01 / Set the direction
Technology strategy and roadmaps
Define what your building should achieve for people and the planet, then create a practical strategy for making it happen.
From strategy to delivery
Priorities
What does the building need to achieve?
Choices
Which possibilities best support your vision?
Sequence
What should happen first, and what depends on it?
Agreed outcomes and priorities; Technology requirements and options assessment; Phased roadmap with responsibilities and measures.
- Agreed requirement
- Clear responsibility
- Reviewable evidence
Initial workshops establish priorities and provide perspective. We agree the next stages around your strategy and outcomes.
Owners, occupiers and operators planning a building or portfolio investment, supported by their asset, workplace and project teams.
A refurbishment, relocation, new development, fragmented technology estate or portfolio investment decision.
Make the next investment a considered one.
A refurbishment, workplace move or portfolio review is an opportunity to make your building work better. A clear strategy connects that ambition to the experience people need, the resources the building uses and the team responsible for operation.
We bring owners, occupiers and operators together to explore what is possible and define measurable outcomes. Those outcomes guide the technology requirements: an easier arrival, information that supports facilities teams or a connected experience designed into the building from the start.
Turn priorities into a feasible plan.
We assess existing systems, information and constraints against your priorities. We compare the value of retaining useful infrastructure, making targeted improvements or introducing new capabilities, then translate the preferred direction into requirements for the next stage.
Your roadmap sets out the sequence, dependencies and responsibilities for realising the strategy. It identifies enabling work, focused investigations, any proposed pilot and later improvements, with the assumptions and evidence behind each recommendation.
A useful first appointment.
Start before design or procurement commitments are fixed. An initial workshop establishes your priorities and gives the team perspective on the possibilities. We then agree the sites, systems, depth of assessment and outputs needed to define the strategy.
Our guide to what a smart building consultant should deliver includes a sample appointment brief to help you agree outputs, responsibilities and the next decision.
Your appointment
Deliverables
The work involved
- Stakeholder discovery and outcome workshops
- Review of existing systems and information within the agreed scope
- Use-case priorities and feasibility assessment
- Comparison of retain, improve and replace options
- A phased roadmap with dependencies and decision owners
What you receive
- Agreed outcomes, client brief and prioritised use cases
- Existing-system and information-gap summary
- Options and dependency assessment
- Technology requirements, phased roadmap and decision record
The outcomes we work towards.
- A shared strategy for technology investment
- Earlier visibility of dependencies and missing evidence
- A practical sequence aligned with the project programme
How we review progress
- The client confirms the priorities and decision criteria
- Each recommended action has an owner, dependency and evidence basis
- Material uncertainties have a defined investigation or decision route
What we need to move forward.
- Access to relevant records and operating teams
- Client approval of priorities and budget assumptions
- Specialist surveys or engineering checks where required
Our contribution
We define the strategy, assess options and set out requirements within the agreed appointment. Detailed engineering, condition surveys and cost consultancy are provided by the relevant appointed specialists.
Relevant framework stages: Qualification / Discovery / Feasibility / Design. The appointment determines which are included.
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What should your next technology investment enable?
Tell us what you want your building to achieve. We’ll help define the strategy, the evidence and the next steps.