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STO Turnaround & STO

Case Study · May 2025 · 8 min read

Why the First 48 Hours of a Turnaround Determine Everything

Most turnarounds are won or lost before the first wrench turns, on projects with 5,000 people at peak or lean teams of twenty. Command, alignment, and closing the gap: that's where projects are saved or sunk.

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Case Study

How We Recovered a $400M Project That Was 6 Weeks Behind

A midstream facility. A schedule in freefall. Here's what we found, what we fixed, and what the project looked like 90 days later.

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Industry Intelligence

Data Centers Are the New Refineries, and They Have the Same Problems

The build complexity, the schedule pressure, the cost exposure. It all rhymes. Here's what industrial project experience brings to hyperscale construction.

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Turnaround & STO

Commitment-Based Planning: What It Is and Why It Works

Not a Gantt chart. Not a wish list. A real commitment from the people doing the work, and how to build a culture that honors it.

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Case Study

The Briefing Room in Action: Setting Up Command on a 3,000-Person Shutdown

How we established project intelligence HQ on a major refinery STO, and what changed the moment the room went live.

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