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Master Planning & Programme Development
Robust, logic-driven construction and delivery programmes in Primavera P6 — baselines, rolling-wave planning and integrated schedules built to be delivered, not just submitted.
Master Planning · Risk · Project Controls
Planning that holds up.
Risk you can see coming.
- 25+
- Years planning & de-risking capital projects
- $1B+
- Construction value assessed & award-recommended
- ~143MW
- Data centre capacity under planning QA
- 16
- Major tender programmes evaluated
Why Enterprise Project Controls
A senior practitioner, embedded — not a layer of overhead.
Most planning problems don't announce themselves. They hide in optimistic baselines, untested logic and contingency that was never really analysed. By the time they surface in a monthly report, the options have narrowed and the cost has grown.
Chris Gray works differently. He sits inside your delivery or bid team as a hands-on master planner and risk analyst — building programmes that survive contact with reality, stress-testing them, and giving decision-makers a clear, honest read on where the time and money risk actually sits.
Operating principle
“A schedule is a decision-making instrument, not a wall decoration. Its job is to tell you the truth early enough to do something about it.”— Chris Gray, Master Planner & Risk Analyst
What Chris does
Six ways to plan, control and de-risk delivery.
From baseline programme through to claims defence — end-to-end project controls for capital projects that can't afford to slip.
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Project Controls & Schedule Assurance
Independent programme QA, progress monitoring, monthly reporting and forecast validation that keeps contractors honest and gives clients an early warning system.
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Risk Management & Contingency Analysis
Quantitative and qualitative risk to ISO 31000 — identifying uncertainty, sizing contingency to protect margin, and coaching teams past the cognitive biases that sink estimates.
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Tender & Bid Programme Evaluation
Rigorous assessment of contractor tender programmes, weighted on expedience of delivery, with clear, defensible award recommendations for major construction packages.
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Extension of Time & Claims Assessment
Forensic evaluation of EOT claims and delay events, coordinated with cost teams on compensable costs — and advice on contract mechanisms that reduce future disputes.
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Data Centre Construction Planning
Specialist hyperscale and data centre planning — base-build and fitout programmes, client-side planning QA and time-critical delivery advice on live and tendered builds.
Sectors
Depth where the stakes are highest.
Data Centres
Hyperscale and colocation base-build and fitout, client-side planning QA.
Energy & Utilities
Electricity distribution, bushfire mitigation programmes and gas-market projects.
Infrastructure
Major infrastructure and regulated capital programmes under scrutiny.
Resources & Mining
Design, engineering and construction planning for resource expansions.
Selected work
Programmes that shaped billion-dollar decisions.
Microsoft · via Turner & Townsend
Client rep across 4 Melbourne data centres
Planning quality assurance across ~143MW of hyperscale capacity, evaluating 16 tenders and recommending award on ~$1Bn of construction, while uplifting general contractors' planning capability.
Lendlease
Winning tender programme, 3 Amazon data centres
Developed the contract construction programmes for a successful hyperscale bid, then guided the delivery teams on the time-critical path and where to focus to manage delivery risk.
CitiPower & Powercor
REFCL bushfire-mitigation rollout
Planned a five-year programme deploying bushfire-mitigation technology across the Powercor network — a Royal Commission response reducing fires from powerline faults.
Common questions
Straight answers.
What does Enterprise Project Controls do?
Independent master planning, construction scheduling, project controls and quantitative risk analysis for complex capital projects. It's led directly by Chris Gray — you get a senior practitioner, not a hand-off to a junior.
Do you work on contract or advisory engagements?
Both. Chris takes on embedded contract roles within delivery and bid teams, as well as shorter advisory engagements — schedule reviews, risk workshops, tender assessments and second opinions on troubled programmes.
Which tools and standards do you use?
Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project for scheduling; rolling-wave and collaborative planning techniques for delivery; and ISO 31000 for risk, blending quantitative and qualitative methods.
Where is Chris based and where can he work?
Chris is based in Melbourne, Victoria, and takes on engagements Australia-wide, on-site, hybrid or remote depending on the project.
Let's talk
Have a programme that needs to hold up?
Tell Chris about your project. You'll get a considered, practical response — not a sales pitch.