Ekton

Ekton is an Angolan-owned project controls services provider, established in Angola and in Denver, USA, to provide premium and scaled-to-fit project controls services to project owners and contractors in Africa. Ekton also advises Public Administrations in their management of infrastructures projects, such as bridges and roads. Specialized in proje... ct planning, Primavera P6 scheduling, and project risk analysis, Ekton was established in 2012 by a group of professionals with experience in Engineering, heavy construction and offshore industry in USA and Africa. This experience allows the Company to undertake project management assignments in any type of offshore project or public infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa. We create the mechanisms and build the leadership culture that ensure those projects deliver their intended outcomes; which always include time and budget, but also other project objectives/constraints such as quality, scope, resources, risks, and reputation. As an Ekton client, here is how you maximize your profits on your future project without alienating your customers or any other project stakeholder, while being stress-free and yet running a very complicated multi-billion-dollar project. Here is our four-step approach: (1) We create the highest level of confidence that the dates and costs output from your schedule are realistic, based on logic links and other inputs. (2) We define a risk-adjusted schedule that allows calculating the contingency reserves needed. The contingency reserve is the difference between the risk-adjusted schedule and the non-adjusted schedule. And besides, there is no other way to calculate the contingency reserve if not by performing risk analysis. (3) We chase down the drivers, i.e. those risk events which are driving the schedule and cost. (4) We explore the responses - or actions - against the drivers found to ensure that the confidence level in reaching the goals be above the specified threshold. Overall, our risk management and project controls approach ...Read More