[DK_CONTROL_01] PROJECT CONTROLS CONSULTANCY

Creating reliable outcomes for even the most challenging projects.

DaicyKiran Ltd brings expert, current methodology and decades of experience to the discipline of project controls — transforming complexity into governed, forecastable, in-control delivery.

[DK_DOCTRINE] THE OPERATING PRINCIPLE

Four disciplines that hold complex delivery in control.

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Precision

Every baseline, variance and forecast is derived from a defensible, mathematically rigorous measurement framework — not assertion.

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Foresight

Scenario modelling and earned-value analytics expose trajectory early, converting uncertainty into pre-positioned response.

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Control

A closed-loop controls regime holds performance against an immutable baseline, governing change before it governs you.

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Experience

Years of experience on demanding programmes in different industries provide valuable insights that numbers and data alone cannot supply.

[DK_MATRIX] SERVICE PORTFOLIO

A modular logic matrix of controls disciplines.

Each discipline is an instrument of governance. Together they form an integrated controls regime — with Project Planning and Project Controls as the structural spine.

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Project Planning

Architecting the full delivery sequence — from work breakdown to sequenced logic and milestone architecture — to establish a defensible execution baseline.

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Project Controls

The closed-loop discipline of measuring, forecasting and correcting — instrumentation that converts live performance data into decisive intervention.

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Change Management

Governing scope variation through structured impact assessment, traceability and controlled integration into the baseline.

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Scenario Planning

Modelling plausible futures — optimistic, likely and adverse — to test resilience and pre-position response strategies.

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Cost Loading & Management

Distributing cost across time and scope to produce the cost baseline that governs commitment and forecast.

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Resource Loading & Management

Quantifying, smoothing and levelling labour, plant and material to match demand against constrained availability.

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Baseline Management

Establishing, freezing and governing the performance measurement baseline against which all variance is judged.

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Earned Value Management

Integrating scope, schedule and cost into a single performance index — the definitive instrument for forecasting outcome.

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Critical Path Analysis

Identifying and protecting the chain of activities that governs programme duration — the structural spine of delivery.

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[DK_INTELLIGENCE] METHODOLOGY IN EVIDENCE

The instruments by which we prove control.

Earned Value, schedule and critical-path analytics rendered as live instrumentation — the same intelligence we install on every engagement.

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Earned Value Trajectory

Planned Value, Earned Value and Actual Cost reconciled against the performance baseline.

■ Planned Value ■ Earned Value ■ Actual Cost
[SCH] BASELINE

Sequenced Schedule

Time-phased execution logic with the critical chain identified and protected.

Engineering
Procurement
Substructure
Superstructure
Commissioning
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Critical Path & Indices

Governing chain of activities and performance indices.

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SPI
0.97
Schedule Perf.
CPI
0.92
Cost Perf.
VAC
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Var. at Completion
EAC
121
Est. at Completion
[DK_LEADERSHIP] THE PRACTICE LEAD

Experience that data alone cannot supply.

SI

Sony Idicula

Senior Planning Consultant | Project Controls Lead

Senior Planning and Project Controls Consultant with 15+ years' experience advising major clients across power, utilities, infrastructure, automotive, airport, oil and gas, IT and telecoms. Trusted to lead schedule assurance, programme planning, baseline governance and performance reporting for complex, regulated delivery environments.

Consulting value: programme recovery insight, schedule credibility, contractor assurance, earned value reporting, stakeholder-ready dashboards and delivery-focused planning governance.

sony.daicykiran@gmail.com 07810 447 554
[AT_A_GLANCE] 15+

years advising major programmes

Sectors
Power Utilities Infrastructure Automotive Airport Oil & Gas IT Telecoms
Tooling
Primavera P6 Microsoft Project Asta Powerproject Acumen Fuse P6 Visualizer Excel
Education

MSc Engineering Multimedia — Nottingham Trent University, 2004

BE Computer Science — University of Madras, 2001

[DK_RECORD] TRACK RECORD

Fifteen years of governed delivery, in evidence.

A chronological record of the clients, programmes and controls disciplines that define the practice.

SEP 2022 – MAR 2023
National Gas / National Grid Transmission
SENIOR PLANNER / PROJECT CONTROLS
  • Led schedule control across multiple gas transmission workstreams, strengthening governance, reporting discipline and project controls compliance.
  • Produced executive-ready monthly updates, KPI insight, cost-loaded Level 4 schedules and tender schedule assurance reviews for delivery teams.
MAR 2022 – SEP 2022
Jaguar Land Rover
LEAD SCHEDULER, PROGRAMME PLANNING
  • Owned programme scheduling for a strategic Land Rover model, delivering fortnightly P6 updates, milestone packs, risk visibility and senior management reporting.
  • Built master schedules, sub-plans, baselines and what-if scenarios to support Gateway decisions, dependency management and mitigation planning.
MAR 2021 – MAR 2022
H&MV Engineering
SENIOR PLANNER, POWER
  • Controlled a portfolio of power projects, integrating progress capture, earned value, cost/resource loading, baseline control and performance reporting.
  • Converted technical query and early warning impacts into clear commercial evidence for compensation events, claims support and tender planning.
MAY 2020 – FEB 2021
Amey
SENIOR PLANNER, UTILITIES POWER
  • Provided site-based planning leadership for National Grid submissions, covering P6 updates, critical activities, lookaheads, earned value and cost variance.
  • Integrated subcontractor schedules and change events into the master plan, improving visibility of slippage, early warnings and mitigation actions.
JUL 2017 – APR 2020
Jaguar Land Rover
Lead Scheduler, Programme Planning
  • Led P6 programme planning for a major Land Rover model, creating master schedules, WBS structures, sub-plans and executive reporting packs.
  • Introduced stronger baseline control, Gateway impact reporting, Acumen Fuse quality analysis and scenario planning to support delivery confidence.
Nov 2016 – Jun 2017
Ove Arup & Partners
Senior Planning Consultant, HS2 Utility Diversions
  • Supported HS2 utility diversion PMO planning, maintaining P6 schedules and reporting slippage, outages, approvals and key delivery milestones.
  • Produced concise management reporting and assessed survey, consent and approval delays to inform design and construction readiness.
Jan 2016 – Nov 2016
MACE Constructions Ltd
Senior Planning Consultant, National Grid ISS
  • Provided planning assurance for National Grid ISS projects from design through construction, including contractor tender review and progress validation.
  • Developed cost profiles, contractor review templates and Excel/VBA reporting tools while coordinating early warnings, change events and baseline control.
Feb 2015 – Oct 2015
National Grid European Business Development
Senior Planning Consultant, NemoLink UK–Belgium Interconnector
  • Established PMO planning processes for the NemoLink UK–Belgium Interconnector, including schedule management requirements and master planning standards.
  • Reported baseline variance, critical path and earned value to senior stakeholders while reviewing contractor schedules for quality and delivery risk.
Dec 2013 – Jan 2015
LogiKal Projects
Senior Planning Consultant & Primavera Technical Lead, National Grid PMO
  • Assured contractor schedule, cost, resource and milestone data for monthly integration into the National Grid PMO Primavera P6 database.
  • Served as Primavera technical lead, creating layouts, codes, resources and reports while auditing outputs against sanctioned cost and approved dates.
2008 – 2013
Earlier Career
Project Controls and Planning Roles
  • Laing O'Rourke, J Murphy & Sons, MWH Global, Mott MacDonald, Skanska — project controls and planning across Heathrow Terminal 2A, National Grid ISS/PMO/SEESA programmes and NHS hospital PFI works.
  • Built deep foundations in Primavera planning, cost/resource loading, earned value, subcontractor integration, dashboards, KPI tracking, portfolio reporting and P6 administration.
[DK_TOOLS] TOOLSET & PLATFORMS

Tools Used

Industry-standard planning, controls, diagnostic, and reporting software leveraged to drive execution certainty.

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Oracle Primavera P6

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Oracle Primavera Visualizer

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Asta Powerproject

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Microsoft Project

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Deltek Acumen Fuse

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Smartsheet

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Microsoft Excel with VBA scripting

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Clients engaged across the programme controls lifecycle.

National Grid
National Gas
Jaguar Land Rover
H&MV Engineering
Amey
Ove Arup & Partners
MACE
NemoLink
LogiKal Projects
Laing O'Rourke
J Murphy & Sons
MWH Global
Mott MacDonald
Skanska
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“We exist to resolve the largest, most consequential challenges in project delivery — applying expert, current methodology and decades of hard-won experience to keep complex programmes in control.”

— DAICYKIRAN LTD

[DK_BRIDGE] STRATEGIC CONSULTATION

From complexity to control.
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For programme briefs, tender support or a confidential consultation, reach the practice lead at the address below.

✉ sony.daicykiran@gmail.com 📞 07810 447 554
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