Project location · Guanacaste, Costa Rica

P.08 · Risk & governance

Not “risk-free”. It’s structured to de-risk.

Capital deploys progressively as permits, design maturity and commercial traction are confirmed. Each phase passes a control gate before committing the next level of investment.

Risks & mitigation

Seven risk categories, actively managed.

01

Land & Title

Mitigated through diligence

Full legal due diligence, clean-title requirements, easement verification and staged closing structures.

02

Permitting

Rivers planned for

Conservative riparian buffers, zero-build protection zones, early hydrology studies, flood-risk avoidance.

03

Infrastructure

Multi-source strategy

Multi-source water strategy, phased utility capacity, redundancy planning, early utility commitments.

04

Construction

Packaged EPC delivery

Owner's Engineer standards, PMO schedule/cost control, QA/HSE systems and commissioning discipline.

05

Market

Phased product releases

Diversified demand segments and early recurring-revenue levers — memberships, programs, pre-leasing.

06

Operating

Defined from day one

Operating model set upfront. Service SLAs, coexistence standards, professional community management.

Control gates · G0 → G5

Capital advances through gates, not timelines.

Hakan is delivered under a structured governance model with stage gates and professional controls: PMO, Owner's Engineer, QA/HSE and commissioning. Construction is executed through EPC packages, while Hakan retains procurement strategy and oversight.

G0

Concept

Strategic fit, preliminary site & commercial hypothesis validated.

G1

Diligence

Title, environmental, hydrology and entitlement pathway confirmed.

G2

Masterplan

Design maturity, permits, utilities and phasing plan approved.

G3

Activation

Early revenue levers validated — memberships, programs, pre-leasing.

G4

Delivery

Construction package execution under EPC, Owner's Engineer and QA/HSE.

G5

Commissioning

Handover, operations ramp and performance tracking against SLAs.

Project controls and documentation

Delivery controls

Procurement centralized. Execution specialized.

Hakan retains centralized procurement strategy and performance oversight, while EPC partners execute construction. This separation protects cost, quality and schedule without diluting accountability.

At each gate

  • Owner's Engineer technical standards.
  • PMO: schedule, cost and risk.
  • QA/HSE systems before any handover.
  • Commissioning discipline before operations.

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  • Stage-gate criteria
  • PMO framework
  • QA/HSE standards
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