC’s 22 years of successful, hands-on planning and delivery experience. Our Advisory services are based on well developed program and project management principles and experience in running businesses and major projects. We provide specialist legal services management advice.
Our approach is all about providing ‘real benefit’ to a project. For instance, when it comes to third party consultation we advise on how to proactively drive feedback, rather than relying on the usual, sterile website and feedback form model that characterises so much that is deficient in many consultation initiatives.
Our advisory services include:
Executive interim placement and secondment for project specific assignments
Mentoring and coaching
Reviews of organisation and project team structures
Review and refocussing of corporate systems relating to capital projects – governance, reporting, risk management, time reporting, cost reporting, approval regimes, resource requirements, personnel competency, project systems and project assessments
Probity advice and auditing
Property transactions
Corporate and project risk management
Independent assurance and certification services – for supply authority infrastructure delivery, joint venture and structured relationship obligations, financing obligations, tenant requirements and government authority requirements
Third party consultation strategy and implementation
Dispute resolution and contract strategy services
Facilitation of public/ private negotiations and joint venturing
Unlike many other aspects of capital projects, it is not uncommon for the scopes of work for external legal services to be poorly defined causing scope and fee uncertainty.
NPC puts you back in control of the legal spend by better managing how organisations work with their external legal firms. Our emphasis is on achieving cost savings whilst working with you to effectively manage your legal risks. We also help reduce the time and pressure involved in managing legal services. Conducting major litigation or a complex commercial project is a serious undertaking which requires substantial time, commitment and skill. During these periods it can be a challenge to control costs, manage risks and allocate the appropriate resources while trying to maintain your business-as-usual focus.
NPC has the skills and experience to project manage the legal process and deliver superior outcomes. While this service is managed by a senior project manager with legal qualifications, NPC does not provide legal services or seek to compete with legal firms. We bring experience and skills to the management of the legal process, to drive superior outcomes for our clients.
Sometimes it takes a different perspective or turning a problem on its head, to deliver the best solution. At NPC that’s how we enable you to take control of project outcomes.
We combine both specialist engineering and commercial management skills to take an integrated view of all issues – going beyond the ordinary approach. Importantly, we develop infrastructure solutions that are not compromised by a need to further on-sell engineering design services.
Our expertise cover:
Public facilities
Water supply
Recycled water
Sewerage
Power
Stormwater
Flooding
Roads
Contaminated land
Programming and scheduling
Contributions
Facilitation of private sector
/government negotiations
Costs
Quality management
Risk management
Delivery and funding
strategies
Transaction management
We can assist with all or any phase of your infrastructure project as well as provide special problem solving services.
NPC has delivered major programs of work comprising multiple projects with the same directive, as well as numerous stand-alone projects, accross a diverse range of sectors and locations Australia wide and in South East Asia.
Our work has encompassed rezonings and land use planning; design and construction of apartment buildings; design and construction of major social infrastructure; design and construction of medium and low density residential; large and complex CBD fitouts; greenfield development including trunk infrastructure; specialist technology centres; ground works remediation and government buildings.
NPC's services include:
Project directorship
Business case preparation
Project brief and scope preparation
Project plan preparation
Design management
Consultation strategy and management
Project management
Procurement management
Cost management
Project controls and reporting
Program development and management
Contracting strategies and management
Contract superintendency
Risk assessment and management
Environmental management
Quality management
Our aim is to always establish the most appropriate procurement strategy to reflect the operating environment, our client's desired risk allocation and the program objectives. NPC has sound expertise in the analysis of alternative forms of procurement, for both the public and private sector.
These services include:
Risk assessment and assignment
Due diligence assessment
Contracting strategies
Assessment of forms of contract
Preparation of scopes of work
Preparation of tender documents
Development of value for money framework
Procurement management
Probity procedures implementation
Tender assessment, negotiation and contract award
Implementation of value management
Implementation of peer reviews
Joint venture management
Preparation and implementation of procurement systems and processes
NPC has been active in the Vietnam development market since 2002. We have strong relationships with local Vietnamese development participants and manage a number of projects for our development partners.
NPC and its development partners are pleased to discuss joint venturing options that may include debt funding opportunities, equity participation and full involvement in the development process.
NPC performs:
Joint venture management
Development management
Project management
Construction mangement
Advisory
NPC delivers proactive and comprehensive management of contamination assessment and remediation projects.
Key issues on contaminated land projects can be:
Define and document the commercial and regulatory strategy required to safeguard the landowner’s interests
Understand the local, state and federal legislation which impacts current and proposed development activity
Judicious selection of specialist environmental consultants, contractors and site auditor
Review and challenge all specialist recommendations
Create a collaborative environment within the project team to foster real discussion and optimal outcomes
Thoroughly review all reports before distribution – to ensure consistency with strategy – a project manager who acts merely as a post box does not serve the landowner’s interests
Consult and involve key stakeholders and approval authorities early
Set targets, drive outcomes – don’t let others hijack the landowner’s agenda
Ensure consent terms are consistent with planned remediation activities
Craft tender and contract documents carefully to encourage flexibility and transparency
Manage works contracts tightly and stay close to the site activities
Cross boundary contaminated ground water flow is a critical issue
Integrate remediation activities into the wider development program – seek synergies
Implement and maintain a comprehensive documentation record library
Be prepared to manage the unexpected
'If you fail to plan, you plan to fail'. Preparation, assessment, review and documenting the project brief at the outset, is the single most important matter that if not done properly will cause a project to underperform or fail.
NPC provides project planning and feasibility services that focus on optimising project outcomes and establishing a robust and sound basis upon which to proceed.
We provide a range of services in this important area, as the assessment and integration of all factors that impact on a project’s success is vital to a proper determination of feasibility.
Our project planning & feasibility services include:
Project scoping and definition
Due diligence assessments
Strategic planning
Management of teams of specialist consultants
Preliminary and detailed feasibility assessment, commercial, financial and technical
Risk assessments
Broad form and detailed program preparation
Procurement options
Gateway reviews
Cost budgeting
Business case development
Project organisation and resource assessment
Risk mitigation and planning
Feasibility studies
Stakeholder management
Consultation strategy development and management
Value management
Project plan development and documentation