Create value

Capital Projects & Engineering

We turn investment decisions into viable, controlled projects prepared to create value.

What we solve

Investment logic must survive all the way to operations.

We support the chain of decisions that turns a strategic need into a defined, executable and governed project.

The quality of the future asset depends on decisions made long before construction begins.
Definitionevidence-based scope and options
Viabilitytechnical, economic and risk judgment
Controlcost, schedule, scope and quality
Transitiondelivery aligned with operations
Market & Investment Intelligence

Feasibility starts by validating the market logic behind the investment.

We integrate economists and engineers to translate market information into commercial assumptions, capacity scenarios and decision criteria for the project.

Market studies and demand analysis

Market sizing, growth, segmentation, geographies, demand drivers and customer needs connected to the investment opportunity.

Competition and commercial logic

Competitors, substitutes, pricing, channels, benchmarks, barriers and commercial assumptions supporting the business case.

Translation into the investment decision

Sales and capacity scenarios, location, CAPEX/OPEX, sensitivity, risk, Go/No-Go and strategic portfolio alignment.

Modular scope

From opportunity to closeout.

We can lead a specific phase, act as owner's engineer, strengthen the PMO or integrate project management according to the client's delivery model.

Investment strategy and project development
  • Opportunity definition
  • Strategic alignment
  • Market and demand analysis
  • Options analysis
  • CAPEX/OPEX estimate
  • Techno-economic evaluation
  • Scenario and sensitivity analysis
  • Business case
  • Feasibility and viability
  • Project charter and initial governance
Conceptual, basic and detailed engineering
  • Design basis and criteria
  • Process balances and diagrams
  • Layouts and operating philosophy
  • Technical specifications
  • Mechanical, electrical, civil, instrumentation and control disciplines
  • Constructability, maintainability and safety
  • Progressive scope definition and estimate maturity
Procurement and technical sourcing
  • Contracting strategy
  • Technical packages
  • Requests for quotation
  • Technical and commercial evaluation
  • TBE and recommendation
  • Vendor data
  • Technical expediting
  • Supply inspection and quality
  • Interface management
Project, program and portfolio management
  • PMO and governance
  • WBS and baseline
  • Schedule and critical path
  • Cost, forecast and EAC
  • Risk and opportunity
  • Quality and change
  • Stakeholders and communications
  • Document control
  • Capital portfolio prioritization
Construction, commissioning and closeout
  • Construction and installation planning
  • QA/QC
  • Precommissioning
  • Commissioning
  • Performance testing
  • Start-up
  • Punch list
  • Closeout dossier
  • Lessons learned and transfer
Project governance

Make decisions visible before deviations become irreversible.

Control is not about reporting the past. It should anticipate scenarios, expose trade-offs and trigger decisions.

Capital planning

Initiative prioritization, investment criteria, dependencies, capacity and portfolio balance.

Project controls

Integrated scope, schedule, cost, risk, change and forecast for one executive view.

Stakeholder alignment

Governance, decisions, communications and interfaces across business, engineering, suppliers and operations.

Typical deliverables

Decisions and work products ready to move forward.

The final format adapts to the project phase and contracting model; these are the outputs typically left in place.

01

Decision package

Market assumptions, options, techno-economic evaluation, risks and executive recommendation.

02

Engineering basis

Design criteria, scope, specifications, estimates and documentation appropriate to the project phase.

03

Procurement packages

Requisitions, technical evaluations, recommendations and vendor-information control.

04

Control system

WBS, baseline, schedule, cost, risk, change, reporting and decision governance.

05

Delivery dossier

Tests, punch list, documentation, acceptance criteria, closeout and transition to operations.

The Nexum difference

OPEX enters the conversation at design.

We incorporate operability, maintainability, asset information, spares, capability and lifecycle cost before change becomes expensive.

Lessambiguity and rework
Morepredictability and decision quality
Bettertransition to operations
Greaterprotection of CAPEX value

A project to shape, recover or govern?

A Capital Project & Portfolio Diagnostic identifies definition, governance, controls and readiness gaps to establish a prioritized path.