Helping main contractors reduce delivery risk and strengthen project control.
Northpoint Project Support provides independent support to small and mid-sized main contractors across planning, project controls, technical coordination, and quality. Support is available at tender stage, during live project delivery, and through close-out, where stronger programme control, clearer technical review, and better visibility of delivery risk are needed.
Brought in when delivery needs stronger hands on the wheel.
Northpoint is engaged by main contractors at the point where the job stops behaving, or where the risk of it behaving badly has become clear. Practical, written, senior input. Not marketing, not generic consultancy.
Tender programmes need stronger structure and logic.
Live project control is slipping.
NEC processes are not being followed consistently.
Technical information is incomplete, unclear, or poorly coordinated.
Quality concerns are emerging late in delivery.
Defects and close-out issues need independent review.
Internal senior resource is stretched across multiple projects.
Contractor-side delivery experience, not consultancy-from-a-distance.
The basis of the support is live main contractor delivery on commercial new build and refurbishment projects, combined with a background in planning, project controls, technical review, and quality oversight.
Background grounded in live main contractor delivery on commercial new build and refurbishment projects, rather than consultancy-from-a-distance.
Tender and construction programmes, update reviews, and project control observations, built in Microsoft Project and Asta Powerproject.
Independent written review of drawings, specification, coordination, quality, snagging, and defects, structured so they hold up on record.
External senior support that sits alongside your team without replacing roles, and without legal, quantum, or claims positioning.
Three lead offers, structured for contractor delivery.
Each service is scoped to a specific delivery problem. BIM and digital support exists as a fourth supporting capability where it strengthens project control.
Tender and construction programmes, programme reviews, update reviews, sequencing observations, and project control support, built in Microsoft Project and Asta Powerproject.
Practical, operational NEC3 and NEC4 process support. Early warning discipline, programme compliance, and project controls aligned to day-to-day NEC project administration.
Independent technical review of tender and construction information, coordination comments, quality inspections, snagging and defect reporting, and close-out review input.
Support across the full contractor delivery cycle.
From tender through live delivery to close-out. Each stage has its own pressures, its own failure modes, and its own outputs.
Tender programmes that hold up to scrutiny, drawing and specification review, buildability input, and technical risk visibility before the job is priced and committed.
- Tender programmes (Microsoft Project / Asta)
- Tender drawing and specification review notes
- Buildability observation logs
- Technical risk review comments
Construction programme control, NEC process discipline, technical coordination review, and independent observation while delivery is live and pressured.
- Construction programmes and update reviews
- NEC process review notes and observations
- Project control observation reports
- Technical coordination review comments
Independent quality inspection, snagging and defect reporting, and close-out review, giving the contractor a clear, evidence-based record going into handover.
- Snagging inspection reports
- Quality audit reports
- Defect review reports
- Independent technical observation notes
Practical triggers, taken from live projects.
If one of these is happening, or about to, this is where independent senior input typically earns its keep.
Independent input before submission, covering a defensible programme, buildability observations, and drawing and specification review notes.
Construction programme and update reviews, sequencing observations, and project control support alongside the delivery team.
Operational NEC3 / NEC4 process support covering early warnings, programme compliance, and project administration discipline, without legal or claims framing.
Independent technical review of drawings, specification, and coordination, flagging gaps and buildability risk in writing.
Independent inspection, snagging reports, and defect review, giving the contractor a clear evidence-based record.
Independent review before handover, structured close-out notes, and defect review reports post-completion.
Retained monthly support that acts as external senior oversight across one or more live projects.
Led by Chris McIvor, Director.
Northpoint is built on contractor-side project delivery experience, combined with a background in technical review, planning, coordination, and quality reporting. The business exists because small and mid-sized main contractors consistently need that kind of external senior input, without carrying another full-time role.
The work stays grounded in live project delivery. Written outputs are structured so they can sit on a project file, support the contractor's position, and improve how the job is run.