Custom software development · EPC project controls
EPC project controls software has one job: keep plan, actual and forecast for every project in a controlled system that the whole team trusts. MeezanX, which Next Orbit offers, implements and supports, holds the baseline, measures progress against it, recalculates S-curves on every approval, manages vendor documents and payouts, and checks site photos against the plan with AI, so the monthly report comes from the system rather than from a stack of spreadsheets.
Quick answer
EPC project controls software records the baseline for an engineering, procurement and construction project, measures physical and financial progress against it, forecasts completion and controls the approvals, vendor documents and payouts that depend on that progress. MeezanX, which Next Orbit offers, implements and supports from Dubai, covers milestones and Gantt, weighted progress measurement, S-curves and manpower histograms recalculated on every approval, rebaselining with history, multi-level approvals with a full audit trail, vendor document registers and payouts tied to approved progress, AI checks of site photos against the plan, Power BI and SharePoint feeds and a finance layer with multi-currency, VAT and e-invoicing. It runs as SaaS or as a dedicated deployment where your compliance rules require it, in English with Arabic as a customisation service.
What we deliver
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Deliverable 01
The approved schedule, budget and weights are loaded as the baseline, with the work breakdown structure, milestones and Gantt visible to every role. Approved changes create a new baseline with history, so management sees what moved, when and under whose approval, and the original plan is never lost.
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Deliverable 02
Planned, earned and actual curves, manpower histograms and KPIs are recalculated whenever a progress update or change is approved. The curves come from the same data as the approvals and payouts, so the monthly report no longer depends on anyone exporting, pasting and reformatting figures in a spreadsheet.
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Deliverable 03
Progress is claimed against agreed measurement rules for engineering deliverables, procurement milestones and construction quantities, with supporting documents and site photos attached. AI checks the photos against the plan and flags mismatches for the controls engineer to review before anything is approved.
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Deliverable 04
Every progress update, change, vendor document and payout follows an approval chain that matches your delegation of authority, with notifications, comments and a complete audit trail. Nothing changes a baseline, a curve or a payment without a recorded approver.
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Deliverable 05
Vendor and subcontractor documents are registered with revisions, review status and due dates, and payouts are tied to approved progress and retained amounts. The finance layer handles multi-currency, VAT and e-invoicing, and transactions can be posted to your ERP or to e-tijariX.
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Deliverable 06
Dashboards for project managers, controls engineers and management are built in, and live feeds to Power BI and SharePoint let head-office reporting use the same figures. Exports support owner and lender reporting formats without rebuilding the numbers each month.
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Part of our custom software development service. The same architecture-first process, quality control and support apply; tell us the problem and one of our expert engineers will map it to a plan.
Discovery CallImplementation and support come from one office in Dubai across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, the whole UAE and the GCC.
Contractors, consultants and owners use it as EPC project management software for the controls side of their projects, alongside the planning tool and ERP they already run, with Power BI and SharePoint feeds for management reporting. The product is in English, with Arabic available as a customisation service.
Several versions of the same S-curve, weights edited without approval, vendor documents in email and progress claims that nobody can trace back to evidence from the site.
One baseline per project with approved changes, progress measured by agreed weights, curves and histograms recalculated automatically, approvals recorded and vendor payouts released only against approved progress.
A demo on Next Orbit sample data, configuration of your WBS, weights and approval chains, data migration from spreadsheets, Power BI and ERP links, training and support.
Architecture-first
Before a line of production code is written we draw the system: the people who use it, the services behind it and the systems it must talk to. This reference architecture from our custom software development practice is the starting point we adapt to your operation.
Flow 01 Web, mobile and chatbot interfaces Business logic services Data layer
Flow 02 API layer Business logic services Cloud-native infrastructure
Technology stack
Chosen per project from tools we run in production. Pick a category to see the part of the stack behind it.
How it runs
5 stages, each with a deliverable you can review and sign off before the next begins.
The system is shown on Next Orbit sample data against your WBS, measurement rules and reporting needs.
Projects, baselines, weights, approval chains, vendor registers and finance settings are set up for your organisation.
Current spreadsheets, schedules and vendor documents are imported and reconciled against the last approved report.
Controls engineers, project managers and approvers are trained and the first monthly cycle runs in the system.
Support from Dubai, new projects onboarded as they start and integrations extended to your ERP and Power BI.
Who it is for
Multi-project portfolios with baselines, curves and claims under one controlled system.
Independent progress verification and approval chains across contractors and vendors.
Engineering, procurement and construction progress with vendor document control.
Long programmes with rebaselining, lender reporting and site evidence.
Fast projects where progress claims and subcontractor payouts must stay aligned.
Capital projects controlled beside operations without new spreadsheets.
Platforms we offer
e-trainia is our own platform; e-tijariX, MeezanX and AuthentiQ we implement and support. Each can be customised for your operation.
EPC project controls & governance
Plan, actual and forecast for EPC projects in one controlled system, not a stack of spreadsheets.
S-curves recalculated on every approval
Explore MeezanXQuestions, answered
Yes. It replaces the spreadsheet S-curve with curves generated from the baseline and approved progress, so there is one version per project, recalculated on every approval and traceable to the evidence behind each claim. Existing spreadsheets are imported during implementation so history is not lost.
A planning tool builds and updates the schedule. Project controls software holds the approved baseline, measures progress against it, forecasts completion, controls approvals, vendor documents and payouts and produces the reports. It works alongside Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project rather than replacing them, importing the schedule and returning progress.
Yes. Site teams submit progress against agreed measurement rules with photos and documents attached, and AI checks the photos against the plan before the controls engineer reviews the claim. Approved progress updates the S-curves and releases vendor payouts, so site, office and finance see the same figures.
Yes. Live feeds to Power BI and SharePoint carry curves, KPIs and registers into management reporting, and approved transactions can be posted to your ERP or to e-tijariX, which Next Orbit implements and supports. The finance layer handles multi-currency, VAT and e-invoicing where you need it to.
MeezanX is delivered in English. An Arabic interface and Arabic report templates are available as a customisation service for organisations that need them, scoped and priced during implementation. Documents, drawings and vendor correspondence can be stored in any language, and user names and project titles accept Arabic text.
Next Orbit offers, implements and supports MeezanX from its Dubai office for contractors, consultants and owners in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, the wider UAE and the GCC. Demos run on Next Orbit sample data, after which the system is configured for your projects, with SaaS or a dedicated deployment where compliance rules require it.
Further reading
Why EPC teams outgrow Excel for progress and S-curves, what project controls software should do instead, and how to plan the move without losing your baseline.
How to choose system integrators in the UAE: integration types, patterns in plain words, questions to ask, how scoping works and a selection checklist.
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