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We make Projects Predictable!
On time & On budget

Your dedicated Project Controls partner with over a decade of complex project delivery experience 

who are we

We are a Project Controls & Management Agency, established in 2019 by a small group of passionate project controls professionals aiming to provide targetted contract services to growing and established clients who lack in house skill sets or have fixed term needs for additional resources. 

We specialise in the below assignments at various grades across a wide variety of sectors:

  • Project Managers 

  • Quantity Surveyors

  • Estimators

  • Project Planners

  • Project Controls Managers

  • Programme Managers

  • Expert witnesses

  • Construction Managers

  • Construction Supervisors

All of our assignment managers have over a decade experience of hands on experience across a variety of sectors. We have provided project controls services for both established blue chip companies with transient resource requirements, and for rapidly growing organisations that quickly need project controls procedures put in place as both revenues and costs grow.

 

We pride ourselves on our long lasting relationships with our customers, and our cradle to grave longevity on projects and portfolios of work

We are active in a variety of engineering & construction sectors some examples are as below:

  • Pharmaceutical

  • Petrochemical

  • Food / Feed Processing

  • Power

  • Nuclear & Defence

We offer turnkey contract placement of specialist project controls & project management resources.

Typically we will hand pick the best suited candidates, competency test, interview and provide ongoing management and governance services throughout the longevity of the contract.

We work fast too, typically we aim to place contract personnel within 4- 6 weeks from initial kick off meeting with our clients.

You can schedule a meeting with us by clicking button below

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Ben Falconer - Planex Controls Director

Our Values

1. SMALL TEAM, BIG OWNERSHIP
We are not a global faceless corporation. All our clients have a dedicated account manager

2. We take pride in our services
Our company is run by professionals with direct project experience of the contracts they are managing. We aim to provide the best possible practice project controls that meets our clients needs. Balancing both pragmitisim and fitness for purpose. We work together to provide the best possible products

3. We are accountable
We do not leave something that does not look right. 

4. Accuracy 
We will ensure all information distributed from our consultants is checked and conforms to the highest levels of accuracy

4. Integrity 
We will always do the right thing. Even if its not in our financial interest

5. Relationships
Many of our customers have become friends. 

Why are we different

We set ourselves apart from other project management & project controls consultants, agents and recruitment agencies.

We are not just another recruitment company
with over a decade of experience in the industry we have a deep understanding of the assignments that are required. We will not do a large CV dump on our clients expecting them to spend countless hours reviewing.


We will not leave a problem without a solution
As engineers we aim to provide solutions to problems. We treat our clients problems as our problems and we will work together to solve them.

We handle all the process with minimal input needed from client
After receipt of client fact find we will craft a proposal and invite our client to meet our consultants. Our clients will only be required to complete the final sign off of proposal



We will not disappear as soon as contract is placed
Our assignment managers are in regular contact with our clients carrying out monthly performance reviews, and a point of escalation.
 
In many cases our assignment managers provide review and governance support to our clients to ensure quality of service throughout the assignment

 


Our Guarantees to you

We guarantee that all our clients will be 100% satisified. We aim to provide this by satisying our 3 step promise below

1) Right first time 
every time

All resources we place on contracts will be vetted for high performance, we will only work with exceptional people that have demonstrated a degree of going above and beyond. 

We will ensure that all the correct accreditations and certifications are in place and references are checked.

2) partner  
not customer

We see our clients as partners not as customers. We seek to enter Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) agreements with our clients. 

We enjoy the team work and pursuit of a common goal with our clients.

3) Resource
   Continuity

We understand the criticality of low resource turnover on time and cost critcal projects.

 

Steep learning curves for new resources on projects that have challenging deadlines can create project stresses.

A key metric our assignment managers check our resource pool for is average time per role.

We endevour to provide resources with proven track records of project completion, not role switching when the project gets difficult.

our Services

As a starting point we offer 3 levels of service to our clients. This is a guideline framework in which bespoke services and terms can be agreed from

Contract Services

  • We develop assignment schedule from your requirements

  • We source, vet, interview, and competency test contractors

  • We manage payment of all contracts under one agreement with you

  • We are on hand as a point of escalation 

This service is best suited to organisations with pre-established project controls and management procedures, that may just need quality fixed term resource, fast.

Successful Projects

Managed Contract services

  • We develop assignment schedule from your requirements

  • We source, vet, interview, and competency test contractors

  • We manage payment of all contracts under one agreement with you

  • We are on hand as a point of escalation 

  • We develop project controls and management procedures

  • We oversee and audit those procedures

  • ​We host monthly review meetings with our contractors to ensure quality is being upheld

  • We have monthly review meetings with our clients to ensure their continued satisfaction 

This service is best suited to rapidly growing organisation that need control procedures built from the ground up. 

Successful Projects

Construction Management team

Successful Projects

  • As part of this service we will provide a full construction management team typically consisting of - Project manager, construction manager, construction supervisors, quantity surveyors, cost controllers, project planner and admin support. Team is dependent on project/s size and complexity

  • We develop assignment schedule from your requirements

  • We source, vet, interview, and competency test contractors

  • We manage payment of all contracts under one agreement with you

  • We are on hand as a point of escalation 

  • We develop project controls and management procedures

  • We oversee and audit those procedures

  • ​We host monthly review meetings with our contractors to ensure quality is being upheld

  • We have monthly review meetings with our clients to ensure their continued satisfaction 

This service is best suited to end clients that need fixed term assistance in delivering portfolios of work.

how to instruct us

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Enquiry

You can find our fact finding sheet here 

Send your Enquiry to Info@Planexcontrols.com. 

We aim to complete the below Process in 4-6 weeks. Our typical process from early enquire to commencement of contract services is outlined below.  

02

Kick off Meeting

We will send you an email link to schedule a meeting with us to discuss your requirements in more detail

03

Proposal

Typically we will prepare a detailed proposal 

04

Client meeting

We will introduce you to the contractor/s for your final approval


client list

Below are a list of some of our clients, we have worked and continue to work with some of the biggest industrial clients in the UK 

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Cargill EBPO 

We have provided contract services for Cargill the largest privately owned company in the world 
 

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PM Group 

We have provided contract services for pm group a enr International top 100 design firm specialising in pharmaceutical EPCM services

Almac Group 

We have provided contract services for Almac group; a rapidly growing not-for-profit contract Pharmaceutical manufacturer with over £1 billion in annual sales volume. 

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We have provided contract services for Almac group; a rapidly growing not-for-profit contract Pharmaceutical manufacturer with over £1 billion in annual sales volume. 

enquiries

We are open to enquiries no matter how big or how small. Expect to receive a response within 48 hours. 

We ask that you attempt to complete our fact find sheet 24 hours prior to our meeting. It is okay if some details are not known but as much information as possible allows us best to meet your needs

​​Please email your completed Fact Find here​​

Enquiry Form

Business sector
Residential & infrastructure
Commercial & Retail
Industrial (e.g Pharma, Petrochemical)
Nuclear & Defence
Transport (Road & Rail)
Utilities & Power
Other
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