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The Iran War, Oil Shocks, and What Capital Project Sponsors Should Do Right Now
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailThe Strait of Hormuz lost 95% of its traffic in a single week. Oil prices hit $120. Aluminium, urea, LNG, and petrochemical feedstocks...
Prediction Scorecard: Capital Project Forecasts vs. 2026 Reality | The Risky Planner S2E18
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textA year ago on The Risky Planner, Albert Brier and Nate Habermeyer made a series of predictions about where capital projects were headed.Min...
Capital Project Time Machine: Why Megaprojects Fail
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMost capital projects do not fail during execution.They fail when early approvals accept uncertainty that later becomes unmanageable.In ...
Season 1 Finale: What You Missed and Why 2026 Changes Everything
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts Nate Habermeyer and Albert Brier recorded this finale in person — a first for the show — to reflect on what shaped the world of capital proj...
The Skills Gap Is a Crisis: Why You Cannot Buy Project Controls Experience
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your next billion-dollar capital project faces a single point of failure: the people required to plan and execute it just do not exist.The industry fa...
Offshoring & Capital Projects
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Offshoring project management works for software development. It fails for capital construction. The difference: the feedback loop between physical si...
Why Annualized Capital Budgets Fail (And How to Fix Them)
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your portfolio hits 98% of its spending target. Leadership celebrates. But individual projects tell a different story: delayed scope, panic Q4 purchas...
AACE Conference 2024: Project Controls Experts on AI & Risk
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hear extended interviews from the AACE conference floor with 13 project controls professionals from Hess Corporation, Pattern Energy, and more, and so...
Why “Summer Build Season” No Longer Works: Climate Risk Is Reshaping Project Schedules
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Albert and Nate talk through a quiet shift happening on capital projects: climate adaptation is no longer a long-term planning exercise — it’s a s...
Data, Digital, and Uncertainty: Capital Project Professionals Share What's Next at AACE 2025
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Albert Brier returns from the AACE conference in Anaheim with insights from 13 industry professionals on the future of capital projects. From the do...
Digital Twins and Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Capital Projects
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how digital twins and BIM technology revolutionize capital project management. Discover implementation strategies, cost benefits, and change m...
Navigating Capital Project Uncertainty in 2025: Economic Challenges and Strategic Solutions
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "The Risky Planner" podcast, hosts Nate Habermeyer and Albert Brier tackle the pressing issue of uncertainty in capital i...
How PMOs Drive Real Business Impact in Mega Projects: Lessons from Dubai’s Real Estate Digital Transformation
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Risky Planner, Nate Habermeyer talks to Albert Brier, who is live from Dubai, where he's leading the setup of a PMO for on...
Navigating Capital Projects in an Uncertain World
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Risky Planner Podcast, hosts Nate and Albert reunite after Albert's travels to Dubai to discuss the impact of Trump's...
AI Impact on Project Management, Data Analytics, and Risk
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Risky Planner Podcast, hosts Nate and Albert kick off the new year with reflections on the post-holidays and how AI is reshapin...
AI, Data Centers, and the Future of Project Management: Navigating Costs, Risks, and Scale
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Risky Planner Podcast, we dive into the explosive growth of data centers, the energy demands of AI, and how project managers ca...
Untangling Schedules: The Future of SMRs and the Energy Revolution
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Albert and Nate dive into the world of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)—what they are, why they matter, and how they could reshape the...
MINExpo - Mining Disneyland - The Future of Automation, Electrification and Risk in Mining
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Risky Planner Podcast, Albert and Nate take you inside MINExpo, the largest mining technology expo in the world, where massive,...
Introducing The Risky Planner Podcast
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re excited to launch The Risky Planner, a podcast for people who work in capital projects and know how chaotic and high-stakes it can be.This sho...