EPC Consulting
EPC Program Development & Lifecycle Support
Supporting EPC Programs from Strategy Through Closeout
Successful EPC programs require clear governance, strong commercial controls, effective processes, and consistent execution.
We partner with utilities to develop, implement, train, and support EPC programs throughout the full project lifecycle—combining industry experience, commercial expertise, cost validation, and field-level insight to strengthen cost transparency, accountability, and project performance.
Our EPC Lifecycle Approach
Develop
Build the foundation for effective EPC delivery through program governance, contracting strategies, procedures, roles and responsibilities, stage gates, commercial controls, open-book requirements, and standardized tools and templates.
Train
Translate EPC requirements into practical, role-based training for project managers, project controls, contract administrators, change order reviewers, field personnel, and leadership teams.
Implement
Support teams as EPC processes move from program design into project execution, including contractor onboarding, open-book pricing, proposal evaluations, project controls, change management, and commercial requirements.
Monitor & Validate
Provide independent oversight throughout execution through cost and invoice validation, field monitoring, change order reviews, contractor compliance, and prudency assessments—helping identify issues while projects are active.
Close & Improve
Support commercial closeout, final cost reconciliation, change order resolution, true-ups, and documentation requirements. Capture lessons learned and recurring trends to strengthen future contracts, processes, controls, and training.
Supporting the Full EPC Lifecycle
Our services can support an individual project, project portfolio, or enterprise-wide EPC program, including traditional, progressive, and open-book EPC delivery models.
We work alongside utility teams throughout the lifecycle to build the framework, develop the tools, train the organization, support implementation, validate execution, and drive continuous improvement.
Develop. Train. Implement. Validate. Improve.
A practical, lifecycle-based approach to stronger EPC program delivery in the utility industry.
Retrospective Contract
Compliance Audits
This service has different names, but the process is the same: We look for overbillings (contract leakage) in our client’s major suppliers. Our auditors will look at everything from payroll tax reconciliations to employee per-diem. We assess one supplier’s complete billings for the past 3-5 years and verify it is compliant with the contract. We make sure the billings are adhering to the contract. Once we find overbillings we address them with the supplier, recover necessary funds, and help develop a plan for preventing the overbillings from happening in the future.
Supplier Accounts Payable Reviews/Accounts Payables Audit
A Supplier Accounts Payable Review is different from the contract compliance audit in that we assess almost all of our client’s suppliers at a very high level. We are looking for a few things: unapplied credits, overbillings, and duplicate payments, etc. This is accomplished through statement calls and auditing the client’s A/P.
Because our team includes both auditors and consultants, we offer many services to our clients that help ease the burdens of supplier management. This general area of work falls in the “if you have a problem we can probably fix it” category. Examples include:
Contract Language Consulting. Before signing a very expensive contract, we can review it to eliminate ambiguity and add needed clarity. Because we audit contracts years after execution (when no one remembers the intent) we know where the common issues arise. We clarify the contract before disputes arise. Besides conducting a red-line review of your contracts, we can also offer training to empower you to find these issues on your own.
Audit Consulting. We can help you implement your own Contract Compliance Audit or Contract Administration program. We transition seamlessly from conducting your contract compliance audits, to preparing you to conduct your own. Our philosophy of coupling the auditing services with the consulting services is preparing you to own as much of the process as you want.
Real Time
Supply Chain Consulting or Internal Audit Consulting
Contract Administration
Often, our audits reveal issues that lead to our client overpaying, and though identified, the client does not have the resources to prevent these issues from recurring. Contract Administration is the fix to this problem.
We implement contract administration. We combine the efforts of auditors and consultants to identify, recover, and fix contract leakage issues. The contract administration program includes real-time invoice monitoring, “issue” tracking and project planning, scorecarding, implementation of best practices, and ROI analysis.
Our contract administration program can be a stand alone operation, or supplement your current program.
