Forecasts that hold up to scrutiny.
Budget control, commitment tracking and forecast at completion every period, so you see overruns while they are still decisions, not surprises in the final accounting.
Why it matters.
Spent is not the same as committed
Reports that only show invoices paid miss the money already promised. The overrun is usually sitting in commitments and pending changes.
Contingency vanishes without a trail
When draws are not logged with a cause, nobody can say whether the remaining reserve still covers the remaining risk.
Funders want proof
Boards, donors, agencies and lenders expect every dollar to be traceable. Weak cost records turn a good project into a hard conversation.
How we work.
- 01
Control budget
An approved budget broken down by cost code and package, reconciled to the estimate and the funding sources behind it.
- 02
Commitments and actuals
Contracts, purchase orders, approved changes and invoices tracked against each budget line, every period.
- 03
Forecast at completion
An honest EAC built from commitments, pending changes, trends and risk, not from the original budget with a hopeful note.
- 04
Contingency management
Every draw logged with its cause, amount and approval, and remaining reserve compared to remaining risk.
- 05
Cash flow and draw control
Monthly cash flow forecasts and draw reviews matched to progress, so funders pay for work that is actually in place.
What you receive.
Every engagement is scoped to the project. These are the core outputs clients can expect.
Budget, commitments, actuals, pending changes and forecast at completion on every line.
Each draw with cause and approval, and remaining reserve against remaining risk.
Projected spend by month, updated as the schedule moves.
Pay applications checked against progress, contract terms and backup.
Cost summaries formatted for boards, agencies, donors and lenders.
Every donor dollar, accounted for.
The arts center was funded by donors and public sources, and every dollar had to be explained in public. We set up the control budget, tracked commitments and changes every period and reported a forecast at completion the board could stand behind in front of its funders.
- $118M
- Venue budget controlled
- Monthly
- EAC reported to the board
- 2025
- Engagement year
Questions clients ask us.
What makes a forecast at completion credible?
It includes everything: commitments, pending and potential changes, trends and remaining risk. A forecast that only adds invoices to the budget is not a forecast.
Can you work in our cost system?
Yes. We work in the owner’s system where one exists, and set up a clean structure where it does not.
Do you review contractor pay applications?
Yes. We check each application against progress in the field, the schedule of values, contract terms and supporting backup before you pay.
How do you handle multiple funding sources?
We map every cost to its funding source, so draws, eligibility and reporting stay clean for each funder.
Turn complexity into clarity.
Tell us what is keeping the project up at night. We will tell you where the schedule, cost and risk really stand.