Ario
Consulting
Ario’s list of project delivery capabilities is based on our track record in the development, design, construction and commissioning of industrial, nuclear, defence and plant type projects. Each of these capabilities are needed to perform tasks to the satisfaction of our clients.
Client Engagement Methodology
One of the prime reasons for Ario’s success to date has been its ability to combine in-depth project management, delivery and control experience and skills with an integrated client engagement approach. Ario’s client engagement methodology is not to enforce its own project practices and working methodologies onto its clients, but rather to enhance the existing systems and processes already established by its clients.
Ario’s resources are very comfortable to apply the basic principles of project management and controls within any system and specific client requirements, where it is required to provide resources to site, or to perform work in the client’s office environment.
Project Expertise
Portfolio Management
Management of EPCM project portfolios
Programme Management
Management of EPCM project programmes
Project Management
Management of EPCM projects
Project Deliverable Integration Management
Planning and management of all deliverables (work, documents, designs, databases, 3D models, etc.) on an EPCM project
PLP management, including FEL of projects
Management of progress and handover of all deliverables
Includes and facilitate EPCM Project Integration Management
Planning & Schedule Management
Management and development of project schedules
Quality Management
Quality Assurance & Quality Control
Risk Management
Quantitative and Qualitative Risk Management at EPCM Portfolio, Programme & Project levels
Cost Management
Management of project costs & current project performance, predict future project performance
Development of Cost to Completion models
Development of project estimates
Quantity Surveying and measuring
Project Sourcing and Contracting
Project procurement (including RFIs, RFPs, contract adjudication, negotiation & placement)
Project logistical management
Projects Contract Management
Management and administration of project contracts once placed
Management of contracted deliverables (main process Project Deliverable Integration Management)
Monitoring, Assurance & Reporting
Management and delivery of oversight, assurance, monitoring and reporting work
Commissioning Management
Planning, management and delivery of cold and hot commissioning
Financial Management
Management of financial planning per financial year, transacting and reporting on a project.Provides input to the securing of project funding and payment of financial liabilities
Engineering & Design Management
Management of engineering deliverables & engineering work
Management of engineering design, including for example the development of specifications, 3D models, equipment datasheet, design drawings
Site Management
Management of the site security and site auxiliary services
Management of labour forces (industrial relations) and wage bureaus
Management of construction village
Construction Management
Planning & management of the construction work
Construction scheduling & constructability reviews
Management of the construction site, construction materials and equipment
Communications Management
Management of communication to all relevant stakeholder internal and external to the project
Configuration, Document and Data Management
Management of all the project deliverables (data, documents, etc.) in terms of the relationship to the Plant Breakdown Structure
Management of project master data and project structures (CBS, WBS, PBS)
Health, Environmental and Safety Management
Management of environmental, health and safety work
Regulatory & Permitting Management
Management of all regulatory and permitting processes (e.g. access to work permits)
Knowledge Management
Management of the gathering, assessment and publication of learnings (lessons learned) & improvements
Integrated Resource Management
Management of all human resources (specifying, acquiring, development, mobilisation & demobilisation)
Consulting services
Strategy development
Business planning guidance that provides revenue and operating income growth as well as executive and employee development. Ario’s strategy development takes into account the internal and external environmental factors that affect your business and linking the strategy to budget and staff incentives.
Strategy implementation
The translation of chosen strategy into organisational action so as to achieve strategic goals and objectives.
Corporate Governance
Review and formulate rules and arrangements that determine what the business and its various stakeholders can and cannot do. These rules determine who controls what, and how controls are exercised. The objective of corporate governance is to ensure that individuals act with integrity and in the best interest of the business and its various stakeholders.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Facilitate, guide and monitor corporate transactions that includes preparation of Information Memorandum, business valuations and due diligence preparation.
Operational improvement
Along with operational efficiency, it can play an enormous role driving growth and profitability. Ario works with clients to reduce waste, lower costs and set up sustainable programs that achieve dependable outcomes.
Technology implementation
Facilitate and guide the plan out of the strategy, requirements, implementation plan, training program and response to potential contingencies.
Due diligence
Research, analysis and reporting of a company in preparation for a business transaction to confirm all facts, such as reviewing all financial records, and other matters deemed material to ensure that all stakeholders associated with a financial endeavour have the information they need to assess risk accurately.
Start-up business support
Ario provides broad financial support and non-financial support in the form of mentorship, provide advice on strategy, access to finance, access to markets, access to networks and skills and shed light on how to make the business sustainable.
Professional skills & services on demand
Ario provides readily available access to professionally qualified skill sets. We support large and small and medium sized enterprises (SME) with key services to implement financial, operational or project strategies in a timely manner. By providing experienced and qualified professionals it allows smaller organisations to benefit from the expertise of highly experienced professionals without incurring the expense of hiring someone full-time and larger businesses with the ability to address flexibility needs.
The range of available professionals cover Chartered Accountants, Engineers, Human Resource professionals, Project Managers and ISO Certification experts.