Capital Projects AIM HIGHER. AIM SMARTER. Capital Projects Succeed When the Right Work Happens Early Most of the gaps that hurt projects are visible long before they become problems in the field. We help project directors in energy, petrochemical, and process industries find and close them while there’s still time to act. Book a Discovery Call See Our Case Studies What Top-Performing Capital Projects Have in Common The projects that finish safely and on cost and schedule aren’t lucky. Across the projects in our database, these are the consistent set of top-performing practices that most teams either skip or discover too late: Cost and schedule baselines validated against data from comparable projects, not internal precedent Clear ownership and governance at every FEL decision point Schedule contingency grounded in external benchmark data rather than historical averages Organizational readiness assessed against what execution actually requires, before it begins An objective external reference point confirming estimates align with top-quartile performance How We Help We Get in Early Most capital project problems are preventable. But what makes them hard to prevent is that organizations typically don’t know where the gaps are until problems surface. That’s why our capital project management consulting work focuses on the front end: bringing the data, CapEx governance frameworks, and benchmarking tools to identify those gaps early, quantify what they’re worth, and close them before they become overruns. To ensure the accuracy of these gaps, our Capital Project Database supports everything we do. Our readiness tools are informed by what has worked in the past, leveraging performance data from 3,000+ projects across North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. That dataset is what allows your team to make better decisions earlier, grounded in what top-quartile performance actually looks like at your scale and complexity. 26 Years of Project Performance Data 7,000+ STOs & Capital Projects Analyzed 100+ Clients Globally 6 Continents of Project Data: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa What We Do for Capital Project Teams Ten services across benchmarking, risk, and governance. All of them are designed around how capital projects actually fail. Benchmarking Governance & Delivery Risk Advanced Benchmarking Methodology (ABM) Know whether your project estimates are realistic before you commit to them. ABM benchmarks your project using a workscope-based approach, giving you more accurate cost and schedule targets than ratio-based methods, drawn from the world’s most comprehensive capital project database. Learn more Value & Competitiveness Assessment of Plant-Based Projects (VCAP) Understand where your plant based project system is leaving value on the table. VCAP uses structured tools and analytics to evaluate project selection, portfolio management, and execution to build a roadmap toward consistent, measurable improvement. Learn more Project Excellence and Assurance Consulting (PEAC) Get your project team executing consistently against best practices. PEAC delivers targeted workshops built around the capital project stage gate process, strengthening team integration and giving teams the tools to plan and execute safe, predictable projects. Learn more Capital Project Work Process Development and Implementation Give your team a repeatable process for delivering projects consistently, built from what actually works across comparable organizations. We use our best practice data to develop work processes that help organizations build on what works and avoid what doesn’t. Learn more Capital Project Experience Augmentation Bring senior project expertise directly into your team when you need it. Our senior project directors and project managers complement your staff at critical points in the project lifecycle, without adding permanent headcount. Learn more Capital project risk management starts before execution. These services give your team an objective, data-backed view of the cost and schedule exposures that matter most. Cost Estimate Risk Analysis (CERA) Know your actual cost exposure before you need to defend it. CERA provides an in-depth review of project risks plus a follow-up assessment covering contingencies, accuracy, and resource requirements. Learn more Schedule Estimate Risk Analysis (SERA) Plan your schedule around data, not optimism. SERA is a structured schedule risk analysis that reviews the uncertainties influencing your timeline, giving you a defensible basis for your commitments. Learn more Facilitated Capital Project Risk Workshop Get your team aligned on the risks that matter most before they become execution problems. Our structured facilitation helps project teams identify and prioritize the risks that could threaten your project’s objectives. Learn more Risk Process Development Build a risk management process that holds up under pressure. We develop a risk management framework customized to your organization’s needs, from methodology design through to implementation. Learn more Enterprise Risk Management Program Development Move risk management from policy to practice across your portfolio. We develop and implement enterprise-level risk programs that give organizations a structured, data-backed approach to managing risk at scale. Learn more The Tools Behind Top-Quartile Capital Project Performance Each tool is part of the Capital Project Network platform, available as a standalone add-on, and built specifically for the requirements of large capital and plant-based projects. NaviTrack Project planning and execution tracking built around best practices, from FEL through closeout. Learn more PYXIS Risk registers grounded in real project data, with built-in mitigation tracking. Learn more Project Readiness Pyramid A structured self-assessment that measures your project readiness at key stage gates before execution begins. Learn more Oryx Individual to Portfolio-level benchmarking and analytics drawn from 26 years of global project data. Learn more iNTrack Connects your capital project work processes with STO planning so nothing falls between teams. Learn more acXis A single view of every open action item across your entire AP Networks platform. Learn more LLern Turns lessons learned into live improvement actions so the same problems don’t repeat. Learn more Customized Solutions Cloud-based applications built to your specific requirements when off-the-shelf doesn’t fit. Learn more Capital Projects Knowledge Base Deeper reading on the topics that separate well-run projects from ones that catch up later. Case Study Advanced Benchmarking Methodology Applied to a Gas Processing Facility How a major energy company used ABM to validate cost and schedule targets on a billion-dollar-plus project before committing. Read the case study Article The Power of Fit-for-Purpose Work Processes in Capital Projects Why generic processes tend to fail capital projects, and what it takes to build one that actually fits your organization’s assets and constraints. Read the article Article Data-driven Portfolio Management: A Better Approach to Capital Projects How organizations managing large project portfolios can move past gut-feel prioritization and align capital decisions with real performance data. Read the article Visit the full Knowledge Base Get in Touch Connect With Our Capital Projects Team Most of our engagements begin with a discovery conversation. We listen first, understand your specific situation, and tell you honestly where we can add value. No commitment, no generic pitch. Just a conversation about what you’re working with. Connect with Capital Projects Are you interested in learning more about AP-Networks Capital Projects services? Look no further. Choose A Service and we will connect with you at our earliest convenience! CompanyThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required) First Last Job Title(Required)Email(Required) PhoneCapital Projects Services(Required)Please Select One of the Capital Projects You Are Interested In:( Select One Option )ORYX – Project Portfolio Analytics & InsightsAdvanced Benchmarking Methodology (ABM)Project Excellence and Assurance Consulting (PEAC)Value & Competitiveness Assessment of Plant-Based Projects (VCAP)Capital Project Experience AugmentationCapital Project Work Process Development and ImplementationCost Estimate Risk Analysis (CERA)Enterprise Risk Management Program DevelopmentFacilitated Capital Project Risk WorkshopRisk Process DevelopmentSchedule Estimate Risk Analysis (SERA)MessageCAPTCHA Δ Not Sure Where to Start? Tell us what you’re working on and we’ll point you in the right direction, whether that leads to an engagement or not. Book a Discovery Call