We consult.
We manage.
We build.
Capital programs do not fail because the owner lacks a methodology. They fail because the owner's team cannot see what changed, who knew about it, and what it costs - until it is already in the schedule. HaiBuilt embeds in active capital programs on the owner side. California P.E. · PMP · practitioner-led.
Priority sectors
Programs we know from the inside.
HaiBuilt works where capital intensity, commissioning risk, and information fragmentation compound - battery manufacturing, mission-critical infrastructure, and industrial scale-up.
Battery & EV
Gigafactories · BESS · CAM
Cell manufacturing, cathode active materials, battery energy storage, and 2nd-life deployments backing data-center loads.
Data centers
Hyperscale · Modular
Mission-critical power and renewable-backed microgrids where permitting, ITP completion, and customer-technical interfaces must stay aligned.
Industrial
Grid · Power · Semiconductors
Large-footprint industrial capital where design governance, vendor coordination, and stage-gate discipline determine whether the ramp holds.
Operating context
Built from inside EPC.
Jon Haider has led owner-side design and delivery across Tesla, Northvolt, Redwood Materials, and McKinsey industrial advisory - $1B+ selected EPC capital across battery, BESS, data center, and manufacturing programs in the U.S. and Sweden.
52 MW / 104 MWh 2nd-life BESS · data-center customer $60M Staff Design Manager
Insights
Operator-authored analysis.
Short field briefs for owner-side capital program teams - commissioning windows, ITP registers, program management, and when a diagnosis requires tool build. Written to be useful on LinkedIn and worth reading on the site.
Information Failure, Not Methodology
Why capital programs fail when implications cannot propagate - not when the owner lacks a framework.
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The ITP Register and the Commissioning Window
Unsigned ITPs do not show up as schedule risk until AHJ sign-off is already in the window.
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Owner-Side Program Management
Embedded PM is accountable delivery leadership - not staff augmentation.
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When Consulting Becomes Tool Build
Some failures are process problems. Others require information infrastructure.
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Worth a conversation.
If your program is heading into commissioning without a clean ITP register, or your owner's team cannot trace what changed across scope, cost, and schedule - that is the kind of problem HaiBuilt exists to diagnose. I read every reply.
General
Southern California · Remote / hybrid / travel for active programs