ECS Associates (“ECS”) is pleased to announce an agreement with Anglo American Platinum (AAP), the world’s leading global platinum company, to provide project management support to assist AAP to deliver on its extensive capital project pipeline.
This collaboration between ECS and AAP heralds a new integrated procurement and project management approach to assure predictable project outcomes, for the mutual benefit of all stakeholders in terms of job creation, skills development, and improved service delivery.
Collaborative Project Strategies with Anglo American Platinum
To deliver successful capital project investments, every project must be aligned with an integrated development, procurement and execution strategy, be optimally staffed, be equitably contracted and be supported by both a measurable time and cost baseline jointly agreed before work commences and the implementation of a collaborative working culture.
Collaborative Project Strategies© developed by ECS and underpinned by the NEC contract philosophies, provides for effective procurement framework options and project implementation models. Better and more predictable project outcomes create tangible benefits for all stakeholders.
Mile Sofijanic, Managing Director of ECS Associates, commented: “Investing in a collaborative approach early in the process of procurement and project implementation can save time and reduce potential risks later in the project, which, may otherwise result in considerable negative consequences. Applying collaborative principles, such as relationship management, proactive communications, aligned business objectives, information and knowledge sharing and value creation help to enable early development of this collaborative environment, prior to commencing formal project implementation. In doing so, it sets the tone for a more aligned and proactive working approach for predictable and successful contract delivery”.
He further added: “Collaborative Project Strategies© coupled with our bespoke Agile Project Delivery solutions aim to assist Anglo American Platinum to deliver optimum project outcomes and to unlock significant on-going value adding initiatives through its extensive project pipeline.”
The agreement allows for a staged roll-out through a gated process from concept to project execution and close-out. ECS is tasked in employing its Collaborative Project Strategies© integrated with Anglo and best practice processes, along with current contract and project execution strategies it currently uses in delivering large, complex projects.