Project mobilisation
Getting a project ready to start, or ready to scale.
Mobilisation is the practical work of making sure people can arrive and start properly: labour, onboarding, accommodation, suppliers, site support and the hundred small requirements that only matter when one of them is missing. We coordinate it as one plan.
Why mobilise with BSR Group
A package team that is hired on time, but has no accommodation, no site access and no PPE, has not been mobilised. We plan the whole arrival, not just the hiring.
One plan, one point of contact
Labour, onboarding, accommodation, suppliers and site support planned against the same start date and owned by the same named person.
Site-ready is defined before we start
We agree with the client what a worker needs in place to start on this site, then mobilise against that definition rather than a generic list.
Progress you can see
Start dates, onboarding status, accommodation and open actions tracked in the BSR CRM, so the mobilisation plan is a live view, not a spreadsheet emailed on Fridays.
What mobilisation covers
The elements we coordinate so a project can start or scale on the dates in the programme.
Labour and onboarding
The right people, recruited or supplied, onboarded to your site requirements and confirmed for their start dates.
- Recruitment and labour supply planned to the ramp-up
- Right to work, tickets, references and medicals completed
- Inductions and site access booked in advance
- Start dates tracked worker by worker
Accommodation and travel
Somewhere reliable to stay and a way to get to site, coordinated for travelling workers and project teams.
- Accommodation sourced near site through partners
- Arrivals aligned to start dates and inductions
- Transport and parking coordinated where needed
- Changes handled as the programme moves
Suppliers and practical requirements
PPE, consumables, welfare, storage and the other practical items a package needs before people can work.
- Site support suppliers sourced and coordinated
- Deliveries aligned to the mobilisation date
- Welfare, storage and laydown arranged with partners
- Subcontractors coordinated alongside your own
Site support and coordination
The daily coordination that keeps a mobilisation on track once it starts: chasing, tracking, communicating and fixing.
- Start-date and onboarding tracking
- Supplier chasing and document visibility
- Site access coordination with the client team
- A named contact through the mobilisation period
The services mobilisation pulls together
Each of these stands on its own. Mobilisation is the layer that coordinates them against one start date or ramp-up plan.
Labour supply
Crews and individuals into the project, scaled to the programme.
Onboarding
Documents, checks, tickets, references and start dates, visible in the BSR CRM.
Accommodation
Reliable places to stay for workers travelling into the project area.
Site support
Coordination around the workforce and site once the project is live.
Procurement coordination
PPE, consumables, welfare and the suppliers a package needs on day one.
Property advisory
Offices, storage, laydown, parking and temporary facilities linked to delivery.
Facilities management
Cleaning, welfare, waste and utilities coordinated through partners.
Workforce planning
The forward view of roles, skills and numbers that mobilisation delivers against.
Where this fits
Mobilising a new package to site
A contractor has won a package on a major infrastructure or energy project and needs a team, accommodation, suppliers and site access in place for a fixed start date.
Scaling an existing project
A programme moves into a busier phase and the workforce needs to grow quickly, with onboarding, accommodation and site support scaling alongside the headcount.
Arriving in an area not built for the workforce
A nuclear new build or large infrastructure scheme brings labour into a region with limited accommodation, storage and facilities. Mobilisation is how the practical constraints get solved before they become delays.
Questions
- What does mobilisation cover?
- Everything that has to be in place for people to arrive and start properly: the labour itself, onboarding and compliance, accommodation, suppliers, site access and the practical requirements a package team needs on day one.
- Is mobilisation a recruitment service?
- It uses recruitment and labour supply, but it is wider. Mobilisation is the coordinating layer that pulls onboarding, accommodation, site support and procurement together against one start date or ramp-up plan.
- How do you reduce mobilisation risk?
- We agree what site-ready means with the client first, confirm right to work, tickets and site requirements before start dates, plan around onboarding lead times and report progress against the mobilisation plan through the BSR CRM.
Mobilising a project?
Tell us the start date, the numbers and the site. We will come back with a mobilisation plan that covers people, accommodation, suppliers and support.