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Technology consultancy from first workshop to final snag
Independent design and project consultancy for ICT, audio-visual, security and ELV systems, so your building or workplace is specified correctly, procured fairly and delivered to standard.
Custom technology, specified for the way you operate
Our consultancy practice brings together qualified specialists in ICT, audio-visual (AV), security and extra-low-voltage (ELV) systems. We follow your project from start to finish, assessing your needs, designing the right solution and protecting your interests through procurement, installation and handover.
The result is infrastructure that is efficient, cost-effective and ready for the future, without the expensive surprises that come from late design changes or poorly specified tenders.
Four phases. Complete consultancy coverage.
Each phase has clear deliverables, so you always know where your project stands and what comes next.
Discovery & analysis
- Client and operator workshops to define requirements
- Visual site inspections
- Digital and technical site surveys
Conceptual design
- Design brief, including a complete technology concept
- Design development and coordination across the client's organisation
- Design development incorporating LEED Interiors guidelines
- Site visits and inspections
- Regular status updates and presentations, as required
- Technical advice, validation and recommendations on the works
- Liaison with local authorities throughout the project, as required
Specification & documentation
- Advice on procurement procedure and contractor/sub-contractor selection, including the relative merits of tenderers
- Tender reports to the client
- All diagrams and drawings in line with the approved design
- Programmes, including delivery schedules and site progress
- Support with preparing contract documentation
- Revision of production information as needed for execution
- Value engineering
Post-design consultancy
- Advice on formal contract documents for accepted tenders
- Advice on special inspections or tests
- Review of contractors' proposals
- Attendance at site meetings and periodic site visits
- Quality control procedures
- Review of installation and shop drawings submitted by contractors
- Advice on payment certificates
- Prompt handling of contractor claims
- Final inspections to confirm all defects are rectified
- Identification of all snagging items
Why it pays to bring us in early
Fewer costly changes
Getting requirements and design right before tender avoids expensive variations once contractors are on site.
Fair, comparable tenders
Clear specifications mean bids you can compare like-for-like, and contractors you can hold to account.
Quality you can verify
Independent inspections, drawing reviews and structured snagging make sure you receive exactly what you paid for.
Future-ready by design
Systems specified for scalability and sustainability, including LEED Interiors guidelines where required.
Let's talk Planning a new office, building or refurbishment?
Talk to our consultants before the design is fixed. It's the easiest time to get it right.