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

Dura Vermeer operates in a sector where projects are becoming more complex every year: more stakeholders, demanding engineering, strict regulations, and environmental constraints. Simultaneously, the post-COVID market and inflation linked to the war in Ukraine increased cost pressure and supply-chain uncertainty. To stay ahead, Dura Vermeer needed better visibility into planning, risk, and collaboration.

Internally, planning maturity differed across teams. Schedules were often managed in disconnected tools which made it hard to track performance, communicate timelines, or make adjustments when conditions changed. In infrastructure, where margins are often a low percentage, that lack of control can quickly 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,” said Vincent Laging. “One day can mean the difference between writing black or red numbers.”

Dura Vermeer concluded that stronger project controls were essential to stay competitive and build long-term sustainability.

Dura Vermeer partnered with Primaned to implement Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC) to their strengthen project controls. As part of the Oracle Smart Construction Platform, OPC brings scheduling, task and resource management, and risk management together in one integrated system. By connecting stakeholders and synchronising activities across the project lifecycle, it supports more predictable delivery and enables proactive decision-making.

The rollout followed an Agile Scrum approach in four-week sprints. Each sprint delivered specific planning features based on user stories collected from operational teams, ensuring fast value, continuous improvement, and strong engagement. A structured MVP was used to launch the essentials first, focusing on the Schedule module, Work Plan (Task module), and Document Management.

Primaned Academy supported adoption with targeted training, helping project teams and key users build the right skills quickly. Role-based onboarding was introduced to match day-to-day needs across different groups, including 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, added: “With OPC, we're really making ground here. It has significantly improved our project controls and collaboration.”

Ultimately, OPC was chosen for its ability to create a single source of truth, improve collaboration, and support Dura Vermeer’s broad project portfolio.