Dragon Project PlanningPlanning & Programme Controls
Robust, realistic programmes for complex projects.
Independent planning support from Kieran Thomson: over 25 years building, reviewing and controlling programmes in power, gas, nuclear, rail, aviation and infrastructure.
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Available for contract, interim and project-based planning support, for clients and contractors alike.
Programme development
Fully cost- and resource-loaded programmes from first principles: WBS, activity coding, resource libraries, take-offs and output rates, with assumptions and exclusions made clear.
NEC contract programmes
Accepted Programme preparation and review under NEC3 and NEC4, compensation event and impact programmes, and extension of time submissions.
Programme review & assurance
Independent checks of programme integrity, logic and sequencing, with practical recommendations to strengthen structure and buildability.
Progress, EVM & reporting
Progress updating, earned value, forecasting and critical path analysis, turned into clear reports teams and clients can act on.
Tender programmes
Tender programmes built to tight deadlines, working with estimators and supply chain on risks, opportunities and assumptions.
Delay mitigation & recovery
Reviewing delayed projects to find workable recovery and mitigation, and aligning subcontractor programmes with the contract programme.
Experience
Planning across design, procurement, manufacture, construction and commissioning, from operational substations and nuclear sites to airports and live railway stations.
Security upgrade programme – UK gas distribution network
Managing multiple NEC contract programmes on the client's behalf for ISS, physical security and cyber security upgrades.
Keadby Flood Defence & ISS Upgrade
Cost- and resource-loaded NEC4 contract programme for works inside an operational 400kV substation, with monthly EVA reporting and compensation event programmes.
National Grid substation expansions
Tender programmes for multiple substation expansion projects, plus mitigation reviews on delayed live projects.
HS2 Section C1 – Stage 2 detailed design
Design programme capturing consents, approvals, early procurement, manufacture and construction milestones, cost- and hours-loaded for earned value.
Worcestershire Parkway Station
Completion programme for a new three-platform station with 12 weeks to handover, coordinating trades and commissioning.
Trawsfynydd Power Station
Subcontractor programme oversight across decommissioning workstreams including ILW wet waste and fuel element debris retrievals.
King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah
Took over a contract with no logic-linked programme and built a fully coordinated design, procurement, manufacture and installation programme.
And more
M5 Smart Motorway, Heathrow Terminal 5, the A55 DBFO, Pfizer Sandwich ($113m), GSK Ware, and Wylfa and Doosan Babcock engineering programmes.
About
I'm Kieran Thomson, a planning manager based in North Wales. I started out in 1999 as an assistant planner on the A55 in Anglesey and have since planned projects for contractors, consultants and clients across the UK and overseas.
I set up Dragon Project Planning Ltd in 2013 to provide independent planning support. My approach is collaborative: I work with project teams, subcontractors and stakeholders so everyone understands the programme, has input into it, and takes ownership of delivering it.
I'm analytical with programme data and practical about what it means on site, whether that's earned value, forecasting or a critical path that needs protecting.
At a glance
- SoftwarePrimavera P6, MS Project, CEMAR
- ContractsNEC3, NEC4, JCT
- SpecialismsCost & resource loading, EVM
- BasedConwy, North Wales
- ExperienceUK & overseas
- CVAvailable on request
Let's talk about your project
Whether you need a programme built, reviewed, recovered or taken through an NEC submission, get in touch to discuss availability.