Spire Consulting Group was engaged by a global investment firm to perform a contractor portfolio research and risk assessment in support of capital allocation and counterparty evaluation. The engagement focused on evaluating the performance, risk profile, and market positioning of major international construction firms actively delivering large, complex projects across multiple regions.
Spire’s work combined market research, project-level analysis, and portfolio benchmarking to provide a structured, comparative view of contractor risk and performance across infrastructure and commercial construction markets worldwide.
Client Challenge
The client required an objective, data-informed assessment of contractor performance risk to support investment decisions involving large capital exposure to construction delivery. Publicly available information on contractor performance, claims history, backlog health, and project execution risk is often fragmented, inconsistent, and difficult to compare across regions and companies.
The client needed a consistent framework to differentiate contractors by relative risk, understand market and portfolio trends, and identify potential exposure areas across active, high-value projects globally.
Spire’s Role & Approach
Spire provided construction advisory services focused on contractor portfolio benchmarking and risk differentiation. The team developed a structured research methodology incorporating industry publications, contractor disclosures, public claims records, project databases, and market reporting across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other regions.
Spire evaluated ongoing projects exceeding $300 million in value, assessed contractor backlog and award trends, and applied standardized project- and company-level risk criteria. This approach enabled consistent comparison across contractors, markets, contract types, and delivery models.
Findings were synthesized into relative risk ratings, trend indicators, and qualitative observations, allowing the client to assess performance patterns, dispute exposure, and execution risk at both the project and portfolio level.
Results & Impact
The engagement delivered a clear, comparative view of global contractor risk to inform investment strategy. Key outcomes included:
- Portfolio-level benchmarking of major international contractors by relative performance and risk
- Differentiation of contractors based on claims exposure, backlog health, and project execution trends
- Identification of market segments and regions with elevated or reduced construction risk
- Decision-support insights to guide capital deployment and counterparty evaluation
The research equipped the client with a consistent, repeatable framework for assessing construction delivery risk across global markets.