Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Developed and continue to support a reporting system for Los Alamos National Laboratory (Environmental Management group - ENV/ECR) which integrates data from different systems to provide project management reports. The system, called EMRS, integrates Primavera schedules, FMIS (an accounting/financial management system), and Access data to produce monthly reports and charts detailing project schedule and cost progress. It also features automated data exports and reports from the Primavera schedules.

Capstone was engaged in 2003 to develop supply chain business process workflow models for Supply Chain Management at LANL. The process involved interviewing business process experts to ascertain workflows and requirements drivers.

Capstone was engaged in 2000 in supporting the Pit Manufacturing and Certification Plan. Topics included programmatic interfaces, supporting resource requirements, and needed construction and modifications to facilities.
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National Security Technologies (NSTec), Las Vegas, Nevada
National Security Technologies (NSTec), Las Vegas, Nevada Capstone is engaged at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in providing Project Controls support for NSTec's Test and Evaluation Division (formerly known as the Homeland Security Technologies Program). The Test and Evaluation Division supports the Department of Homeland Security Directorates of Science and Technology, the Office of Grants & Training, the Office of Transformational Research & Development and the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office in their ongoing efforts to develop State of the Art technology for the detection of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear devices that pose a threat to the US. Additionally, Capstone provides Project Controls support for several ongoing projects located at the NTS and funded by various outside agencies such as DTRA (Defense Threat Reduction Agency), and the United States Air Force. The duties of these Capstone Project Controls personnel include programmatic and project level strategic and execution planning, risk analysis, the development and implementation of appropriate risk mitigation strategies, cost estimating and schedule development, fiscal year Task Plan development, Baseline Change Control Plans, the development of Project Control and Execution Plans, development of project performance metrics used in earned value analysis, input to NSTec's ORACLE Project Accounting system and COBRA Baseline and Performance Measurement system, and weekly and monthly reports and Data Calls to internal NSTec organizations and external clients (DOE, DHS) regarding funding status and forecasts at completion.

Capstone also has experts who are identified as the named site wide Points of Contact for the Primavera Scheduling Program (used across the NTS) and the Primavera to COBRA Integration Program which is used to integrate baseline schedule, budget, status and forecast at completion information from the Primavera Scheduling Program into the site wide COBRA Performance Measurement Program. Current projects include:

• The Test and Evaluation of Radiological and Nuclear Detection Devices - This is a series of tests sponsored by the department of Homeland Securities Domestic Nuclear Detection Office which will develop the next generation of devices that will be used to detect Radiological and Nuclear materials that may be smuggled across the US borders as part of the regular "Stream of Commerce". Capstone personnel provide planning, scheduling, estimating, risk analysis, forecasting and project management support to this project.
• The Test and Evaluation Radiation and Nuclear Facility Base operations - This project is the basic operating and maintenance (O&M) of this test facility. Capstone personnel provide planning, scheduling, cost controls and integration of technical and management support services to this project.
• Yucca Lake Airfield Improvement Program - This is a classified project for the United States Air Force that is currently in the final stages of execution at the NTS.
• Hard and Buried Targets Program - These are various classified and unclassified project for DTRA (Defense Threat Reduction Agency) which are executed in various areas at the NTS. One of the recent unclassified projects that Capstone personnel provided support to was the Divine Strake Project. This project (currently on hold for re-planning) involved the planned detonation of 720,000 tons of ANFO (Ammonium Nitrate and Fuel Oil mixture) at a remote location at the NTS.
• DHS Support and Logistics Program - As the title suggests, this program provides technical support to a number of small lower level projects that DHS funds and which are generally executed at the Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSL) located at the Nellis Air Force Base in North Las Vegas. The projects include the operation of the Emergency Response Notification System at RSL, the SAVER Program (System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders), and several smaller, but equally interesting projects that are managed and executed on behalf of DHS.
• Criticality Experiment Facility - The project consists of relocating equipment and operations of facilities from Los Alamos National Lab (LANL) to the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Capstone personnel provide support in the integration of technical and support services of three DOE facilities LANL, NTS and Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL). In addition personnel provide support in the areas on planning, scheduling, earned value assessment and reporting, corrective action planning, tracking of procurement and the use of materials, and weekly and monthly reporting to NSTec management and the DOE management.
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Lockheed Martin, Boulder, Colorado
Lockheed Martin Corporation, an advanced technology company, was formed in March 1995 with the merger of two of the world's premier technology companies, Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta Corporation. Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin, employs approximately 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services.

Capstone is currently contracting with Lockheed Martin to provide various scheduling services and support for the Spaced Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) program. Spaced Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) High is a developmental program that was designed to replace the space and ground segments of the US satellite Early Warning System, known as the Defense Support Program (DSP). Capstone provides scheduling and support services which include: maintaining weekly schedules, working with the client to model and implement all baseline and forecast changes, developing tools to run weekly schedule "health checks" metrics as well as automating current manual processes and enforcing continued adherence to scheduling "best practices".

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Washington Group International/Dept. of Energy - Savannah River Site
Supporting the Department of Energy's (DOE) program to dispose of excess nuclear materials, the Pit Disassembly and Conversion Facility (PDCF) at Savannah River is being designed and constructed to disassemble the weapon "pits" and convert the nuclear material to an oxide form for fabrication into reactor fuel. Washington Group International is responsible for the engineering and design of this facility.

Capstone has been providing project scheduling services for the engineering, design, construction and startup phases of the PDCF utilizing Primavera scheduling software. Additional support also includes database design and implementation for tracking schedule variance analysis data and change control configuration management data. This implementation is done using advanced Microsoft Access Modules with VBA.
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Bechtel - Nevada, Nevada Test Site, Las Vegas, Nevada
Capstone is currently engaged the Nevada Test Site to perform project controls support by developing Integrated Project Baseline Schedules for Bechtel Nevada's Homeland Security Technologies Program. The Homeland Securities Technologies Program supports the Department of Homeland Security Directorates of Science and Technology and Domestic Nuclear Detection Office in their ongoing efforts to develop State of the Art technology for the detection of Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear devices that pose a threat to the US. Duties include Programmatic strategic planning, risk analysis and development of appropriate mitigation strategies, cost estimate and schedule development, project risk analysis, development of Project Control and Execution Plans, project performance and earned value analysis, and weekly and monthly reports to internal BN organizations and external clients (DOE, DHS) regarding funding status and forecasts at completion.

Current projects include:

• The Test and Evaluation of Radiological and Nuclear Detection Devices - This is a series of tests sponsored by the department of Homeland Securities Domestic Nuclear detection Office which will develop the next generation of devices used for the detection of nuclear materials that may be smuggled across the US borders as part of the regular "Stream of Commerce". Capstone personnel provide planning, scheduling, estimating, analysis, and project management support to this project.
• The Test and Evaluation Radiation and Nuclear Facility Base operations - This project is the basic operating and maintenance (O&M) of this test facility. Capstone personnel provide planning, scheduling, cost controls and integration of technical and management support services to this project.
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CH2M WG Idaho, LLC, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Provided inventory management and supply chain support, including:

• Direct vs. indirect charge employees with cost determinations
• Inventory management practices, including accounting methods
• Charge back costing to recover warehouse operations and inventory management costs
• WBS input and cost accounting structures
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Capstone also developed the web-based elements of a project controls system, which has been used at the site until shut-down. The web-based functionality included: project milestone status updates; accounting data uploads; project performance reports; and cost reports. Capstone satisfied the client's requirement that the web-based forms and reports have the equivalent or better functionality as the client's existing client/server system. In addition, the web-based reports had a new, hierarchical drill-down capability.

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CH2M Hill - Hanford Group, Hanford Site, Department of Energy, Richland, Washington
Capstone was engaged as a subcontractor for CH2MHill to provide various scheduling and project controls services for the Hanford Site Tank Farm for 3 years. Responsibilities included establishing schedule and cost baselines, gap analysis, earned value modeling and implementing templates and procedures.

Capstone's most recent engagement (2005) with the Hanford Site involved scheduling and project controls services, which included resource loading field schedules utilizing P3e and other software, critical path analysis, reporting schedule status through interface with various departments and general schedule status reporting and oversight.
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