"I know Michael back to about 10 years ago when he was my client. I found that he is a very knowledgeable person in project management. Due to Century 3, China is developing our own project management system. My team and myself spent some time studying The ENCOMPASS suite of tools. We found the suite of tools is very helpful to our system development. It has the same thought as ours. It will improve productivity for new and experienced project managers, across all industries, no matter you are an owner, design, procurement, or construction leader."

     - Rong He - CEO, Century 3 (Shanghai) Inc. 

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"Mike is a very knowledgeable person and strives to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction.  Mike is a good person of high integrity, and you can count on Mike, to be honest, and open with you in the business relationship.  I highly recommend Mike and his program to organize a project with tremendous awareness from the beginning through the close-out."

     - John Conn - Vice President of Operations, National Semiconductor 

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"Mike McMahon is an industry expert in construction and engineering who knows the value of consistent, up to date processes, policies, and procedures.  He has created the most comprehensive set of best in class, best-known methods for engineering and construction projects and compiled them in an innovative, easy to use and maintain documentation system.  I recommend Mike and his system to anyone who wants to deliver world-class projects.  Mike can be trusted to get you started quickly, ensuring that you receive good value and a rapid return on your investment." 

     - Kirby Hicks - CEO, Confoe, Inc.

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"Mike McMahon played a pivotal role in the success of the National Ignition Facility Project at Lawrence Livermore Lab.  He was Senior Vice President and executive sponsor for the Program Management firm. At the same time, I was the Lab's owner representative that managed the daily oversight of the Program Management team for the Lab. When we both joined the program in 2000, NIF was significantly over budget and ready to be canceled due to numerous previous management and execution issues.  With the strong support of Mike for his team, we implemented a strong program to align the Program Management team, LLNL, and government processes and applied significant project control, Safety, and innovative contractor selection methods that turned the project around.  The project was reinstated after extensive government reviews and became a very successful program and a major technical achievement for the U.S. government. Mike's oversight, direction, and insistence on process adherence played a significant role in that success. As his EPC Beacon program is an extrapolation of that approach, I would recommend it without hesitation."

     - Bob Predmore - President, PPM

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"Encompass' EPC Beacon collection of project and construction documentation is impressive.  It's a comprehensive collection of best practices from multiple contributors over decades of project work.  It is a digitally compatible comprehensive framework of practical procedures, guidelines, and templates for mobilizing, managing, and closing out successful construction projects.  Once you've seen the quality and breadth of this work, you'll be anxious to dive in and find the tools you need for safe, effective project execution: a monumental collection, extraordinary effort, and valuable asset for anyone working in construction."

     - Chuck Leber, Lead Onsite PM, American Battery Metals Corporation 

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"I've known Mike for nearly 40 years now. Over that period, his dedication to the engineering/construction world has been exceptional. After learning of the quality, depth, and design of the EPC Beacon product, which he produced and shaped over the past several decades, I was particularly intrigued by how this product increases the awareness of quality consistency and discipline in the safe design and construction of buildings and factories. When optimizing this checklist-disciplined approach to engineering and construction execution, it is likely to increase profits and lower insurance premiums in coordination with reduced risks."  Glen is a retired insurance executive who previously served as a Managing Director for several of the world's largest insurance brokerage firms, including Marsh and Aon. He is now a private investor with personal investments in over 40 early-stage companies. 

     - Glen Bailey - Managing Director, Beecher Carlson

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"The ENCOMPASS suite of tools improve productivity for new and experienced project managers, across all industries, regardless if you are an owner, design, procurement or construction leader.   The suite of tools is a strategic and tactical approach for building a rock-solid project foundation.  Taking advantage of the tools will enhance collaboration, communication, and is the catalyst for cost and schedule certainty, essential for successful project delivery."

     - Michael Zuniga - Senior Project Manager, Sound Transit,

 

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"My focus is supporting the EPCm, and direct-hire construction industry is in capturing culturally aligned customers and the ultimate award of projects for key EPCm and direct-hire construction companies.  My multiple phased sales-model establishes a mutually beneficial relationship between stakeholders.   The bottom line is the identification and mitigation of risks, assuring both the customer and supplier of a predictable outcome.  Encompass's collection of project and construction checklists is a tremendous resource.  Once we identify the client's concerns, be it project controls, execution, finances, schedule, quality, labor, etc. the EPC Beacon product provides us the ability to "hone-in-on" the real concerns.  Capitalizing on the series of checklists, we turn the suppliers' features into benefits, and the project risks into mitigation plans.  Most importantly, we turn the customer's fears to customer confidence.  This immense database developed by experienced EPCm and direct-hire construction professionals is an asset during the sales process.  Upon award, this tool then moves into the second phase, providing the confidence that nothing "falls through the cracks" that would impede the as sold predictable outcome."

     - Michael C. Pellegrino, AIA - Middlegame Strategist - M. Pellegrino Associates, LLC, and Retired Executive, Jacobs Engineering Group 

 

 

"When we began the planning of our new facility, we had no experience in this realm of industrial/commercial construction. With our minimal experience, we found Encompass to be an extremely valuable tool and guide on how a project should be successfully executed. The tools are endless and address every component of the process you will ever encounter. The content comes from some of the industries brightest minds and decades of experience. We felt extremely confident in all phases of our project, thanks to Encompass!"

     - Chad Owens - Co-Founder & CFO, Marleylilly

 

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"Construction projects are a series of complex activities that, if not managed correctly, will increase the project risk.  I find the Encompass tool an excellent tool to reduce or eliminate those risks."

     - Tom Weise - Principal, Professional Advisory Solutions and Retired Director, Global Facilities, Materials, and Services, Intel Corporation 

 

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"I have known Mr. Mike McMahon for 20 years, since 2000. I have always been impressed by his drive and dedication to Project Execution in Excellence.  To achieve the goals of project execution with consistency and certainty, Mike has been collecting and compiling the applicable tools, including checklists, best practices, forms, and trainings for the various stages of project execution, from the kick-off until close-out of capital work. The product of Mike's three+ decades of passion and hard work is by the name of EPC Beacon. I would highly recommend anyone's consideration of this powerful and comprehensive suite of tools, as many of these tools have been successfully used on the projects I oversaw."

     - Henry Hsieh - SVP and General Manager of Fluor, China, currently Chairman of Sino-Link Engineering in Shanghai

 

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"Throughout my 45 years in the EPC world, working on many large EPC projects across the country, I have experienced many 'tools' along the way. Some were transient in their value, and some proved to be a lifelong asset. When I first worked for Mike McMahon, I was introduced to a myriad of checklists. This was back in the day when computers were not much more than word processors, so three-ring binders were the 'cloud.'  I was asked to help develop, enhance, correct, and develop checklists for various topics during my tenure with Mike. More importantly, I took these tools with me as I moved on. I attribute a lot of my success and the success of my projects to the organized approach and thoroughness of the tool. I was able to ask the questions that others didn't consider and certainly avoided cost and schedule overruns as a result. I'm happy to see that this advantage is now available on a more useable platform. For use in training upcoming builders, managers and engineers, to utilization for risk management and mitigation, and the cost/benefit analysis tips the scales to GO!!"

     - Mike Pace - Retired Executive of Turner Industrial

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"In my time in the engineering and construction industry, I have not seen a library of knowledge as comprehensive as the Beacon by Encompass.  Although not a user of the system, the checklist approach is critical in achieving quality and eliminating waste and risk.  One of the biggest challenges that a company in our industry faces is having a consistent, disciplined approach to all aspects of designing and constructing a facility. This is particularly critical in companies that are growing rapidly, especially in those companies that grow by acquisition.  New people can bring ways of working with them that are not your company's way.  The knowledge contained in the Beacon and its checklist approach provides the tools and technology for getting discipline and consistency while reducing risk."

     - Craig Martin - Retired CEO of Jacobs Engineering Group

 

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"While in the role of VP/Controller of Fluor's Industrial and Infrastructure Business Unit and from a financial perspective, responsible for hundreds of projects annually that aggregated more than $1.5B, the Encompass product was a necessity for the project teams within our business unit.  It provided us with a comprehensive, consistent discipline for managing large-scale, complex projects in a fast-paced environment where cost & schedule were critical to our success and related growth.  For those that can appreciate a tool that demands discipline and attention to detail at every level, this collection of best practices is essential to control cost, manage schedule, and mitigate risk."

     - Chuck Caranci - Executive VP, Monroe Capital

 

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"I have known Mike McMahon for over 35 years, we worked together at three of the premier EPC companies; CRSS, Jacobs, and Fluor. Mike's knowledge and experience with the safe and successful delivery of projects across a diverse range of market sectors and geography are unmatched.  Across our industry, we have proven more times than we care to count the negative impacts on job safety, cost, and schedule driven by inconsistent project delivery processes, policies, and procedures.  The EPC Beacon product provides a best in class, easy to use a suite of methods and tools to facilitate the successful and safe execution of the full EPC project life cycle.  I recommend Mike and his EPC Beacon system without hesitation."

     - Ken Smith - Retired Sr. VP Fluor 

 

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"The Encompass EPC Beacon suite of tools that Mike has assembled over many years as a practitioner himself is impressive and extremely comprehensive.  Utilizing these materials allows you to walk through the full life cycle of a project systematically and efficiently both in the planning and execution phase. I think a key aspect is a scalability that can be achieved with EPC Beacon. Having managed projects over many decades from large to small, it is important to have a toolset that you can scale to fit the project size. EPC Beacon has that scalability and has worked very well for us as a "medium-size" EPC firm.  Capital projects, even "small" ones, can be complicated to execute without proper planning and supporting tools to help manage and monitor their execution. Having a full suite of tools, checklist, flow charts, procedures, etc. can simplify and streamline the process and enhance the ability to achieve a successful outcome. Having a comprehensive set of checklists to aide in asking the right questions ahead of time can help eliminate surprises and therefore reduce risk. EPC Beacon offers just that; a systematic and guided approach to help both the experienced practitioners and those that are newer to EPC project execution."

     - Greg Hall - CEO Century 3, Inc. 

 

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"Of increasing value is the collaborative thinking and efforts during the design and construction of a project.  As a generation of experienced personnel leave the offices and field, how do we bridge the gaps between the younger well-educated, and technologically savvy yet inexperienced teams? Ultimately, are the right questions being discussed at the right time?  Encompass' guide is a collection of thorough and insightful materials geared to planning and problem-solving situations. The benefit of the database is that it can flex with new information and trends, unlike the old checklists and static documents. Problems will always arise, but with planning and critical thinking, appropriate decisions can be made with the aid of the Encompass database. As we all know, seeing the problem in advance saves time and money."

     - Lorna Cardenas, AIA - Leed AP, Project Architect, DP3 Architect 

 

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"Michael and I had the opportunity to work together during the preconstruction phase for a chemical manufacturing client in Mesa, AZ. Although our paths never crossed working in the same industry and same clients for decades before that, Michael has an exceptionally wide range of construction and project management experience with billions in total installed cost working for many of the largest EPC delivery firms in the world. Michael has taken the time to distill and organize over 40 years of BKM's and construction processes into a "one-stop-shop" risk management tool that demands the discipline and rigor common to successful projects. A searchable tool developed with thoughtful organization, EPC Beacon, can easily be employed on a desktop in the office or tablet in the field. From the novice project engineer to the season project manager, EPC Beacon is a useful risk management tool for all construction professionals."

     - Michael Shutt - Owner, On Q Global

 

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"I will not be a user of Beacon. Still, after reviewing its content, I can assure you of the extraordinary benefit it will be to engineering and construction leadership. The knowledge base that has been accumulated is literally second to none.  The Beacon is flexible for small and large projects. The Beacon is a teaching tool for the inexperienced and a constant reminder for the experienced.  Most of all, this tool can help create discipline and consistency in the performance necessary for successful projects.  Over my career, there have been numerous, maybe hundreds, of new programs that propose their system as the answer.  I can truly say, that nothing I have seen has garnered the thousands of years of experience into one easy to use platform for the benefit of all.  If you want to better your project delivery, I would highly suggest you invest in Beacon by Encompass."  

     -  Henry VanDyke - Retired Sr. VP, Fluor Corporation 

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"Encompass is, by far, the most comprehensive and effective database of checklists and procedures for guiding a construction project from start to finish. The clarity of information and attention to detail built into the product allowed for smooth transitions through each phase of an extremely difficult building project.  It proved to be our most valuable tool in not only managing our efforts and monitoring progress but also resolving complicated matters and effectively communicating the needs of all stakeholders throughout the process.  The depth and breadth of content exhausted all possibilities and provided a level of clarity that was certainly critical to our success.  Without question, it provided a level of knowledge and discipline for our team that anyone involved in a construction project would, and should most certainly embrace."

     - Cedric Adderly - President, Governor's School of Arts and Music 

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"Having reviewed this product as a construction litigation attorney, I’m convinced that every owner, risk manager, and industry lawyer should put EPC Beacon in the hands of their project managers and contractors as a risk management tool to help ensure that all applicable standards of care are met or exceeded with each project.  Alternatively, in the event of disputes or litigation, these exhaustive lists, questions, and standards will give arbitration / trial counsel the edge in comprehensively addressing the substantive issues, preparing witnesses for deposition and trial testimony, and fine tuning cross-examination.  And when the need for an expert witness develops, the members of the Encompass consulting team have an extraordinary breadth of experience in the EPC world that can support your case from an initial claims review, to aiding in discovery, to the rendering of expert opinions at arbitration or trial.  Across the board, EncompassEPC provides the right tools for the job."

     - Halley Stephens, Henry Buchanan, P.A.