Kevin Mattheys
Consulting Partner, Director
Kevin has been in Project Controls and inter-related fields for more than 30 years. He has an Electrical Engineering qualification from Wits Technikon as well as a BCom degree and Project Management Diploma.
About Kevin
Kevin has been in Project Controls and inter-related fields for more than 30 years. He has an Electrical Engineering qualification from Wits Technikon as well as a BCom degree and Project Management Diploma both of which were obtained from Unisa. Companies worked for include Eskom, AECI and Sasol.
Kevin’s areas of expertise include:
- Cost estimating, cost control and planning
- Strategic development
- Setting up and managing project controls for megaprojects, programmes and projects
- System development for specific project controls applications
- Cost engineering competency and skills development
- Application of techniques to forecast project end-of-job cost and schedule
- Project controls auditing and compliance
- Project scope management
- Communication skills
PUBLISHED INSIGHTS
Document Management in a Digital World
Once again, I am grappling with the future and considering moving back to the past… Things worked then, didn’t they? Printers, photocopiers, and fax machines were the order of the day. Nothing could go forward on a project unless there was a signature on the...
Proven Time Management Tips for Project Managers
Time consumes most of our lives and in some form or degree is an essential part of life: past, present and future. It brings a sense of order into our lives via structured routine and a common way of interacting with our fellow humans for planning of activities,...
Introducing the Project Execution Plan
The Project Execution Plan is used by the project team and management to assure, firstly, that the right aspects for project implementation are considered and secondly, that the project has been described in such a way that during each stage of front-end loading (FEL)...
Disrupting Project Controls – Fast Forward 20 Years
Industry 4.0 is going to be very disruptive to manufacturing business. How could this impact on projects, and in particular the project controls function? Kevin Mattheys provides some thoughts on this topic. Introduction Sitting in the OTC office in Wellington,...
Develop and Analyse Project Schedules for Realism: Part 2 – Assessing schedules for realism
This is the second part of a 2-part series of articles covering the development and control of robust, but realistic, project schedules. The focus of the articles is as follows: Part 1 – A composite scheduling process (published November 2016); and Part 2 –...
Develop and Analyse Project Schedules for Realism: Part 1 – A Composite Scheduling Process
This is the first of a 2-part series of articles covering the development and control of robust, but realistic, project schedules. The focus of the articles is as follows: Part 1 – A composite scheduling process; and Part 2 – Assessing schedules for realism. The...