Beyond the CapEx

Beyond the CapEx is a podcast about mastering capital projects through leadership, vision, and disciplined execution. Each episode offers practical insights into coordination, strategy, and lessons learned from real projects: both successful and failed.We go beyond the numbers to explore what drives long-term success and how strategic leadership aligns execution with business goals when project complexity and stakes are high.

Beyond the CapEx is a business podcast hosted by BPMP Solutions, with 12 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

BPMP Solutions hosts Beyond the CapEx, a business show with 12 episodes published.

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  Episode #14

  BtC12: “We’ll Fix It in Detail Engineering” | With Rob Clark

  Mar 30, 202647 minS1

  <p>In this episode of Beyond the CapEx, Cristian Gonzalez sits down with Rob Clark, a veteran project leader with 40+ years of experience delivering multi-billion-dollar capital projects across refining, petrochemicals, power, and emerging technologies.</p><p>They break down what actually drives project success in real-world industrial environments—and why so many capital projects fail despite strong technical execution.</p><p>This conversation dives deep into FEL/FEED, project leadership, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and EPC execution, with practical insights drawn from decades of global project experience.</p><p>Rob shares why communication—not technical complexity—is often the biggest failur...

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  Episode #11

  BtC11: Beautifully Built, Completely Wrong - With Bryan Guess

  Feb 11, 202639 minS1

  <p>In Episode 11 of Beyond the CapEx, Cristian Gonzalez and Luis Gomez are joined by Bryan Guess, Founder of Bartizan, to explore why so many projects fail even when the technical work is done right.</p><p>Bryan shares a real-world story from commercial construction: a six-figure roof replacement executed flawlessly… only for the building to be sold and demolished months later. The takeaway applies across industries, including industrial capital projects, manufacturing, construction, and complex operational initiatives, most failures aren’t technical. They’re business and people problems wearing technical disguises.</p><p>The conversation dives into front-end planning (FEL),stakeh...

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  Episode #10

  BtC10: The Biggest Risks are Taken Before Anyone Thinks Capital is at Risk

  Jan 12, 202631 minS1

  <p>In this episode of Beyond the CapEx, Cristian Gonzalez and Luis challenge one of the most common blind spots in capital projects and CapEx decision-making: the belief that capital risk starts in execution.</p><p>It doesn’t.</p><p>The most consequential risks are embedded early, during front-end loading (FEL), project shaping, and business case development — when spending is low, scrutiny is minimal, and leadership attention is often elsewhere. By the time a project reaches approval, most of the enterprise value, capital exposure, and optionality are already locked in.</p><p>This conversation reframes capital risk away from dash...

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  Episode #9

  BtC09: The Charter: The One Map Everyone Needs but No One Reads

  Dec 1, 202537 minS1

  <p>In this episode of Beyond the CapEx, Cristian Gonzalez and Luis Gomez examine why the project charter is one of the most underutilized — yet critical — tools in capital project delivery.</p><p>Many projects begin with broad agreement but vague definitions of success. This conversation explains how unclear objectives, weak decision boundaries, and implicit assumptions create misalignment that surfaces later as rework, conflict, and lost value.</p><p>Cristian and Luis reframe the charter as a decision framework, not a formality, one that aligns stakeholders, clarifies intent,and anchors governance throughout the project lifecycle.</p><p>This episode is esse...

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  Episode #8

  BtC08: The PMO - The One Thing Owners Don’t Realize They Need

  Nov 18, 202541 minS1

  <p>In this episode of Beyond the CapEx, Cristian Gonzalez and Luis Gomez reframe the role of the Project Management Office (PMO) from a perceived administrative burden to an owner’s value-protection system.</p><p>Projects are complex, capital-intensive, and exposed to decision risk long before execution begins. Relying solely on individual capability, even strong capability, is not a strategy. This conversation explains how a PMO establishes consistency in decision-making, governance, and accountability across capital portfolios.</p><p>Cristian and Luis clarify what a PMO is — and what it is not— and explain why organizations without these disciplines struggle to achiev...

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