Salerno Consultancy Company WLL

Project Control
Quality Manual

How Salerno plans, controls and reports every project — our methodology, the nD framework, schedule architecture, control areas, reporting system, Academy and standards, in one controlled reference.

Contents

Table of Contents

This manual defines the quality system Salerno applies to its project control services. It describes how we plan, measure, control and report time, cost and performance on EPC, oil & gas, nuclear, power, chemical, data-center and industrial projects.

It applies to all Salerno engagements and personnel, and to the partners and associates who deliver work under the Salerno name. Its purpose is to ensure that every project is controlled consistently, transparently and to the same standard, regardless of sector or location. The manual is the controlled counterpart of the methodology published on salernocompany.com.

Quality, for Salerno, is the discipline of measuring what was planned, what was done, and what it actually cost — and acting early on the difference.

Our quality policy rests on five commitments:

• Baseline discipline — every project starts from an agreed scope, schedule and budget baseline.
• Measured performance — earned value (SPI / CPI) is the single source of truth for progress and cost.
• Early warning — deviations are detected and escalated before they become critical.
• Transparency — clear, visual reporting that every stakeholder can understand.
• Continuous improvement — lessons learned and Academy training feed back into the method.

Salerno operates as a focused team of project control specialists supported by an official partner network. Core roles and responsibilities:

A model doesn't stop at three dimensions. Salerno extends the digital project from geometry to the full life cycle — each added dimension a new layer of control, from constructability through operation. This nD framework, our Digital Management approach, is the spine of every engagement.

Reference · method.html — Digital Management nD

Heritage — 4D before it had a name

The Salerno method traces back more than two decades. As early as 2004 we linked Primavera schedules to 3D models to simulate construction sequence week by week — building Digital Twins before the industry had named them. This continuity, from 2004 simulations to today's nD practice, is what gives the method its depth.

Every project is controlled through one integrated cycle — from an empty site to a project closed on time and on cost.

The Know-how Control Cycle

Within that cycle, control runs continuously through three repeating stages:

Nine Disciplined Phases

On engineering & construction programmes, the cycle is delivered through nine phases:

• 01 Site selection — suitability, structural verification, permits, power and access.
• 02 Design planning — engineering from concept to as-built, with tender documents and BoQ.
• 03 Systems definition — coded catalogue of auxiliary systems and services.
• 04 Realisation team — defined roles and responsibilities across the delivery team.
• 05 Design review — congruence, completeness and error checks before the field.
• 06 Document management — numbering, revisions, transmittals and deviations.
• 07 Supply surveillance — vendor control, inspection plans, hold points, expediting.
• 08 Site activities — roles, safety & administrative compliance, works programme.
• 09 Contract management — master schedule & budget, earned value, change & claims.

One project, four resolutions. Salerno structures every programme from the contractual master schedule down to the three-week look-ahead, so every stakeholder reads the right level of detail for their decision.

Reference · method.html — Schedule Levels

Each level rolls up into the one above it: the look-ahead feeds the detail schedules, which feed the project schedule, which feeds the master. A single change in the field is therefore visible — correctly summarised — all the way to the executive S-curve.

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Performance is measured by integrating schedule, cost and scope: BCWS (planned value), ACWP (actual cost) and BCWP (earned value), from which SV, CV, SPI, CPI and Estimate At Completion (EAC) are derived.

Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) & 4D

Work is structured into construction work packages (CWP / IWP) aligned to the schedule; combined with the 3D model it produces a 4D Digital Twin for simulation, field coordination and constraint removal.

Cost Control & Risk

Budgets, commitments and forecasts are controlled against the baseline; risks are logged, assessed and mitigated, with EVM-based early-warning indicators driving corrective action while there is still time to act.

We don't just track the schedule — we control the whole project. Every engagement is organised into eight integrated control areas, the structure that has underpinned our reporting since 2002.

Reference · method.html — Eight Control Areas

Reporting turns data into decisions. Standard deliverables include baseline-vs-current schedules, critical-path analysis, S-curves, manpower histograms, progress certificates and an integrated control dashboard.

Each control area produces a defined set of controlled reports. The catalogue below is the standard reporting package; live samples are published on the website.

Reference · sample-reports.html — downloadable report catalogue

All project documents are uniquely numbered, revision-controlled and issued through transmittals. Changes are managed through a structured process — Field Design Instruction (FDI), Change Notice (CN) and Variation / Site Scope (VSS) — so every change to scope, schedule or cost is recorded, assessed and approved.

Salerno works with industry-standard platforms, applied consistently across projects:

• Oracle Primavera P6 — planning & scheduling
• Hexagon EcoSys & SmartPlant — cost control & engineering data
• Synchro 4D / BIM — 4D scheduling and Digital Twin
• 3Units EasyPlant / EasyEstimate, SchedulePrism, ScheduleReader — engineering, estimating & schedule analytics

Personnel competence on these platforms is maintained through recognised certifications: Saudi Aramco K3, AWP Professional, Primavera P6 Advanced, and Synchro 4D.

Competence is maintained and grown through the Salerno Academy — a structured curriculum that transmits 25+ years of EPC project-control judgement, taught on real project data. Nine courses, one discipline:

Reference · training.html — Salerno Academy

Lessons learned from each project are captured and fed back into the method. Variances, recoveries and judgement calls become Academy material; the Academy, in turn, raises the baseline standard of the next engagement. The method is therefore never static — it compounds.

The methodology in this manual is not theoretical. It is the same system applied across more than two decades of major capital projects.

Reference · projects.html · case-studies.html · dashboard.html

This manual is a controlled document. It is reviewed at least annually and whenever the methodology materially changes. Printed copies are uncontrolled.

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