Dr. Hassan Eliwa, PhD

Founder, PMMilestone.org · Project Controls & Business Intelligence Professional · Auckland, New Zealand

Dr. Hassan Eliwa, PhD is a senior planning and project controls engineer with 17+ years of international experience across construction, infrastructure, power generation and substations. He holds a PhD from Massey University (New Zealand) on ICT capability development in construction organisations, with research interests in schedule risk, forensic delay analysis, EVM forecasting and digital transformation. He is the founder of PMMilestone.org and architect of the Elite Project Controls System, and the author of practitioner-focused books in project controls and Primavera P6 scheduling. He is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Experience

• Senior Planning & Project Controls Engineer on 220/400 kV substation and transmission programs
• Project Controls Lead on combined-cycle and gas-fired power plant construction
• Forensic schedule analyst on EPC delay claims and disputes
• Owner-side advisor on project controls maturity and stage-gate governance
• Trainer and lecturer in CPM scheduling, EVM, and risk management

Research Areas

• Forensic schedule analysis and delay attribution
• Earned Value Management and Earned Schedule on capital projects
• Owner project controls maturity
• Quantitative risk and contingency modelling
• Schedule quality and DCMA-aligned health assessment

Publications

• Eliwa, H. K. (2024). The Project Controls Field Handbook. PMMilestone Press.
• Eliwa, H. K. (2023). Primavera P6 for Planning Engineers — From Activity to Audit. PMMilestone Press.
• Eliwa, H. K. (2022). Earned Value Management Explained for Engineers. PMMilestone Press.
• Eliwa, H. K. (2021). 'Schedule quality and forensic readiness on EPC projects', Construction Management Review.

Books

• The Project Controls Field Handbook (2024)
• Primavera P6 for Planning Engineers — From Activity to Audit (2023)
• Earned Value Management Explained for Engineers (2022)