Poor planning,
poor implementation,
equals poor performance.

Let's change that.

S Tier Projects is focused on helping West Australian resource construction projects be more productive, hit schedule and budget targets, and maintain a great culture onsite — all using Tier 1 project planning principles and methods.

The problem

Every troubled project shows the same three symptoms

Usually a cascading effect, usually caused by incomplete planning.

Planning

Behind program

Once the project gets moving and the planning basics never got established, the team never catches up — everything falls behind along with it.

Cost

Blown budget

Variations stack up, rework compounds, and the cost report tells you what already happened — never in time to change what happens next.

Culture

Broken culture

Once the planning and the budget are blown, the leadership team tends to give up. Pressure builds, key players quit, and that puts more pressure on everybody else.

WA · S26

Your supervisor might be qualified on paper and still not understand the project.

Western Australia's S26 exam lets someone become a site supervisor quickly, with limited experience.

This makes thorough planning, processes and systems more important on site than they've ever been — because the skill gap isn't just there with trades, it's now there at the supervisor level.

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The framework

The Project Planning Principles

Every schedule slip, cost overrun, and culture problem sits on top of one of seven levels — usually a cascading effect from the bottom to the top.

We work hard to get the basics right, implement tried and tested tier 1 methods, and train your execution team how to use the methods to drive productivity and reduce reworks.

1

Plan

The basis of all projects — Charter, Takeoff, Schedule, WBS, Drawings, Methodologies, QA Documents and Workpacks — all located in one centralised location with a dedicated document control process.

2

Understanding

Superintendents, supervisors and engineers need to have understanding and buy-in to the plan. Recent S26 laws have allowed supervisors to be promoted without any meaningful experience — this is usually where our principles first crack.

3

Instruction

Supervisors need to drive understanding to trades so trades can execute correctly. Trades require understanding the full picture of the project ahead, broken down into daily/weekly milestones — many management teams feel they need to gatekeep information, but trades need to see the bigger picture to foresee issues before they arise.

4

Execution

Trades being productive on site, working to the specifications, with the management team supporting trades by having tooling and materials available in advance of requirements.

5

Monitor and Control

Continuously monitor, control and incrementally improve.

6

Verification

QA/QC signing off steps progressively — deliverables checked against ITRs and ITPs before they're signed off, not assumed correct.

7

Delivery

Handover, MDR, final numbers, and lessons carried into the next project instead of lost with this one.

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About

Why are so many resource projects falling behind on schedule, cost and culture?

After returning to resource construction projects from oil and gas operations projects, we realised there is a huge gap between where planning on resource projects currently is, and where it should be.

Companies are rushing to get projects mobilised and construction works started before a detailed execution plan has been formulated, critiqued and reworked.

The rush usually comes from stakeholder pressure to see action, however the rush to start with incomplete planning makes the project timelines destined to fail.

Materials haven't been identified or ordered, schedule has gaps, resource profiles aren't realistic, methodologies haven't been written, quality and completions documentation hasn't been thought about.

These are the items that tier 1 projects get right because they know the risks of going into construction unprepared.

Poor planning leads to poor implementation, and poor implementation creates opportunities for reworks onsite. This is where the cost and schedule tend to blow out, which leads to the broken culture on site, and with external stakeholders.

That's where we are here to help

We use a series of tried and tested processes and procedures from Tier 1 companies to increase productivity, reduce reworks and meet schedules.

Let's start with your project.

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Based inPerth, Western Australia