When it comes to building a multimillion-dollar superyacht, typically, nothing is left to chance. While the choice of designer and builder is paramount in most people’s minds, the decision of which team to represent the owner’s interests is central to the success of a project, and the ultimate satisfaction of the owner upon delivery.

The owners of the 57-metre motor yacht Akira – currently under construction at the Heesen shipyard in Oss, the Netherlands – have chosen US-based Marine Construction Management (MCM) to oversee the build.

“We were introduced to these clients a few years ago when they were weighing up the options of designing and building from scratch, purchasing from the brokerage market or purchasing a yacht already in build,” MCM co-founder Peter Wilson says, “which obviously was the final outcome.

“Based on that relationship, they advised that they wished to retain MCM to represent them through the construction process.”