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Integrated controls
Connecting cost, schedule, risk, change and performance information into a coherent picture.
Subject matter expertise / Personal website & blog
Project controls expertise, grounded in delivery.
I’m Nick Garvey, a project controls and commercial professional. I share practical insight on connecting cost, schedule, risk, change and performance so teams can make better-informed decisions.
More than 25 years across construction, defence, government estates, highways, facilities management and public-sector infrastructure informs the perspective I share here.
MCIOB / FCaSA / FQSi / SC Cleared
I work full-time in a permanent role at Mace Consult Ltd. This is my personal site; the views expressed are my own.
Project controls / A connected view
NG.From the detail to the decision.
Cost & forecastSchedule & riskChange & governance
Professional insight drawn from experience, shared in a personal capacity. No employer or client endorsement is implied.
Areas of focus / 01
Better understanding, better conversations.
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Forecasting & risk
Exploring cost forecasting, earned value, QCRA, QSRA and how uncertainty is communicated.
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Commercial practice
Sharing practical observations on change, NEC contracts, governance and the human side of delivery.
Experience / 02
A practical perspective built over 25 years.
My career spans construction, quantity surveying, commercial management and programme controls across defence infrastructure, government estates, highways, facilities management and public-sector environments. I’ve worked with cost control, forecasting, earned value, risk, change, governance and senior stakeholder reporting.
More about NickProfessional standing / 03
Professional foundation. Personal perspective.
BSc (Hons) Construction Management · MCIOB · Fellow of CaSA - Control and Skills Authority (formerly the Association of Cost Engineers) · Fellow of Quantity Surveyors International (FQSi). Views shared here are Nick’s own and do not represent those of Mace Consult Ltd.
Latest writing / 04
Ideas from the work, shared for the wider conversation.
6 November 2026
Monte Carlo QCRA in Depth: How to Build, Run and Read a Quantitative Cost Risk Model
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4 November 2026
How to Calculate the Cost of Risk on Construction Projects: Monte Carlo, PERT and How Often to Run Each
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5 September 2026