RichardBarkleyProject Controls & Capital Advisory
2.0 — WHAT WE DO

6 practices.
49 services.

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2.03 · 7 services

Owner's Advisory & Assurance

Independent senior counsel for owners, boards and investors, from investment decision through recovery and handover.

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2.05 · 5 services

Controls Intelligence

Power BI, executive analytics and forecasting that give capital leaders decision-grade foresight.

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2.06 · 6 services

The Barkley Institute

Practitioner-taught courses and executive education in P6, scheduling, controls and delay analysis.

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Featured practice

Command of the critical path.

1.0 — WHO WE ARE

Independent. Senior. Decisive.

The controls partner owners call when the date cannot move.

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3.0 — MARKETS

Sector fluency. One standard.

We know where each sector hides its schedule risk.

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4.0 — PROJECTS

Representative work. Every client confidential.

60 featured projects across 17 sectors. Every client confidential.

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7.0 — INSIGHTS

Decision-grade thinking.

Field notes, papers and briefings for the people who fund and build.

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9.0 — CAREERS

Do the most consequential work of your career.

For planners, cost engineers and analysts who want their judgment to matter.

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Market 3.16 · GovernmentREF 3.16

Government, stewardship on the record.

Federal, state and municipal programs that demand transparency, compliance and accountability for every dollar.

FIG. 01 — Government, stewardship on the record.
Market3.16
Pressures3
Key services7
SectorGovernment
Data date
StatusActive
The market

Public money deserves rigorous controls and transparent reporting.

Government capital programs carry obligations beyond delivery: compliance with procurement and reporting rules, accountability to oversight bodies and the stewardship of taxpayer resources. Schedules and cost reports are examined publicly, and sometimes in court.

We support agencies and their contractors with compliant scheduling, earned value management aligned with ANSI/EIA-748 principles, independent schedule reviews and assurance, and reporting that informs oversight without burying it. Our independence is the point: we tell agencies where a program really stands.

Risk register

What keeps government leaders awake

We know the specific risks of this market, because we have stood inside them.

RISK-01

Compliance requirements

Scheduling and EVM standards attached to federal and state contracts.

RISK-02

Oversight and audit

Programs examined by auditors, inspectors general and the public.

RISK-03

Funding cycles

Appropriations and fiscal-year constraints that shape every plan.

Accountability is easier when the truth is always on the record.
Our conviction in Government
RFI log · questions answered

What leaders ask us first.

Straight answers. If yours isn't logged here, raise it with us directly. A principal will respond.

Do you support federal EVM requirements?

Yes. We structure schedules and earned value systems in line with ANSI/EIA-748 principles and common federal requirements.

Can you provide independent reviews for agencies?

Yes. Independent schedule and cost reviews are among the services agencies ask us for most, precisely because we have no stake in the answer.

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Other markets

3.01

Data Centers

Hyperscale, colocation and AI campuses, where a slipped energization date is capacity a customer has already contracted for.

3.02

Mission Critical

Network hubs, operations centers, emergency services and secure facilities that must stay live while they are built, upgraded or replaced.

3.03

Commercial

Office towers, mixed-use, hospitality and retail, where an opening date sits inside leases, loan covenants and a sales launch.

3.04

Industrial

Process plants, heavy industry and infrastructure-scale facilities, where engineering, procurement and construction overlap by design.

3.05

Manufacturing

Advanced manufacturing, automotive, battery and gigafactory programs, where the business case depends on the start of production.

3.06

Distribution Centers

Fulfillment centers, logistics hubs and cold storage, delivered in compressed, repeatable programs across regions.

3.07

Healthcare

Hospitals, medical centers and research facilities, built and renovated around the care they deliver.

3.08

Pharmaceutical

Life sciences manufacturing, laboratories and GMP facilities, where the schedule answers to regulators as well as owners.

3.09

Semiconductor

Fabs, cleanrooms and advanced packaging facilities, among the most complex and capital-intensive buildings attempted anywhere.

3.10

Food & Beverage

Processing plants, bottling, cold chain and line expansions for brands that cannot afford an empty shelf.

3.11

Transportation

Highways, bridges, transit and rail programs funded by the public and watched by it.

3.12

Aviation

Terminals, airside works, hangars and modernization programs delivered without grounding operations.

3.13

Water & Wastewater

Treatment plants, conveyance and resilience programs that protect public health and answer to regulators and funders.

3.14

Power

Generation, transmission, renewables and storage, where commercial operation dates are written into offtake and financing.

3.15

Oil & Gas

Upstream, midstream and downstream projects, turnarounds and brownfield work in demanding environments.

The next step

Command the date you announced.

Book a 45-minute program review with a senior principal. You will leave with an independent read of where your schedule and cost really stand, and the three moves that matter most.