Project Management Support — Sub-Service

Programme integrity — because your programme is your commercial evidence.

Programme review and audit, critical path integrity, look-ahead discipline, resource loading, programme narrative maintenance. The scheduling discipline that supports both delivery decisions and commercial defensibility.

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What this service is

Programme Management Support — the discipline behind it.

The construction programme is the primary evidence base for extension of time claims, delay defence and cost recovery. When programme integrity slips — unmaintained baselines, out-of-sequence updates, undisciplined float management, unrecorded logic changes — the commercial position slips with it.

Programme management support is the discipline of maintaining programme integrity as a live tool that supports both delivery decisions and commercial substantiation. Baselines that hold. Updates that reflect reality. Float that is managed. Logic changes that are recorded. Look-aheads that inform site decisions. Narratives that document why the programme is what it is.

Ashforte's service does not replace the contractor's planner — it adds senior commercial-aware programme oversight that ensures programme discipline holds even when project pressure is high. Applied across the portfolio, it produces programme records that support claims defence, entitlement recovery and executive decision-making.

Delivered the Ashforte way

This service is delivered as part of Ashforte's shared senior capability model. Recurring workstreams run to standardized procedures. Senior review sits over every output. Applied consistently across one project or across your full portfolio — at materially lower cost than staffing the equivalent capability separately on each job.

When contractors bring us in

The trigger signals for programme management support.

Most engagements begin at one of these trigger points. If any of them match your situation, the Initial Commercial Risk Assessment is usually the fastest way to establish scope.

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01The programme is losing integrity — baselines drifting, float mismanaged, updates inconsistent.
02Programme records are inadequate to support pending or anticipated EOT claims.
03The planner is stretched across multiple projects and quality is suffering.
04A claim submission requires programme forensics.
05A dispute is approaching and expert-witness-ready programme evidence is required.
06Multiple concurrent projects need standardized programme discipline.

Scope of work

What's actually delivered.

The scope below is illustrative — every engagement is shaped around the contractor's specific project, contract form and commercial exposure. Any element can be scoped standalone or bundled with adjacent workstreams.

Programme audit

Baseline integrity check
Update discipline audit
Critical path validation
Float management review
Logic change tracking

Live discipline

Update cadence discipline
Look-ahead discipline
Resource loading discipline
Programme narrative maintenance
Change record discipline

Commercial linkage

Programme-to-CVR linkage
Delay event linkage
Notice discipline linkage
Claim substantiation linkage
Reporting integration

Typical outputs

Documented. Defensible. Delivered.

Every engagement produces a defined set of tangible outputs. The client keeps everything — records, templates, dashboards, procedures. Ashforte's role is to build the discipline; the client's role is to run it.

01
Programme audit report with integrity findings.
02
Baseline validation and re-baselining recommendations.
03
Update discipline SOP.
04
Look-ahead template and cadence.
05
Programme narrative document.
06
Critical path integrity report.
07
Programme-to-commercial linkage documentation.
08
Expert-witness-ready programme record where required.

Engagement

Scoped for the situation. Sized for contractor economics.

Programme support can be delivered as a defined-scope programme audit, project-embedded ongoing programme oversight, or portfolio-wide programme standards work. Where claims work is running, programme support is usually delivered as part of the claim engagement rather than separately.

Engagement models in detail

FAQ

Common questions.

Do you replace our planner?

No — we add commercial-aware senior oversight to whatever planning capability the contractor already has. In embedded engagements we work directly alongside the planner; in retainer engagements we usually set standards and review by exception. The client's planner remains in charge of the programme.

Which planning software do you work with?

Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Asta Powerproject, TILOS, and combinations of these. We are tool-agnostic — our value is in the discipline, not in software preferences.

Next step

Discuss programme management support for your project.

Every engagement starts with a scoping conversation. Reach out with the specifics of your situation — live project, contract form, current pressure — and we'll set up the right first step.

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