Design Phase Controls
Design Smarter. Build Better.
Control Cost and Risk from the First Sketch
The design phase of capital projects sets the stage for your entire initiative, yet, too often, it’s where budgets and timelines begin to unravel. With Contruent’s Design Phase Controls, you can establish cost and schedule control early. From conceptual estimating to schedule integration and change management, Contruent equips you with the visibility and discipline to turn bold ideas into on-budget execution. All of which are backed by over 30 years of capital project controls expertise.
Contruent Engineering
Bring Cost Certainty to Conceptual Design
Estimate with Confidence. Control with Precision.
Design decisions shape more than drawings; they commit most of your project’s cost. Contruent empowers you to lead from the outset with construction estimating tools tied to your work breakdown structure (WBS) and historical cost data. Whether starting from a high-level concept or a detailed 3D model, you can build dynamic, defensible budgets from day one.
- Rapidly generate estimates from 2D, GIS and BIM models
- Align design scope with control accounts and benchmarking data
- Use historical cost trends to evaluate early design alternatives
Spot Risk Before It Becomes Rework
Track Design Changes. Prevent Downstream Chaos.
In capital project design, change is constant, and uncontrolled change leads to budget overruns. Contruent enables teams to log, track, and manage every design change before it escalates into expensive rework. With automated workflows, built-in approvals and real-time change impact analysis, you gain control over scope shifts and maintain design phase discipline.
- Flag changes early using “Trends” for proactive evaluation
- Connect design changes directly to budgets, schedules and contracts
- Automate approval routing based on thresholds or roles
- Maintain a clear audit trail for governance and compliance
Build Budgets That Think in Time
Connect Design, Schedule, and Spend
Contruent goes beyond traditional cost management software by integrating design-phase budgets with your project schedule. With tools for time-phased budgeting, you can forecast cost over time, align budgets to deliverables, and track progress against plan, essential for effective capital project lifecycle management.
- Develop time-phased budgets aligned with key design milestones
- Integrate with Primavera P6 and other scheduling platforms
- Use earned value management (EVM) to monitor actual vs. planned performance
Seamless Handoff. Smarter Execution.
Take Control Data Forward into Procurement and Construction
Plans made during design should translate directly into field execution. Contruent ensures seamless data continuity, carrying scope, schedule and budget data forward into procurement, contract management and construction oversight. This shared source of truth improves collaboration and accelerates execution.
- Preserve design-phase data in a centralized, accessible system
- Enable procurement and contracting using validated, aligned budgets
- Support contractors with controlled, real-time access
Built-In Expertise. Faster to Value.
Out-of-the-Box Workflows. Proven Results.
Contruent Design Phase Controls deliver more than functionality; they embody decades of real-world project controls experience. Start fast with templates, role-based dashboards and preconfigured workflows tailored for capital infrastructure success.
- Deploy in under four months with fixed-fee onboarding
- Replace spreadsheets with a unified capital project controls platform
- Empower teams through training led by project controls professionals
Ready to Take Control of Design?
With Contruent, the design phase of your capital project becomes a source of clarity, not chaos. Keep cost, scope and schedule aligned from concept to construction. Because control in design means control everywhere. Contact us to learn more.