INDEPENDENT THINKING. INFORMED DECISIONS.
Clarity on cost, schedule and risk.
Independent cost and schedule risk analysis, assurance and delay support for owners and contractors across energy, infrastructure and renewables.
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20+ years of project experience
Energy · Infrastructure · Renewables
AACE International technical leadership
01 / SPECIALIST SERVICES
Better evidence. Clearer choices.
01 / UNDERSTAND UNCERTAINTY
Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis
Connect cost, schedule and risk. Test delivery scenarios to support investment, contingency and target-date decisions.
02 / CHALLENGE THE PLAN
Estimate & Schedule Assurance
Review scope, assumptions, estimating evidence and schedule logic. Establish a credible basis for your next decision.
03 / MAKE CHANGE VISIBLE
Delay & Claims Support
Understand delay events and their consequences through time-impact and forensic analysis grounded in schedule evidence.
HOW WE WORK
From understanding to action.
02 / EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE ADVICE
Specialist expertise. A practical perspective.
Actara is led by Abbas Shakourifar, MSc, PSP, PMP, PSM. His 20+ years across energy, infrastructure and renewables connect practical project experience with independent analysis. He also teaches project management to MBA professionals at the University of St. Thomas.
Voting member of AACE International’s Technical Board since 2019 and Chair of its Program & Project Management Subcommittee.
03 / FROM ANALYSIS TO PRACTICE
Planning should focus on the plan, not the software.
Actara Planner brings real schedule logic into Excel. Build activities, connect dependencies and identify the critical path in a collaborative planning workshop.
What decision do you need to make?
Start with the question. We’ll discuss the project context, the evidence available and where specialist analysis can help.