Costello Fitt Limited

Costello Fitt Limited provides strategic, operational and project planning and management services to the public and private sectors. The owners, Wilson Fitt and Thelma Costello, are widely recognized for their successes in:

• Master planning, development consulting and project management for large infrastructure projects in the public and private sectors
• Project feasibility studies, market analysis, life cycle cost modelling and business case analysis
• Procurement and tendering policies and practice
• Budgeting, cost control and scheduling for complex projects
• Risk assessment, mitigation and management
• Public and private sector management
• Executive management, leadership, organizational change and team building
• Policy and program development, evaluation and governance primarily for the public and non profit sectors
• Creating, structuring and managing partnerships between the public and private sectors

Costello Fitt Limited has effective working relationships with a broad range of local and international firms that allow it to mobilize multidisciplinary project teams for a wide range of assignments, large and small, in domestic and international markets. The partners’ extensive experience in government and industry allows them to provide innovative, effective and pragmatic guidance in several key areas, including organizational change, program analysis, project definition and project and program implementation.

Costello Fitt Limited provides services and support at all stages of the project development cycle as they are conceived, tested for feasibility, put into motion and brought to conclusion:

Concept definition

• Market analysis
• Requirement definition
• Strategic planning and facilitation
• Programming
• Preliminary cost analysis
• Site search and location analysis
• Master plan development

Business planning

• Financing options and opportunities
• Cash flow, life cycle cost and investment modeling
• Structuring of project consortia and partnerships

Project implementation

• Project organization
• Client team building and role development
• Retaining of project design and construction professionals
• Tendering procedures and project documentation
• Co-ordination of design development
• Project budget and schedule
• Design reviews for function, cost effectiveness, durability and efficient management

Project management

• Project team and client liaison to ensure full communication and timely action on issues
• Tendering construction trades
• Monitoring cost against budget and progress against schedule and corrective action as required
• Project accounting
• Project management meetings
• Financial and progress reporting

Risk management

• Ongoing identification of project risks related to budget, schedule, design, construction, safety and community relations
• Insurance placement as required

Evaluation, support and follow-up