Project Recovery & Special Situations
When a healthcare project has drifted — over budget, behind schedule, or headed for dispute — the owner needs one honest account of where it stands, and a way back.
An independent account first, a plan second
A recovery engagement starts with a short, independent diagnosis. What the owner is buying is a clear, unconflicted picture — not another layer of project management.
A troubled project tends to produce several versions of the truth: the builder's, the design team's, the facilities team's, and the one presented to the board. The diagnosis sets out which parts of each hold up, covering cost to complete, schedule, governance, and the commercial position.
From there the work is a recovery plan the owner can act on: what to decide, in what order, and what each choice costs — including the cost of keeping clinical services running while the project is put right.
Signs a project needs an independent look
One of these is reason enough. Several at once suggests the reporting can no longer be relied on.
- Costs rising faster than the reports explain
- An opening date that keeps moving
- A failed or delayed inspection or survey
- Equipment arriving to rooms that are not ready
- A growing backlog of change orders
- No credible cost to complete
- Clinical leaders losing confidence in the plan
- Board, investor, or lender concern
- Disputes between the builder and the design team
- Turnover in key project roles
What the work covers
Independent diagnosis
Where the project truly stands on cost, schedule, quality, and approvals.
Cost to complete
A view of the final cost built independently of the parties reporting it.
Schedule review
Which dates can still hold, and what each depends on.
Regulatory and survey position
What remains between the project and approval to open.
Governance reset
Restoring clear decision rights and reporting on the owner's side.
Commercial position
Where the owner stands on changes, claims, and contract terms — for counsel to act on.
Clinical continuity
How the recovery plan affects departments that must keep operating.
Recovery plan
Decisions, sequence, and cost of the path back, set out for the board.
Common questions about project recovery
What is healthcare project recovery?
When should an owner commission an independent diagnosis?
Does Niner Health take over the project?
Is a recovery diagnosis the same as preparing a claim?
Insights on project recovery
How troubled projects drift, and how owners regain control.
