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Project Incident Review — Pakistan & the Gulf
Four companies. Four versions. We produce one.
When something serious happens on a capital, infrastructure, energy or construction project, every party holds part of the record and every party has a reason to see it differently. P3i is appointed as the single independent investigator. We collect every party's records and accounts and deliver one factual account the owner, contractors, lenders and insurers can all work from.
Since the 1990s
30
years investigating
250+
investigations closed, incl. HiPOs
15
countries served
20+
countries of lead seminars
100+
nationalities trained
Scope your review
Tell us what happened. See the team we would send.
Tick everything that applies. The team, the deliverables and the timeline update as you go. This is how we scope every review on the first call.
Team
3
Typical duration
4–6 weeks
Who we would send
Lead investigator (always)
Injury and human factors investigator
Interface and contractor-management specialist
What you receive
One factual account of what happened and why
Remedial work plan with owners, dates and tests
Separate interviews with every party’s workforce
Map of who controlled each task and record
Indicative. We confirm the team, fee and timeline in writing after the first call.
What we review
Six things every project review establishes.
01
The sequence, from every angle
One timeline built from the owner's, contractors' and suppliers' records, with contradictions shown rather than hidden.
02
Who controlled what
For each task and record involved, which party held it and where each party's control stopped.
03
The technical failure
Engineering assessment of what physically failed, by specialists chosen for the event.
04
The decisions behind it
Changes, approvals, schedule pressure and commercial terms that shaped what people did on the day.
05
The project-wide gaps
Whether the same weaknesses exist on other packages, blocks or phases of the project.
06
What each party must change
Actions assigned to the party able to make them, with dates and a test of whether they worked.
Who appoints us
Whoever appoints us, every party is heard.
Project owners
An account they can rely on to decide what to change, and to hold each contractor to it.
Principal contractors
A clear view down their own supply chain, and evidence of what they did and did not control.
Lenders and development banks
Independent assurance that a serious event has been understood and that the corrective actions are credible.
Insurers
Cause and circumstance established across all parties, without stepping into policy decisions.
An incident on your project with several parties involved? A first call costs nothing, and we will tell you whose records to secure first.
9 in 10
Large projects worldwide that run over budget, over time, or both, according to research by Bent Flyvbjerg at the University of Oxford.
A serious incident is often the point where hidden weaknesses in a project become visible. A proper review turns that moment into the correction the project needed.
You commission one investigation. You get a review of the whole system.
One incident. The whole project gets stronger.
Contracts
Safety and quality requirements added to every subcontract, not just the main one.
Change control
A single route for approving design and method changes across all parties.
Interfaces
Named owners for every handover between packages.
Programme
A rule that acceleration triggers a fresh risk review and supervision plan.
Examples of what we typically recommend after a project incident review.
The P3i approach
How we investigate a project incident. Fact-finding, not fault-finding.
Every P3i investigation is led by a senior investigator and supported by internationally qualified process specialists. You will not receive a list of people to blame, or a long list of generic actions. You will receive the facts, the proven causes, and a short plan that closes the gaps, in this case and across your system.
Independent
No products, repairs or contracts to sell you afterwards.
Senior-led
Thirty years of investigation, from the first call to the final briefing.
Beyond the event
Process specialists find the other cracks before they fail.
Ready to present
Written for boards, buyers, insurers and regulators.
How P3i does it for you
- 01
Scope with every party
We agree access and confidentiality with each party at the start.
- 02
Collect every record
Owner, contractors, suppliers and consultants, into one timeline.
- 03
Show contradictions openly
Where accounts differ, the evidence decides.
- 04
Establish who controlled what
For each task and record, which party held it.
- 05
One account, one plan
A factual report every party can work from, and actions for each.
What you receive
Call us when
Free 30-minute case assessment.
Tell us what happened. In confidence, we will tell you what the investigation should cover, how long it will take and what to preserve today.
How we work with you
What happens after you call.
For a project review, the first call is about who holds which records, and getting each party to preserve them before accounts start to diverge. From there, this is the usual pattern.
First hour
A call with a lead investigator. You leave it knowing what to preserve today and who to call next.
Day one
An investigator on site, anywhere in Pakistan. Scope and fixed fee agreed in writing.
Week one
A private briefing on early findings, so urgent risks are dealt with before the report is finished.
Weeks three to four
The final report, the wider system review and a remedial work plan, presented to your team.
After
We come back to check the actions were completed and actually worked.
Typical timings for a single-site event. Complex, multi-party matters take longer, and we tell you so on the first call.
What you receive
A full investigation report. This is only its first page.
The summary is what leadership reads first. Behind it sits the complete file: every witness heard, every document and record examined, and every finding tied to numbered evidence, so a board, an insurer, a buyer or a regulator can test it.
1 · Established sequence
2 · Causes
3 · Wider system findings
4 · Remedial work plan
Illustrative summary page. Report length and structure depend on the scope of each case.
Inside the full report
- 01Executive summary SHOWNThe findings and actions leadership needs, on one page. This is the page shown here.
- 02Terms of reference & scopeThe questions asked, the boundaries of the investigation and who commissioned it.
- 03MethodHow evidence was gathered, and which analysis methods were chosen for this case, and why.
- 04Verified chronologyThe sequence of events, reconstructed from records, data and accounts, minute by minute where it matters.
- 05Site & technical examinationScene, equipment, failed parts, measurements and photographs, with specialists where needed.
- 06Witness evidenceInterview schedule, accounts in summary, and where the witnesses agree and where they conflict.
- 07Documents & recordsPermits, procedures, maintenance, training, rosters, CCTV, tracker and control-system data reviewed.
- 08Causal analysisImmediate, underlying and system causes, each one tied to numbered evidence.
- 09System reviewWhere the same weaknesses exist elsewhere in the operation.
- 10Findings & conclusionsWhat is proven, what is probable, and what remains open, stated plainly.
- 11Recommendations & work planTargeted actions, each with an owner, a date and a test of whether it worked.
- 12AppendicesEvidence register, photograph log, interview records, drawings and data extracts.
Every action has an owner, a date and a test of whether it worked. The evidence stays indexed, so any reader can check how each conclusion was reached.
From our files
See all 16 cases → Client names, people, locations and dates removed.
Questions about project reviews
What owners and contractors ask us first.
What exactly is a project incident review?
An independent investigation of a serious event where several organisations were involved. One investigator collects every party's records and accounts, and produces a single factual account of what happened, why, and what must change.
Will the other parties cooperate?
In our experience, usually yes, because an independent review protects each party from being blamed for things it did not control. We agree access and confidentiality with each party at the start.
Can the review support a contract dispute?
It establishes facts, not liability. A clear, independent factual account is often what lets parties settle without a long dispute, and it gives any later process a firm base.
How long does it take?
A single event with two or three parties usually takes three to five weeks. Larger events take longer, and we confirm the timeline on the first call.
Do you review projects in the Gulf?
Yes. P3i has served clients in 15 countries, including projects in the Gulf.
Several parties, one incident?