Cash Flow Management

Cash flow and cost flow planning translate project budgets and schedules into time-phased financial forecasts. While total project cost may be known, many projects struggle because spending timing is unclear, unrealistic, or disconnected from actual execution. When cash flow is not properly planned, even well-budgeted projects experience delays, funding stress, and loss of financial control.

This add-on service is commonly engaged when cash flow forecasts are missing, overly simplified, or based on high-level assumptions rather than execution logic. We review, correct, or develop cash flow and cost flow models that align scope, quantities, schedule progress, and resource deployment.

Our services are provided on an hourly basis and are typically used to strengthen project financial controls, support owner funding decisions, or correct inherited forecasts that no longer reflect project reality.

Why this is required for Project Controls?

• Accurate time-phased cost forecasting
• Improved funding and draw planning
• Early identification of cash shortfalls or spikes
• Better alignment between progress and expenditure

What happens to Project Controls without this?

• Spending forecasts do not match actual progress
• Funding requirements are identified too late
• Financial reports lag behind execution reality
• Change impacts on cash position are unclear
• Leadership lacks visibility into future cash exposure

What we deliver?

• Review of existing cash flow and cost flow forecasts
• Development of time-phased cost models aligned with execution
• Integration with Bill of Quantities (BOQ) for quantity-driven cost flow
• Alignment with CPM Scheduling for schedule-based phasing
• Coordination with Cost Management for forecast accuracy
• Scenario modeling to assess cash impact of delays or changes

This service is most often used when project managers or owners require clearer visibility into financial timing, funding needs, or the cash impacts of evolving project conditions.