Use case · AI EXPERT
A schedule you can defend to the client. And to the bank.
On an unprecedented industrial project, duration gets negotiated blind. AI EXPERT benchmarks it, activity by activity, against projects already built around the world.
Energy · Hydrogen and e-fuels · Heavy industry
40+
public reference projects, a source for every benchmark, without exposing a single piece of internal data.
The problem
A 12-month gap, and no history to settle it.
A European EPC contractor is pricing, in the FEED (front‑end engineering design) phase, an e‑fuel unit with no industrial precedent. Between the duration the client is targeting and the one in its own schedule: a twelve‑month gap.
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No internal lessons learned: the project is the first of its kind, and internal schedules can't be exposed.
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A trade‑off based on “expert judgment,” hard to defend to the client, then to lenders.
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Direct contractual risk: commit to an unrealistic duration and you face liquidated damages; overestimate it and you lose the bid.
Interactive demo
A project without precedent, a duration you can defend
Benchmark your schedule against 36 public projects of its class and keep a P80 you can defend.
Chapters
- A project without precedent
- Where you stand
- Compared with units of its class
- A P80 schedule you can defend
- A duration backed by evidence
At the last step: “See it on your project” → demo request.
How it works
A traceable independent review, in four steps.
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Read the schedule
Import the existing schedule (Primavera P6, Microsoft Project). Each activity is mapped to a unit class: process, electrolysis, electrical, CO₂ capture, utilities.
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Build a public reference base
Inventory of comparable projects already built: size, milestones, duration, source.
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Compare on the same segment
Same start milestone, same end milestone for every unit, size displayed: readers judge comparability for themselves.
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Set a benchmark, without rewriting
A benchmark appears next to each duration. No duration in the client's schedule is changed.
OFFOLIO doesn't produce “the right schedule.” It shows where the float and the pressure points are, with a source for every figure.
In 4 months, without any internal data.
~1,700
activities analyzed
40+
public reference projects
~8,000
benchmarks built and sourced
< 5 min
to regenerate a scenario
0
internal data exposed
What the team got
- a unit‑by‑unit diagnosis: pressure points on the main process, float on the electrical;
- a well‑argued basis for the duration discussion with the client;
- a reusable method for future projects of the same type.
Who it's for.
EPC contractors and engineering firms
Defend the duration in your bid and price contingency at the right level.
Project developers
Make the timeline presented at the investment decision more reliable.
Banks, lenders, insurers
Get an independent, traceable review of the schedule.
Industrial buyers
Check that the commissioning date is achievable.
From proof of value to day‑to‑day management.
Design variants
Recheck the duration when the design changes, for example when moving to modular.
Site workload
Quantify on‑site headcount package by package and spot overruns in advance.
Learn from your projects
Your past schedules become the benchmark for every new bid. Trained models remain your property.
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