Capital Projects
Maximizing Capital Value and Returns
ndbholdinggroup helps companies unlock the full potential of their capital budgets, delivering superior returns for both shareholders and ratepayers through strategic investment and disciplined financial management.
ndbholdinggroup helps companies transform capital excellence into a core organizational capability. By strengthening capital planning, execution, and governance, we enable better-maintained assets, improved customer satisfaction, and higher returns for shareholders.
What We Do
We help clients with capital productivity in all business areas, project types, and stages: portfolio optimization, project concept and design, lean construction, contract and contractor management, contract close-out, and commissioning support.
- Strengthening the corporate portfolio. We help clients reassess the logic for allocating capital expenditure (capex) throughout the business and redesign planning and budgeting processes to link project funding to corporate strategy and value-creation potential.
- Supporting individual project development. On mega projects worth $1 billion or more, we help clients minimize risks to the balance sheet and boost net present value by up to 25 percent by improving project concept and setup. On small- and medium-size projects, we help create business cases, optimize concepts and designs, and streamline construction—delivering typical savings of 10 to 30 percent of the addressable budget.
- Working across the value chain. In generation, we provide end-to-end support on investment projects across all technologies and including building new power stations and refurbishment projects. In transmission, we help reduce costs, improve reliability, and increase customer affordability for large project portfolios; and optimize design, improve lands and rights processes, and implement lean-construction techniques in major time-critical corridor projects. In IT, we support utilities in capturing value by ensuring that projects meet business needs and are easy to transfer from the building phase to the operational phase.
Examples of our work
Over the past five years, ndbholdinggroup has delivered more than 200 capital-productivity projects worldwide across the electric power and natural gas sectors. These initiatives have helped organizations strengthen performance, optimize investments, and accelerate sustainable growth. Examples include:
Capital Transformation for a Leading US Utility
ndbholdinggroup partnered with a leading US utility on a comprehensive capital transformation initiative that unlocked $30 million in the first year and identified opportunities to release an additional $300 million annually for long-term reinvestment.
Increasing Annual Transmission Capital Portfolio Efficiency
ndbholdinggroup helped a major regulated power and gas utility enhance the efficiency of its $1 billion annual transmission capital portfolio, achieving near-term savings of 6 percent and sustaining 12 to 15 percent savings across more than 2,000 projects.
Seven-Year Program of Investment Support
ndbholdinggroup supported a utility managing a seven-year, $50 billion investment program, achieving $1 billion in savings on a $10 billion project bundle through scope optimization and supplier contract renegotiation.
FEATURED CAPABILITIES
To help clients unlock maximum value from their capital budgets, ndbholdinggroup continuously invests in the development of advanced tools and frameworks such as:
Capital System Effective Practice Review
A comprehensive assessment of the 106 essentials of an effective capital system, complete with benchmarks and survey data to objectively compare process strength and capital outcomes.
Capex Negotiation Framework
A structured approach to optimize technical and commercial factors, identify and quantify negotiation levers, plan back-office support, and script high-impact negotiations.
Capex Control Tower
A digital tool that provides transparent project monitoring and supports on-time, on-budget delivery.
Lean Construction Toolkit
A systematic methodology designed to eliminate process inefficiencies, reduce waste, and accelerate construction timelines.
Contract Management Suite
An integrated platform including a contract-terms database, a 48-hour contract assessment tool, and collaborative forums to ensure flawless contract execution and effective management of claims and counterclaims.
