Food & Beverage · New ConstructionIn progress · 2026

Commercial-Scale Precision Fermentation Facility

No playbook exists for this plant at commercial scale. The schedule is being written as the engineering matures.

LocationConfidential, US

ClientConfidential

LocationConfidential, US

SectorFood & Beverage

Value$340M

SizeCommercial-scale bioprocess

DeliveryProgressive Design-Build

Duration32 months

StatusTarget 2026

Why it mattered

Food and beverage plants live by market windows: peak season, retail launches, distribution contracts. A schedule that misses the window does not lose weeks; it loses the year.

The challenge

A food technology company is building one of the first commercial-scale precision fermentation plants, producing proteins without animals.

Process design is still evolving as construction starts. A conventional fixed baseline would be out of date within weeks, yet investors still need a forecast they can rely on.

Our role

Integrated Master Scheduling (IMS)Forecasting Executive Reporting Project Readiness Assessments

Schedule at a glance

The whole program, on one line.

Start to finish, as the schedule tells it. For work still in progress, the bar moves with today's data date.

StartNov 2023

Duration32 months

Target finishJul 2026

Progress—

Protect productionPut equipment on the pathIntegrate the vendorsValidate and ramp

How we held the date

Our approach, phase by phase.

The same disciplined sequence we bring to every engagement, shaped around what this project needed most.

PHASE 01PHASE 02PHASE 03PHASE 04

PHASE 01Protect production

Shutdowns placed in low-demand periods, with every outage planned to the hour.

PHASE 02Put equipment on the path

Process equipment tracked from factory slot to setting on its foundation.

PHASE 03Integrate the vendors

Line vendors, automation and building trades working to one critical path.

PHASE 04Validate and ramp

Line trials, food-safety validation and ramp-up scheduled as real work with real durations.

What changed

The difference we made

Measured the only way that matters: whether the date and the budget held.

Result 01Rolling-wave detail

The schedule adds detail as each design package matures, without losing sight of the critical path.

Result 02Investor-grade forecasts

Monthly forecasts with stated confidence levels give investors a defensible view of the program.

Result 03Startup in the first baseline

Commissioning and qualification logic was present from the first issue, not bolted on late.

Services engaged

What we brought to it

Our work in Food & Beverage

2.01.03Integrated Master Scheduling (IMS)

Integrated Master Schedules that bind design, procurement, construction and commissioning into one traceable program view, from board summary to field activity.

2.02.08Forecasting

Risk-informed schedule and cost forecasts, expressed as P50 and P80 ranges, that give executives an honest view of the finish date and final cost.

2.02.09Executive Reporting

Concise, candid, decision-grade reporting for boards, executives, lenders and public stakeholders.

2.03.06Project Readiness Assessments

Structured assessments of readiness to tender, to build, to commission or to operate, completed before the costly commitment is made.

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