Reports people actually read.
Executive reporting and Power BI dashboards drawn straight from the schedule and cost data, so leadership sees the same truth the controls team sees. One page, the right trend and the decision that is needed.
Why reports go unread.
Forty pages, no answer
The monthly report grows every month. The executive reads the first page, finds no answer to the question, and calls someone instead.
Built by hand every month
A controls engineer spends a week copying numbers into slides. By the time the report is out, the data is stale and the errors have crept in.
Green, green, green, red
Traffic-light reports show status, not trend. The milestone stays green right up to the month it turns red.
How we report.
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Start with the decision
For each audience we ask what they decide and what they need to see to decide it. The report is built backward from that.
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Trends, not traffic lights
Float erosion, SPI and CPI over time, contingency burn and forecast movement show where things are heading, not just where they are.
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Straight from the source
Dashboards read from P6 exports and the cost system on a set refresh, with no manual copying in between.
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Three levels, one dataset
Executive summary, program view and project detail all come from the same data, so the numbers always agree.
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A narrative with an opinion
Every report says plainly what changed, why it matters and what decision is needed this month.
What you get.
Scoped to your project and delivered in native files your team owns.
Milestones, float, cost, contingency and risk trends on one screen an executive can read in a minute.
A short written report with an answer on page one and the evidence behind it.
All projects side by side, coded the same way, so you can compare performance across the program.
A documented refresh from P6 and the cost system, so each new period takes hours, not a week.
Templates and data models your team keeps and can extend to new projects.
From forty slides to one page.
A familiar request: the board pack takes a week to build and still does not say whether the opening date is safe. We replace it with one page: three milestone trends, cost against forecast, contingency remaining against risk remaining, and the two decisions needed. The detail sits one click behind it.
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- Page for the board
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- Levels, one dataset
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- Not a week, to refresh
See it in the work.
Confidential projects where these controls apply, and a live instrument you can run on the shared Controls Lab schedule.
Questions owners ask us.
Do we need Power BI?
No. Power BI is common and works well, but the method works in Excel or the reporting tool you already use.
Can dashboards read straight from P6?
Yes, through scheduled exports or a reporting database. Our Construction Data & Integration service builds the pipeline.
Who writes the narrative?
We do, or we train your team to. Either way, it leads with the answer and the decision needed.
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