THE REAL PROBLEM
Projects Don’t Fail Suddenly.
Scope Written Like a Brochure
A one-line description and a price. No deliverables, no exclusions, no assumptions. When the client disputes, you’ve got nothing to point to — because nothing was written down.
Variations Absorbed as ‘Part of the Job’
Every ‘small tweak’ gets absorbed. Nobody logs it. Nobody prices it. By the time you add them up, you’ve given away thousands in labour and materials you’ll never recover.
Engineers Carrying Commercial Risk
Decisions made on the shop floor or on site without understanding the margin impact. Sales quoting fantasy hours. Engineering blamed for overruns that started at the quote stage.
The result isn’t chaos. It’s slow margin erosion, withheld payments, and spending money to finish jobs just to recover what you’re owed.
THE EPD METHOD
Control Without Bureaucracy
Minimum Viable Control Stack — 3 artifacts, 2 meetings.
01
Two-Page Baseline Pack
Deliverables, exclusions, assumptions, acceptance criteria, interfaces, and hold points. Two pages. If it’s not written down, it’s not real.
02
Live Change & Decision Log
Every variation logged in 30 seconds. Date, request, impact, approval name, status. The moment someone says ‘small tweak’, it goes in the log.
03
Weekly 30-Min Project Position
RAG status on scope, schedule, cost-to-complete, risks, and cash. Top three threats with owners. No surprises. No drift.
04
Stop/Go Triggers
No procurement without design freeze. No dispatch without site readiness sign-off. Simple rules that force clarification before burning labour.
“Small engineering businesses don’t fail because they lack forms. They fail because decisions happen late, assumptions stay in people’s heads, and change is treated as free.”
THE ENTRY OFFER
Independent Project Delivery Review
A 90-minute structured review of one live or recently completed project. Walk through how it was scoped, priced, and set up for delivery — with an independent pair of eyes.
Not a consultancy pitch. Not a process overhaul. Not a judgement on your team. A practical conversation grounded in real delivery.
What you leave with
£750
+ vat
One project. One conversation. No follow-on commitment.
TRACK RECORD
Delivery Experience, Not Theory.
£5.5M
National Grid monorail contract — 32km of steel across London. Delivered on programme at circa 20% margin through disciplined scope control and early warning.
~50%
Profit margin achieved on a major automotive plant upgrade by proving existing equipment could handle new loads — avoiding unnecessary capital spend.
12→24
Engineering team scaled from 12 to 24+ under pressure while delivering £15M+ projects. Capacity planned, hours tracked, and commercial reality restored to the quoting process.
20+ Years
From fabricator to general manager. Structural steel, automation, bespoke engineering, and automotive — across every stage of project delivery.
SECTORS
Structural Steel
Automation & Conveyors
Automotive OEM
Bespoke Engineering
SME Fabrication
“Small engineering businesses don’t fail because they lack forms. They fail because decisions happen late, assumptions stay in people’s heads, and change is treated as free.”
CLARITY
Is This Right for You?
This Is For You If
This Is Not For You If
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
If You Don’t Control Scope, Scope Controls You.
A 30-minute call. No pitch. No obligation. Just a direct conversation about where your projects stand commercially — and whether the Independent Project Delivery Review makes sense.
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