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Programmes and Asset Systems.

Know what you’re building. Decisions that hold.

We work for the people accountable for programmes and asset systems in rail, utilities and other critical infrastructure, from the client’s side of the table. Led by Mike Brown CEng MICE, our COO, who has led client-side delivery on national programmes at Network Rail. We start small, with a scope that has a number on it.

Built for Programme sponsorsSROsAsset directorsHeads of engineering
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Overview

Three services. Start small.

A business case and nothing mobilised. An asset system at end of life, every vendor offering a migration. A successful trial with no route into business as usual. Each needs someone who has sat on the client’s side.

Start small. Initiation and discovery takes a week and ends with a scope and a number you can take to whoever holds the budget.

Never both sides of the same project. We don’t bid for the build that follows our own advice, and the trigger is agreed in advance.

Services

Start where the need is.

Each service has a fixed shape and a single senior lead. Not sure which you need? Start with the Initiation and Discovery.

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Initiation and Discovery

Know what you’re building, before the money commits.

Working out what a programme really is before the money commits: the scope, the approvals between decision and build, and when the answer is not yet. For a developing business case, funding with nothing mobilised, or a failed earlier attempt.

  • One week
  • A scope with a number on it
  • Fixed price
Programme sponsorsSROsHeads of asset strategy
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Asset System Decision

The full cycle, from the client’s chair.

  • Bring us in at any stage
  • Fixed price once scoped
Asset directorsIT directorsHeads of maintenance
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Technology Adoption

Proven technology, accepted into service.

  • Starts with a readiness assessment
  • Fixed price, set at a scoping call
Asset ownersInnovation leadsHeads of engineering

Who you’ll speak to

Mike Brown

Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer · CEng MICE

Led by Mike Brown CEng MICE, Co-founder & COO, who has led national programmes and asset management change at Network Rail, including the Intelligent Infrastructure Civils programme and the closure of the ORBIS Programme.

Read Mike Brown’s profile

Where we’ve done it

Proven on the ground.

Network Rail infrastructure: Citadel and NEST, one method across two national asset estates, plus an earthworks monitoring pilot and whole system modelling. NEST won Best Public Sector Digital Project at the 2025 Digital Tech Leaders Awards. Citadel won three awards, including Innovation of the Year at the UK IT Industry Awards.

How to buy

Fixed before you sign.

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Fixed price

Every service is fixed once scoped at a scoping call, before you sign.

  • Budget certainty for approval
  • We carry the overrun risk
  • Payment tied to delivery
02

Time and materials

For evolving scope or high-speed delivery.

  • Pivot priorities without renegotiation
  • Start immediately
  • Scale resource to real demand
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Hybrid

Fixed price for the core deliverables, time and materials for what evolves.

  • Certainty for the roadmap
  • Room for change
  • One contract, two modes
Frameworks

Public sector clients can appoint us through the SparkDPS, AIDPS and SpaceDM frameworks.

Accreditations

Cyber Essentials · RISQS · JOSCAR

Independence

On this work we take no commission, hold no reseller or partner agreements, and our fee does not change with the recommendation.

Talk to the person who leads it.

Tell us what you need to decide. A short scoping call is enough to tell you which service fits, if any, and what it would take.

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