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Full Visibility.
Total Control.

Integrated project controls from early budgeting to final delivery — for owners, EPC/EPCM firms and developers who demand transparency, accurate forecasting and uncompromising financial discipline.

Service Scope

Eight integrated control functions.

From baseline budgeting and earned value management to executive dashboards and governance — aligned to the full project lifecycle.

01
Budget Development & Cost Baseline
Establish CAPEX/OPEX baselines, define WBS, develop discipline-level allocations and integrate contingency and escalation factors.
02
Forecasting & Cost Performance
Monthly/quarterly forecasting, EAC/ETC calculation, variance analysis and earned value monitoring with CPI and SPI performance indices.
03
Change Management
Establish change control workflows, evaluate and quantify change requests, track scope deviations and manage approval processes.
04
Cost Trending & Risk Monitoring
Early deviation detection through trend analysis. Track labor, materials and productivity impacts. Maintain cost risk registers with mitigation recommendations.
05
Commitment & Expenditure Tracking
Control purchase order commitments and expenditures against contract budgets, aligned with your procurement and finance systems.
06
Reporting & Dashboards
Weekly/monthly cost reports, Budget vs Forecast vs Actual, S-curve visualisations, cash flow projections and KPI dashboards for leadership.
07
Cost-Schedule Integration
Coordinate with project planning to ensure cost-loaded schedules and evaluate time-cost trade-off impacts across all project phases.
08
Governance & System Implementation
Develop control procedures and workflows, implement project control systems and integrate with Kpex for benchmarking and escalation.
Why Choose CAF

Six outcomes our clients count on.

We combine 15+ years of project controls experience with the Kpex platform — delivering transparency, rigour and executive-level confidence from day one.

Full Cost Visibility
Real-time view of budget, commitments, actuals and forecast at every project stage — no surprises at close-out.
Reliable Forecasting
Systematic EAC/ETC methodology combined with earned value metrics reduces the probability of budget overruns.
Stronger Governance
Documented change control and approval workflows meet internal audit requirements and lender/investor reporting obligations.
Early Warning
Continuous trend analysis surfaces cost deviations before they become critical issues — enabling corrective action while options remain.
Integrated Controls
Seamless alignment between cost, schedule, procurement and finance systems eliminates data silos and reconciliation bottlenecks.
Executive Confidence
Clear dashboards and S-curves give leadership a real-time project health picture built for decision making, not data processing.
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