Programme Recovery for a High-Security Defence Project
Restoring confidence and deliverability in a nuclear-regulated environment.
Overview
A major UK national-security organisation faced uncertainty over the constructability and feasibility of a critical safety-related facility. Concerns around the blast-resistant structural design created the risk of escalating cost, delay, and loss of delivery confidence.
The Challenge
To provide an independent programme review, establish whether the project remained deliverable, and create a credible recovery path that stakeholders could support.
Our Approach
We led a structured intervention that included:
A critical assessment of the design and procurement approach
Recommending a more buildable alternative solution, including targeted relaxation of certain client requirements
Proposing a revised procurement strategy aligned to realistic delivery objectives
Directing the re-mobilised design team and contractor under a revised, achievable programme
The Outcome
The project was successfully re-baselined, achieving a 20% reduction in both cost and schedule, while restoring senior stakeholder confidence in its feasibility and safe deliverability.
Next Steps
Complex, high-security and regulated programmes demand clarity, structure, and decisive leadership — especially when technical uncertainty threatens progress. If you would like to strengthen governance, regain delivery confidence, or recover a critical programme, we can help.