Switzerland · Biotechnology
One major programme, evidenced across capital, delivery cost and schedule.
>20%
Capital requirement optimised
>10%
Indirect delivery cost avoided
Critical Milestone
Schedule value preserved
Our Work
Experience built in complex capital environments.
Glengarra has supported major capital investments across multiple markets and geographies, from investment definition and optimisation through programme integration, project controls, delivery and recovery.
>€2Bn
Capital projects supported
€100m–600m+
Individual programme scale
Europe · Asia · Global
Project and portfolio experience
The Problem
Major capital projects routinely run over cost and schedule.
79%
Average cost overrun
52%
Average schedule overrun
McKinsey analysis of 532 projects globally valued at $100m+. Source →
Better project practices materially change the position.
10–15%
CAPEX improvement potential
Alongside schedule improvement and reduced contingency consumption.
BCG Capital Project Excellence. Source →
Why It Matters
Capital project performance is business performance.
In high-value manufacturing environments, project performance extends beyond construction cost: it shapes when a facility can produce, and how confidently leadership can commit capital.
Capital at risk.Time at risk.Product at risk.Decisions at risk.
The Glengarra ~1% Philosophy
~1%
Protect the other 99%.
We believe owners should consider reserving around 1% of capital investment for the independent challenge, optimisation, assurance and specialist support required to protect project value from definition through delivery.
CHF100m
Total investment
~CHF1m
Dedicated to protecting project performance
A small proportion of the investment. Focused on protecting the whole.
This is not a fixed fee, and not the right level of spend for every project. It is an owner-side capital protection principle, not a guarantee of return.
The Value Equation
Where the value actually sits.
Value Created
10–15%+
Potential direct CAPEX opportunity
Scope · Design · Procurement
Value Protected
10%+
Potential indirect / delivery opportunity
Schedule · Contingency · Commercial position
Value Identified
Earlier
Visibility
Risk exposure · Forecast uncertainty · Decision options
These are indicative value-at-stake / improvement ranges, not guarantees. Value at stake should materially exceed the cost of intervention.
What We Deliver
Six ways the position changes.
Reduce Cost
Challenge scope, design, specification, technology and procurement: direct and indirect cost alike.
Protect Time
Identify critical-path exposure and protect schedule and business milestones.
Increase Confidence
Build one credible position across forecast, progress, risk and contingency.
Remove Risk Earlier
Surface exposure while there is still time and optionality to respond to it.
Strengthen Execution
Clarify responsibilities, interfaces, governance and controls on site.
Improve Decisions
Give leadership independent, connected information for better capital and delivery decisions.
Strategy. Results. It’s our nature.
Complex terrain. Clearer decisions.
Independent judgement matters most when the route is complex, the exposure is high and decisions still have room to change the outcome.
Prove It
The impact of our work.
Material outcomes across complex capital investments.
Belgium · Life Sciences
±20% → ±10%
Investment confidence improved
A stronger estimate baseline supported commitment before execution began.
Ireland · Technical Operations
Under Budget
Brownfield investment delivered
A complex, live-site transformation delivered within the committed investment.
Value Is More Than Savings
Value isn’t always a saving.
- ✓
Exposure identified before it materialises is value.
- ✓
A critical business milestone protected can outweigh construction-cost savings.
- ✓
A forecast leadership can trust changes the decisions available.
Experience Grounded in Delivery
Switzerland · Lonza · Greenfield Biologics Facility
CHF600m+
Total programme value
700+
Technical equipment systems
As PMO & Project Services partner, Glengarra integrated controls, contracts and turnover coordination across a CHF600m+ greenfield biologics programme spanning 700+ technical equipment systems.
Visp, Switzerland: the scale of a single capital-project campus.
Experience Behind the Advice
Experience behind the advice.
Our experience spans investment definition, assurance, governance, recovery and delivery across complex capital environments internationally.
Germany · Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Restored control of cost, schedule and execution.
Scotland · Advanced Manufacturing
Created one integrated position for confident owner decisions.
China · API & Excipient Production
Strengthened investment definition before major capital commitment.
Ireland · Technical Operations
Optimised the investment and delivered below budget.
Global · Project Delivery
Turned project risk into consistent management intelligence.
Belgium · Life Sciences
Strengthened estimate confidence ahead of investment commitment.
How We Get There
These outcomes are delivered through our Strategic Services.
Purpose
Capital projects should perform better. That is why we exist.
Our mission is to bring strategy together with delivery expertise: protecting scope, time and cost on complex capital investments, and giving owners the independent view they need to act with confidence.
Right capability. Right time. Right outcome.
Trusted Across Complex Capital Delivery
Strategy. Results. It’s our nature.
What could we change on your project?
Bring us a live investment case, a major project challenge or an early-stage strategy, and we’ll give you a clear, independent view of where the value and exposure actually sit.