Project Controls
April 7, 2023
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Building Success: How Project Controls Minimize Construction Risks and Ensure Project Success

Managing project risks is an essential component of construction project management. Risks can cause delays, increase costs, and even lead to project failure. Therefore, construction businesses must implement project controls to identify, assess, and manage project risks effectively.

One of the first steps in managing project risks is identifying them. Project controls can facilitate this by providing a framework for systematically identifying potential risks. This could include conducting a risk assessment that evaluates the likelihood and impact of each risk. By identifying potential risks early, project controls can allow for proactive risk management and mitigation strategies to be put in place.

Once risks have been identified, project controls can help assess their potential impact on the project. This could involve evaluating the severity of the risk and the resources required to manage it. Project controls can also help prioritize risks, ensuring that the most significant risks are addressed first.

Project controls can also facilitate the development of risk management plans. These plans outline strategies for managing and mitigating each identified risk. The risk management plan should include information on who is responsible for managing each risk, what steps will be taken to mitigate the risk, and how progress will be tracked.

Regular risk monitoring is another critical aspect of project controls in managing project risks. By tracking the progress of risk management activities, project controls can help ensure that the project remains on track and that risks are being effectively managed. This could involve regular project status reports, risk assessments, and updates to the risk management plan.

Overall, project controls are a critical tool for managing project risks in the construction industry. By providing a framework for identifying, assessing, and managing risks, project controls can help construction businesses minimize the impact of potential risks and ensure project success.

In conclusion, construction businesses must prioritize project controls to manage project risks effectively. By identifying potential risks early, assessing their impact, developing risk management plans, and regularly monitoring progress, project controls can help minimize the impact of potential risks and ensure project success.

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About MicAyla Inc.

MicAyla Inc. offers customized project controls services for construction companies and projects in various sectors. With over 150 years of combined experience, we use the latest in technology and best practices to provide highquality solutions that prioritize safety, sustainability, and accuracy.

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Caroline Alabi

With over 27 years of experience, including 15 years as a Project Controls Professional, Caroline has a proven track record of developing and implementing cost controls in capital programs and projects, with a focus on the oil and gas industry. Her expertise is particularly extensive in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) and the downstream sector. She is the creator of the Estimate to Complete/Estimate at Completion workbook, which enables the accurate forecasting of project performance upon completion. Caroline has been recognized for her exceptional performance, receiving both the Core Innovative Award and Outstanding Employee Performance award. Additionally, she provides valuable mentorship to the Cost Control team.

Career Highlights:

Project Cost Controller at BASF, responsibilities included overseeing the cost control process for several major capital projects during both the detailed engineering and construction phases. She was responsible for preparing and maintaining accurate project cost forecasts and providing detailed variance explanations for root cause analysis. This involves preparing Work Breakdown Structures, Cashflow reports, and creating project cost reports.
Lead Cost Engineer at BP-Husky, responsible for overseeing project cost forecasts, Work Breakdown Structures, benchmarking, Cashflow reports, Management of Change tracking, finance, procurement and supply chain management interface, and project reporting for projects totaling over half a billion dollars. The projects she managed include the Crude Processing Metallurgical Upgrade, which safely enables increased capacity of Hi-TAN crude, feed optimization for the Desalters, and the installation of a new FCC Naphtha Post Treater at the BP-Husky Refining LLC (BPH) Toledo Refinery to meet US EPA Tier 3 gasoline regulations.
Lead Cost Engineer at BP GOM Thunderhorse Offshore Water Injection (Worley Parsons): A BP brown field project on water injection efficiencies on the Thunder horse platform. Where she was responsible for EPC cost reporting and forecasting, management of project change control, WIP /VOWD, internal financial reporting to Worley Parsons.
Project Controls Lead at BP Thunder Horse & BP Atlantis (FMC Technologies Inc) :FMC managed BP projects in the GOM for subsea production system; Scope included subsea trees, manifolds, pressure cap, and completions services to BP.