Contract Management and Risk Mitigation

Contract Management & Risk Mitigation Professionals

Ensuring your success.

Three Six Zero Industries provides innovative project management solutions and organizational advising that helps clients address, mitigate and provide practiced resolutions to challenging situations. Our advisors know the importance of how to integrate as key project team members, providing targeted superior services, wherever needed for the duration of your project while enhancing your bottom line.

Our advisors' approach to each client is unique and relies on hands-on experience with challenges facing both small and large scale capital projects throughout the United States. We have the ability to provide the people needed to fit your culture and enhance your existing project team. Our proven expertise using our extensive project management processes and tools helps to provide each of our clients with the competitive edge to ensure success on every project.

Our Service Offerings

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Project Controls Training
- Comprehensive Primavera Training
- Development of Earned Value Systems
- Change Management Training
- Cost Control and Coding Structures
- Mapping of the Project Controls Systems to each other to provide robust accurate repeatable data.
- Cost Estimating, Management and Control
- Project Controls Program Development
- Outsourced Project Controls Provider
- Planning and Scheduling
- Project Control & Information Management Systems
- Structure Integration with Contractor and Financial Systems
- Staff Augmentation
Contract & Construction Management/Training
- Construction Planning
- Construction Management Teams
- Productivity Analysis
Procurement & Supply Chain Management
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Strategic Cost Management
- Root Cause Analysis
- Market Intelligence
- Materials Management
- Financial Health Analysis
- Should Cost Models
- Price Adjustment Mechanisms
Project Management Support
- Project Teams (advising, staff augmentation, supplementary staffing and outsourcing)
- Multiple, Small Project Support Teams
- Discipline Support
- Personnel Support
Contracting Support
- Contracting Manuals
- Contract Documents (Reimbursable Cost, Lump Sum, others)
- Contracting, Strategy, Development and Planning
- Bidder Pre-qualification / Screening
- Invitation for Proposals
- Proposal and Bid Review Preparation
- Bid Review, Selection and Contract Award
- Contract Administration
- Incentive Programs
Construction Contracting Strategy and Execution Development
- Developing Execution Strategies and Plans
- Workshop Facilitation
- Risk Identification/Management
- Writing and Maintaining Project Execution Plans
Project Reviews
- Cost Estimate Evaluations/Checks
- Risk Analysis - Cost Estimate
- Independent Project Evaluations
- Post Project Audits
- Resourcing Reviews
- Schedule Evaluations/Checks
- Risk Analysis - Schedule
Organizational Assessment
- Corporate and Plant/Facility Level Organization
- Project Management Office
- Core Competency
- Personnel Appraisals
- Training
Work Process Development
- Project Delivery
- Project Management
- Cost Estimating
- Contracting
- Project Control
Project System Analysis
- Database Development/Management
- Project Control System Development/Reviews
- Project Delivery System Development/Reviews
- Project Work Processes and Manuals Development
- Training
Matching People to Projects
- Project Management Maturity Assessments
- Capability Assessments

Project Team Alignment
- Owner/Contractor Kick-Off Session
- Owner/Contractor Alignment Session
- Contractor/Sub-contractor Alignment Session
- Owner/Contractor Re-Alignment Session
Turnaround Management
- Strategic Turnaround Planning
- Scope Development and Screening
- "Cold Eye" Reviews
- Execution Plan Preparation
- Planning Work Processes
- Post Turnaround Assessment
- Personnel Support
Project Assurance Tools
Project Controls Tools
- Cost/Schedule Risk Analysis
- Schedule Logic Evaluation
- Productivity Analysis System
Contracting Tools
- Contracting Strategy Selection Tools
- Computerized Contracting Strategy Development
Project Management Tools
- Value Added Leadership/Technical Assessment Program
- Project Management Maturity Model
- Project, Personnel, Process Matching System
- Web-based Project Delivery Process
Databases
- Lessons Learned
- Risk Factors
- Cost Estimating Databases
- Schedule Database
- Training Materials
- Work Process Modules
Management Operating Systems (MOS) Review and Development

Our strategy focuses on helping our clients improve their business processes, optimize performance, develop strategies, and execute essential projects. We strive to be a trusted advisor to our clients, with a leading goal of implementing value enhancements and helping organizations respond to business challenges.

We identify an enterprise's strengths, as well as areas of improvement, so we can identify key opportunities for growth and prioritize specific initiatives to keep you moving forward.

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Case Studies

Jim McDowell

CEO, Three Six Zero Industries

Before co-founding Three Six Zero Industries, Jim served as an Engineering and Contracts Executive, where he led lean productivity initiatives, policy strategies, and procedure compliance. Jim was also responsible for the design, training, and implementation of Management Operating Systems and policies and procedures. Jim's strong leadership skills were considered an asset in these roles, and he excelled in the detail-oriented tasks of contract management and negotiations. Having worked first-hand in construction, engineering, and procurement alike, Jim's unique experience allows for expert advising.