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Usual feeling: The project opened and the real problems begin
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You opened the project on time. Construction is finished. The ribbon has been cut. The lenders are happy. The Board can finally breathe. And then operations begin. Good for you. This is what we want to be in a big project. A few months pass by, and suddenly you realize that you are handling a different kind of monster. The subcontractor starts interpreting the contract in its favour. Small issues become recurring issues. Performance reports say everything is fine, while cash is slowly leaking through gaps nobody is properly managing. Change notices appear. Instead of making money… you lose money in some of them… Deductions start to trigger. Your operator complains. Noise. The board room is not about reviewing investment returns. But about small fires. And disappointments. Relationships begin to deteriorate… with everybody. Staff start rotating… It’s not fun anymore. Look. I’ve been there. In those Board meetings. As COO, as CEO and as Board member. It’s annoying, I know. Construction gets all the attention. But SPVs can lose millions quietly during operations. Not because of one dramatic event. Because of weak contract management, poor challenge, slow decisions and hundreds of small items nobody owns. This is why I’m now offering full SPV Management. We step in as an extension of the shareholders. We manage the contracts. We challenge the operator. We protect revenue. And your budget… We identify gaps before they become disputes. We prepare the SPV for refinancing, handback, major maintenance and whatever comes next. It’s not sexy. But operating an SPV should not mean waiting for the next surprise. It should mean control. Cash flow. Dividends in your pocket… and your investors. Almost a hand-off, autonomous machine. So… If your project is operational but does not feel that way, book an initial SPV review with me here:
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