One Project ServicesAI-Driven Planning & Project Controls · Manchester, UK
Take the risk out of
project delivery.
OPS applies AI to analyse your programme data and spot issues earlier — pairing 22 years of planning and controls expertise with the technology that keeps the UK's most complex rail, nuclear, water and civil infrastructure projects on track.
Our apps
Tools built by planners. For planners.
The same thinking behind our consultancy, available as simple web apps you can use today.
Schedule Analysis
Turn P6 XER files into interactive dashboards and exportable report packs.
scheduleanalysis.app ›
Schedule Summariser
Create a presentation-ready plan on a page from P6, Excel or MS Project.
schedulesummariser.app ›
Schedule Viewer
Open and explore project schedules in a clean, fast viewer — right in the browser.
scheduleviewer.app ›At the forefront of what we do
AI-generated planning and reporting. Built for delivery.
We use AI to do the heavy lifting — drafting programmes, surfacing risk and generating reports automatically — so your team spends its time deciding, not assembling.
AI-Generated Planning
Draft baseline programmes and tender schedules in a fraction of the time — logic-linked, resource-loaded and aligned to your WBS, then refined by our planners. AI also tests thousands of scenarios to stress the critical path before it's locked.
Automated Dashboard Reporting
Reports that build themselves. AI pulls live programme and cost data into Power BI dashboards, writes the narrative commentary and flags variances — so period reporting goes from days of manual effort to a review and sign-off.
Predictive Insight
AI reads the trend in your data and forecasts where the programme is heading — early warning on slippage, schedule risk and resource pinch-points, so issues are managed weeks before they hit the critical path.
AI accelerates the work — our planners own the judgement. Every programme and report is validated before it's issued.
About OPS
Part of your team, not just a supplier.
Whether our role is to lead or support your resources, we integrate and work as part of the team — implementing our planning and project controls toolset to deliver projects on time, safely and within budget.
Across 22 years we've supported the delivery of complex major capital projects — and we now bring AI into that toolset, so teams get answers in hours that used to take weeks.
The balance we deliver
Intelligent solutions, delivered in harmony with your goals.
What we do
Services across the full delivery lifecycle.
Specialist planning and controls for the construction and engineering sectors — AI-augmented end to end, from first draft programme to final report.
Project Planning
AIAI-generated baseline and tender programmes, logic-linked and resource-loaded, then refined and owned by our planners — robust, defensible schedules built faster.
Project Controls & Reporting
AIAutomated dashboard reporting with AI-written commentary and predictive forecasting — turning live programme and cost data into the visibility leaders need to decide with confidence.
Forensic Planning
Independent, evidence-led analysis to support claims and resolve disputes when programmes go off course — accelerated by AI-driven schedule analytics.
Business Intelligence & Data Analytics
Configuring data so the right people see the right metrics, in the tools they already work in — the foundation our AI reporting is built on.
Where we work
Sectors.
Deep experience across the infrastructure programmes that keep the country moving.
Selected work
Programmes we've helped deliver.
A track record built on the UK's most demanding infrastructure schemes.
Manchester Metrolink — Phase 3
OPS led planning and project controls for the contractor's E&M scope on the expansion that added four new lines to the network.
- ✓Tram network grew from 23 to 60 miles
- ✓Around 105 new stops added
- ✓Now the UK's largest tram network
Transpennine Route Upgrade
A transformative railway programme better connecting passengers in the North between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.
- ✓Multi-billion pound northern programme
- ✓Improved connectivity across the Pennines
- ✓Capacity and journey-time gains
Northern Programmes
Supporting the signalling contractor in delivering major rail signalling schemes across the North West.
- ✓The Ordsall Chord
- ✓Electrification, Manchester to Preston
- ✓Electrification, Preston to Blackpool
- ✓Manchester Airport station modifications
West Coast Power Supply Upgrade
Supporting the delivery contractor in upgrading electrification infrastructure to increase available power.
- ✓Enhanced train service enabled
- ✓Upgraded electrification infrastructure
- ✓Increased available power capacity
Client voices
What our clients say.
“If you're looking for someone reliable, efficient and trustworthy, you've come to the right place. OPS are the absolute best in their field and they really know how to deliver. You won't be let down.”
“From the initial consultation all the way through the project's conclusion, the service we received was impeccable. OPS gave us the visibility to make strategic decisions.”
“A hard-working, dedicated team of professionals. Highly recommended.”
Get in touch
Let's plan your next programme.
Whether you need a quick piece of support or an AI-augmented team to lead a large-scale programme, we'd like to hear from you.
- Phone
- +44 (0)7950 304720
- Office
- 2 Springdale Gardens, Manchester M20 2GX, UK