5Cs Framework™ · Governance Designed for Distance

Projects don’t fail.
The systems around them do.

Frontier markets just expose it faster. We design, fix and build the delivery and commercial systems behind cross-border capital projects — from €250K ventures to €2B programmes. Europe · Africa · Gulf.

Controlled on paper. Run on WhatsApp. We close that gap.

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25+Years experience
30+Countries
€2B+Projects advised
4Entry points
CONTROL · The diagnostic

How close are you to No-Surprises Delivery?

Most programmes look controlled until pressure arrives — scope drift, unverified vendor promises, decisions without owners. CONTROL measures where your delivery control will actually hold, and where it won’t.

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Reactive
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Managed
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Controlled
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Operational
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Scalable

Most organisations score between Level 2 and Level 3.

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Delivery ControlCONTROL VIEW
CONTAIN
COMMAND
CLOSE
CONFIRM
CONTROL
Maturity  Level 2 — ManagedIllustrative
20 questions · ~4 min · Instant Level 1–5

Real delivery control — or exposure?

Score your programme across the five control pillars and discover whether your governance is preventing surprises — or simply documenting them.

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What we do

Four entry points. One control system.

Every client enters at one of four stages — the problem is different at each, and so is the product. Find where you are.

Speed 1
START
Can this become a real business?
SituationA complex idea with no commercial spine yet.
OutcomeAn investable business.
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Speed 2
RESOLVE
Is delivery slipping toward a claim?
SituationScope, vendors and decisions drifting off-plan.
OutcomeControl recovered before it becomes a claim.
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Speed 3
RESHAPE
Will the change actually stick?
SituationThe business runs on a few people’s heads.
OutcomeOperations that don’t depend on heroes.
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Speed 4
GROW
Can we scale without breaking?
SituationCommercial capacity is the bottleneck.
OutcomeGrowth without breaking the business.
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Speed 1 — Start → Speed 2 — Resolve → Speed 3 — Reshape → Speed 4 — Grow

Clients move through speeds as their situation evolves.

Who we are

Both sides of every table.

I’ve been the contractor trying to get paid. The developer trying to control costs. The founder trying to survive an investor agreement. The operations manager cleaning up what the commercial team missed.

Twenty-five years across EPC, energy, real estate, aviation and startups — in 30 countries — taught me one thing. The contracts that fail aren’t managed badly. They’re designed badly before management begins.

Contracks works with PMO Directors, commercial managers and project operators on the delivery control side of their programmes. We don’t consult from a distance. We build the system from the inside.

Founder of the 5Cs Framework™ — used on cross-border capital projects from €10M to €2B across Europe, Africa and the Gulf.

Serguei Poppeleer, Founder of Contracks Global
Serguei PoppeleerFounder & Managing Director · Brussels · Lagos · Nairobi

Executive MBA, Hult · LLM Oil & Gas, Robert Gordon

MIT · INSEAD · MCIArb · IACCM · CIoB

Serguei Poppeleer speaking at the Global Tourism Forum, Brussels 2025
Global Tourism Forum · Annual Meeting · Brussels, 2025
“Projects don’t fail. The systems around them do. Frontier markets just expose it faster.”
— World Commerce & Contracting, Global EPC Forum Berlin, April 2026
Selected track record

The work speaks.

Three flagship mandates. Real results, across sectors, geographies and scales.

Infrastructure · Qatar
Programme continuity through the GCC embargo
€700M metro programme, Qatar. Commercial integrity maintained under crisis.
Energy · Belgium
Stalled €400M FIDIC negotiation, unlocked
Major energy infrastructure EPC, Belgium. Commercial reset delivered under pressure.
Aviation · Africa
Airport programmes across 15 African countries
Premises and operations framework for a major European airline. Budget discipline and operational continuity maintained throughout — LiDAR-based assessment.
From €250K ventures to €2B programmes
Built where the systems break first.
Reports & field notes

Start where your programme is.

Everything we publish sits on the Delivery Control Maturity Ladder. Take the diagnostic, find your level, and read the few pieces that move you up — not the whole archive.

Special Report · RESOLVE™ · Free
Beyond Paperwork Governance
The full 5Cs Framework™ — every step, the tools, and the proof cases across 30 countries. The core report behind the diagnostic.
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Special Report · RESHAPE™ · Free
Beyond Operational Fragility
The business delivers, but three people hold all the knowledge. When one leaves, the system stalls. The RESHAPE method for operations that scale.
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Latest article
Is Your Project Under Control — Or Does It Just Look That Way?
Call your site supervisor right now. Ask what is happening today. Then open your master schedule.
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Field note

From the field.

Real mandates. Real outcomes. In their own words.

Procurement  ·  West Africa
“Contracks brought structure and clarity to a procurement process that had become difficult to manage across suppliers and stakeholders. We improved alignment, reduced unnecessary costs, and kept delivery moving without constant firefighting.”
Richard I.
CEO  ·  Water Project  ·  West Africa
Field Intelligence

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If a site or supplier blew the plan up tomorrow — would your controls hold? If the answer isn’t a confident yes, that’s where we start.

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Delivery Control Readiness Diagnostic
The 5Cs · 20 questions · Instant result

Is your programme a Control Tower
or a Paperwork PMO?

Score your delivery system across all five control pillars — scope, plan, decisions, vendors, cadence. Takes about 4 minutes. No consultant. No meeting.

✓ CONTAIN — Scope Control ✓ COMMAND — One Plan ✓ CLOSE — Decision Discipline ✓ CONFIRM — Vendor Verification ✓ CONTROL — Tower Cadence
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