Dura Vermeer Achieves Project Controls Excellence with Primaned and Oracle Primavera Cloud

Dura Vermeer operates in a sector where project complexity continues to rise. Projects increasingly involve multiple stakeholders, complex engineering, strict regulatory constraints, and environmental challenges. 

At the same time, the post-COVID environment and inflation driven by the conflict in Ukraine have dramatically increased cost pressure and logistical uncertainty. Dura Vermeer needed better visibility into planning, risk and collaboration to stay ahead. Internally, the company lacked consistent planning maturity across teams. Planning often relied on disconnected systems or even paper-based schedules. This fragmented landscape made it difficult to track project performance, communicate timelines, or make real-time adjustments.

Margins in infrastructure projects are often just a few percentage points. That means any delay, risk or planning misalignment could turn a profitable project into a loss.

“We also see that a lot of the areas where we tend to lose money are time-related costs,” explained Vincent Laging. “One day can mean the difference between writing black or red numbers.”

Dura Vermeer recognised that strengthening project controls was essential to remain competitive and sustainable.

Dura Vermeer turned to Primaned and Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC) to address their project controls challenges. OPC is an integrated project controls platform, as part of the Oracle Smart Construction Platform, for scheduling. task -, resource and risk management and designed to deliver performance and predictability by connecting stakeholders, empowering proactive decision-making, and synchronising activities across the project lifecycle.

The implementation followed an Agile Scrum approach, with four-week sprints. Each sprint focused on specific planning features based on user stories gathered from operational teams. This approach ensured rapid value delivery, continuous improvement, and strong user engagement. A structured MVP approach was used, targeting essential modules including Schedule, Work Plan (Task module) and Document Management.

Training sessions were delivered by Primaned Academy, enabling internal project teams and key users to build skills and adopt the platform quickly. Role-based onboarding was introduced to suit different functions such as planners, engineers, and subcontractors.

“We formed review teams from our operations and talked with them about what they expected from the software,” said Iman Karimi. “Each sprint we delivered something tangible based on those expectations, which kept engagement and momentum high.”

Vincent Laging, Manager of the Project Controls Department at Dura Vermeer, remarked:

 ''With OPC, we're really making grounds here. It has significantly improved our project controls and collaboration.''

The decision to implement OPC was driven by its ability to provide a single source of truth, enhance collaboration, and support the company's extensive project portfolio.