Independent Owner-Side Advisory

Navigating
Complexity,
Creating Clarity

Programme controls, commercial governance, and AI-augmented project intelligence — built exclusively for asset owners across mining, resources and infrastructure.

Our Services Meet the Team
20+
Years owner-side
advisory experience
3
Continents
of operation
66%
Cost advantage vs
traditional PMO
Representative QRA output
P50
Schedule confidence · 100,000 iterations
P5
Optimistic
P50
Most likely
P80
Conservative
66%
Annual cost saving
vs traditional PMO
Mining & Resources
Oil & Gas
Infrastructure
Australia
Asia
South America
Owner-Side Only
The Problem We Solve

Most capital projects fly blind

No independent schedule. No early warning system. No change control. The first time leadership knows something is wrong, it is already too late to fix cheaply.

$M+
Monthly exposure when nobody sees it coming
Schedule slippage on uncontrolled capital projects is discovered, not prevented. Without an independent early warning system, every intervention is reactive and expensive.
Zero
Project controls in most owner teams at pre-FID
90% of pre-FID operators lack Primavera P6 L3/L4 capability. Excel-based schedules fail DCMA 14-point assessment before EPCM tender — forcing costly restarts at Stage 4.
Yours
The accountability when the board or lender asks why
IFC, ECA, and RIGI-backed financiers require lender-grade BOS and QRSA. 70% of Stage 4+ projects fail initial lender scrutiny. Meridian Advisory prevents that outcome.
What We Deliver

Six service lines.
One integrated capability.

Meridian Advisory operates exclusively on the owner side on fixed-fee, deliverable-defined engagements. No contractor relationships. No vendor commissions. No conflicting interests.

Every engagement is senior-led. The people you meet at proposal stage are the people who deliver.

01
Programme Controls & Schedule Management
Primavera P6 L3/L4 schedule development, DCMA 14-point integrity assessment, earned value management, and quantitative schedule risk analysis (Monte Carlo P50/P80/P90). Delivered to lender-grade standard for IFC, ECA, and RIGI-backed projects from pre-FID through to construction completion.
Primavera P6DCMA 14-ptQRA / Monte CarloEVMLender-grade
02
PMO Governance & Delivery
Full PMO establishment from interim controls through to BAU operations. Baseline schedule, cost baseline, AFE framework, change register, and SteerCo governance packs. Systems-led, lean by design — operational from day one without consuming months of programme time standing up a team.
PMO SetupReportingChange ControlRisk Register
03
Commercial & Contract Governance
Change control, claims management, and commercial advisory on owner-side capital projects. Structured dispute avoidance through governance discipline — change request registers, documented decision trails, and variation management from first EPCM instruction.
Change ControlClaimsCCR RegisterEPCM oversight
04
Cost Engineering & Budget Governance
Cost baseline reporting, commitment tracking, forecast-to-complete discipline, and AFE framework management. Continuous budget visibility with CAPEX trending and variance analysis at Steering Committee frequency. Prevents the cost inflation typical of projects without dedicated owner-side cost control.
Cost BaselineAFECommitment TrackingCAPEX Control
05
AI-Augmented Governance Intelligence
The Prospector — Meridian Advisory's proprietary AI engine — processes meeting transcripts, reports, and correspondence to identify risks, actions, and change triggers in seconds. 2.75 FTE delivers what traditional PMOs require 10 to achieve. Governance at the speed of information, not reporting cycles.
AI PlatformCOREThe ProspectorLive intelligence
06
FEED Phase & Pre-FID Assurance
Independent owner-side assurance through FEED and into construction readiness. Lender-grade BOS/QRSA development, EPCM contractor selection scheduling support, permitting critical path management, and readiness gating for projects targeting IFC, ECA, or RIGI financing structures.
FEEDPre-FIDOwner AssuranceRIGI / IFC / ECA
Proprietary Technology

Systems and AI at the centre,
not headcount

The conventional response to a controls gap is to hire a senior person and build from standing start. On a compressed programme that approach consumes months before producing a single reporting cycle. Meridian Advisory takes a different position.

Core Platform
CORE
Seven integrated modules consolidating all governance domains into a single live control centre. Visibility is continuous, not periodic. Leadership sees project health at any time from any location.
Executive Dashboard
RAG · S-curve · Health
Change Control
CCR · Value · Decisions
Risk Register
Heat map · Treatment
Document Control
Review cycles · Overdue
Action Items
Owners · Due dates
Procurement
Long lead · PO tracking
Meetings
Register · Actions
AI Governance Intelligence
The Prospector
AI governance intelligence that eliminates the lag between information generation and governance capture. Paste any meeting transcript, report, or correspondence — The Prospector identifies risks, actions, change triggers, and issues in seconds and populates the register automatically. No manual entry. No lag. No missed items.
2.75
FTE delivers what 10 traditionally required
66%
Cost reduction vs traditional PMO
Day 1
Platform operational from engagement start
$0
Additional licence cost — included in fee
20+
Years of owner-side advisory experience across mining, oil & gas and infrastructure
66%
Cost reduction versus a traditional 10-person PMO model
100K
Monte Carlo iterations per quantitative schedule risk engagement
3
Continents — Australia, Southeast Asia and South America
Our Positioning

Independent. Conflict-free.
Owner-side only.

Meridian Advisory acts exclusively for the asset owner. Our fixed-fee, deliverable-defined model means our only incentive is outcome quality — not hours billed.

20+ Years Project Controls
Direct experience across copper, gold, and lithium FEED programmes in North America, South America, Australia, and Asia. We understand remote-site execution risks, lender-grade reporting requirements, and EPCM tendering pressure before we arrive on site.
Proprietary Governance Platform
CORE is operational from day one. No setup delay. No ramp-up period consuming the first third of your programme. AI-assisted governance intelligence is embedded from the first reporting cycle. The platform is the methodology, made visible.
Owner-Side Only — No Conflicts
No contractor relationships. No vendor commissions. No conflicting interests with the engineering or construction firms on your project. Fixed-fee, deliverable-defined from first instruction through close-out. Full stop.
Lender-Grade From Day One
IFC, ECA, and RIGI-backed financiers require independent schedule validation and QRSA as a condition of term sheet. 70% of Stage 4+ projects fail initial lender scrutiny. Meridian Advisory engagement at the Stage 3 to 4 transition prevents that outcome and the PFS restart that follows.
The People

Senior-led.
Every engagement.

No juniors running the account while partners sell the next mandate. The people you meet are the people who deliver — from first site visit through to close-out.

Brendan Smith, Partner at Meridian Advisory
Partner · Engagement Lead
Brendan Smith
  • 20+ years project controls and commercial advisory across mining, oil & gas, and infrastructure capital projects
  • Owner-side governance across Australia, Lao PDR, and Southeast Asia — including remote-site and compressed-timeline programmes
  • Designer and operator of the CORE governance platform and The Prospector AI engine
  • Engagement lead and commercial contact on all Meridian Advisory mandates
Sunny Nijran, Principal at Meridian Advisory
Principal · Project Delivery
Sunny Nijran
  • Project controls specialist with deep experience in FEED-phase governance and compressed-timeline schedule management
  • Primavera P6 specialist and quantitative schedule risk analysis lead — DCMA 14-point assessment, AACE RP 57R-09
  • Cost engineering, procurement oversight, and contractor interface management on owner-side capital projects
  • Site-based delivery lead for mobilisation and BAU PMO transition
Engage Meridian Advisory

Ready to take
control of your programme?

Fixed-fee. Deliverable-defined. Senior-led from day one. Engagements typically commence within two weeks of instruction.

Email
brendan@meridianadvisoryltd.com
Website
www.meridianadvisoryltd.com
Operations
North America · South America · Australia · Asia

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