Client Testimonials

Network Rail: EPS consultants played a pivotal role in supporting the development and roll out of Network Rail’s Project Management Framework, their premier transformation programme to establish control and efficiency across Network Rail’s £2bn per annum investment portfolio. EPS detailed all the key project control principles (business processes) and supported their communication across the stakeholders throughout the group.
 
Network Rail owns and operates all the UK’s rail infrastructure, investing £5 – £6bn annually. EPS were privileged to have the opportunity to support Network Rail in its drive to deliver a safe, reliable and efficient railway.

The Project Controls Director who led their transformation programme commented:

“I have worked with EPS consultants over a number of years across other industry sectors. It was essential to the success of our work that we engage a team of specialists who understood project controls and associated systems inside out. Rolling out a new set of systems and processes across an organisation is difficult at the best of times. Doing it part way through the financial year, impacting 2000 people and over 3000 projects, without compromising delivery, is something else. EPS provided me with the confidence we needed to ensure we made the right decisions at the right time – and deployed a new project environment that worked from day one”.

BAE Systems: EPS provided a comprehensive planning, training and project control systems integration service to BVT Surface Fleet, the BAE Systems and VT Group’s alliance to design and build the Royal Navy’s future aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. This is the UK’s flagship defence programme, the output of which will be the largest and most powerful surface warships ever built in the UK. They will displace 65,000 tonnes, three times larger than the current Invincible class carriers.  

THALES Group: EPS provide planning systems integration and data migration expertise involving Artemis and Primavera software to Thales UK to support their involvement in the Royal Navy’s future aircraft carrier programme. Thales UK has responsibility for leading the power and propulsion element of the carrier programme. In addition, within the main alliance of the UK Ministry of Defence, Thales is responsible for leading the platform design and aviation teams, as well as participating in the mission systems team.

RIB: EPS provide systems implementation, user training and integration services to RIB, one of the world’s leading providers of fully integrated estimating, cost and schedule management systems. We have led the detailing of the interface and integration requirements between RIB and industry planning systems to support RIB’s deployment across many industry sectors worldwide.

CAPITA: EPS have worked closely with Capita Symonds, one of the UK’s leading multi-disciplinary consultancies in the Infrastructure sector and part of the FTSE 50 Capita Group. EPS supported Capita Symonds in tendering for project delivery services to the Highways Agency, Transport for London and local government. Our specialist experience in managing and controlling major projects is highly valued.

Solution Link: EPS have worked closely with Solution Link to support development of Bombardier Transportation’s shared data environment. This was a critical success factor to Bombardier effectively securing visibility of performance across its portfolio of projects. This was a opportunity for EPS to further its expertise in the transport sector, providing a software development service to the world’s foremost supplier of complete transportation systems and solutions for urban and airport applications. Jeremy Bateman, the Managing Director of Solution Link, said:

“EPS’ understanding of all matters relating to project control systems and software astonished me. They were able to pick up an unclear MS Sharepoint specification, scope it, develop it, test it and have it ready for production in an incredibly short timeframe. Their turnaround times made the difference between success and failure for this project”.