Strategic Objective
The goal is to transform the existing Project Finder from a static directory into a verified, searchable project-intelligence feature that supports jobseekers, recruiters and contractors.
Visitors should get clear answers to four questions: What projects are progressing? Who has won the work? When will construction or commissioning happen? Which disciplines may be relevant?
The work builds on the existing Project Finder database rather than creating disconnected lists.
One verified source of truth should power the project directory, Top 5 lists, contractor views, career links and social-content selection.
Proposed Homepage / Project Finder Dashboard
The dashboard should make discovery immediate and trustworthy.
- Search across project name, operator, contractor, country and sector.
- Show verified counts for tracked projects, new awards and projects starting soon.
- Prominent navigation tiles: Latest Contract Awards; Starting Soon; Entering Construction; Commissioning Watch; Contractor Directory; Latest Project Updates.
- Use automatically generated Top 5 cards with project name, country, operator, stage, milestone date, last verified date and a View Project link.
Feature Catalogue
The following capabilities define the Project Finder product direction.
- Five projects starting soon — Curated list of projects with independently sourced upcoming construction, commissioning or operations milestones. Filter by time window (3 / 6 / 12 months).
- Latest contract awards — Show award date, awarding company, winning contractor, scope, disclosed value, primary source and project link. Distinguish award date from ERH update date.
- Projects entering construction — Highlight confirmed transitions into construction and site execution; connect to relevant technical disciplines.
- Commissioning Watch — Track mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up and handover milestones, with clear confirmation status.
- Sector and country spotlights — Top projects by region and sector: e.g., UK offshore, Norway, LNG, offshore wind, data centres.
- Contractor directory — Search companies and display their verified awarded scopes and linked projects; handle company name aliases.
- Project timeline — Display lifecycle milestones from feasibility/FID to EPC award, construction, commissioning and operations. Label estimated versus confirmed dates.
- Follow a project — Allow signed-in users to save projects and receive alerts on meaningful, verified changes; introduce only once data quality is dependable.
Individual Project Page Specification
Each project page should present a complete, source-backed picture of the opportunity.
- Identity: project name, country/region, sector, operator, estimated value and project description.
- Status: current lifecycle stage, stage confidence, expected and actual milestone dates.
- Contractors: company, role, award scope, award date, award value (if disclosed), source URL.
- Updates: chronological change log, publication date, verified date, source, short summary.
- Careers: potentially relevant disciplines and links to ERH Career Pathways, matching jobs and profile creation; never imply vacancies without evidence.
- Engagement: Follow Project (later phase), related projects, shareable link and last verified date.
Data Structure and Editorial Controls
Maintain one canonical project record, with separate related tables for contractors, contract awards, milestones, sources and update history. Avoid overwriting historical awards when a new announcement arrives.
- Essential fields: project ID, name, country, sector, operator, lifecycle stage, stage verification status, expected start date, date precision, last reviewed, last verified, reviewer, source URL and source publication date.
- Contract award fields: award ID, project ID, awardee, awarding organisation, scope, value/currency, announcement date, original source and confidence.
- Workflow: VA draft → source verification → editorial approval → published; log all edits and retain previous values.
- Flag stale records, duplicates, conflicting sources, missing contractor names and outdated lifecycle stages.
- Rules: no unsupported “hiring now” claims; no implied contract awards; show “date not confirmed” when unknown; distinguish planned, awarded, under construction and commissioned.
LinkedIn Content Engine
Verified project data should also support a repeatable social content series. Each post should link to a relevant ERH project page and identify source-backed facts, potential disciplines and a discussion question. Posts are not job adverts unless a live vacancy is linked.
| Series | Example | Cadence |
|---|---|---|
| Project Spotlight | 5 Major Projects Approaching Construction | Weekly |
| Contract Award Watch | Who's Winning New Energy Contracts? | Weekly |
| Commissioning Watch | 5 Projects Moving Towards Commissioning | Fortnightly |
Delivery Phases and Acceptance Criteria
Delivery should be phased. Do not build all eight features at once — estimate effort and dependencies for Phases 1 and 2 first.
- Phase 1 — Data quality and source audit: Import and reconcile the full project export; fix duplicates and incorrect stages; introduce source, award, milestone and verification fields. Acceptance: each published change has a traceable source and review date.
- Phase 2 — High-impact discovery: Launch Latest Awards, Starting Soon, Construction and Commissioning Watch cards, filters and project-page improvements. Acceptance: lists are database-driven, correctly sorted by event date and omit unverified items.
- Phase 3 — Contractor and career connections: Launch contractor search and connect projects to Career Pathways, Jobs Board and candidate profiles. Acceptance: contractor-project links are searchable; opportunities are clearly labelled as potential versus advertised.
- Phase 4 — Follow and alerts: Implement saved projects and notifications for approved material updates. Acceptance: users can manage follows and alerts; duplicate or trivial notifications are suppressed.
Suggested VA Operating Process
Editorial quality depends on a consistent day-to-day process.
- Review five projects per working day, prioritising new contract announcements, imminent milestones and stale records.
- Use operator or contractor announcements as primary evidence; record URLs, dates and concise change notes.
- Mark each record: Not Reviewed / Researching / Awaiting Verification / Approved / Published / Needs Correction.
- Escalate conflicting dates, company appointments and claims about active recruitment for review.
- Provide a weekly shortlist of five source-verified developments for LinkedIn.
Success Measures
Track percentage of projects verified in the last 90 days, number of verified contract awards, Project Finder return visits, clicks to Career Pathways and jobs, candidate registrations attributed to project pages, and recruiter enquiries.
Development Decisions Required
Before build work accelerates, several product and data questions need confirmation.
- Confirm current database structure and whether contractor awards and updates can be stored as separate related records.
- Confirm what can be populated automatically from the current website and what needs VA review.
- Estimate effort and dependencies for Phases 1 and 2 first; do not build all eight features at once.
- Propose admin approval, audit trail and duplicate-detection workflow.
- Confirm whether source URL and original publication date are currently stored for each project.
Implementation principle: one verified source of truth powers the project directory, Top 5 lists, contractor views, career links and social-content selection.