Capability Statement

November 2019

Priestland Consulting Ltd

We are an independent, specialist

Consultancy that supports clients on

Technology

for the built environment

Strategy Change

About Priestland Consulting

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Business

strategy Change

management

Innovation &

technology

audit

Technology

roadmaps

Technology

options

appraisal

Process

mapping &

requirements

capture Technology

procurement

& training

Strategy Technology Change

Our range of services

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3D visualisation

4D planning

Analytics

BIM / Digital Engineering

Building Management

Systems (BMS)

Business cases

Business development

Change management

Circular economy

Concurrent engineering

Cost consulting software

Cost management

Cultural change

Customer experience

mapping

Design for Manufacture and

Assembly (DfMA)

Digital design processes

Digital twins

Factory fabrication and

engineering

Innovation

Laser-based scanning

Planning and project controls

Procurement

Programme delivery

Programme implementation

and risk

Simulation

Strategy

Technology development

Training

Value propositions

Visualisation

Our capabilities and skills

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We work with blue chip

contractors, consultants and utilities.

Our client list is as follows:

Our list of clients

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Our leadership team

John is a Director of Priestland Consulting and

is advising contractors, utilities and consultants

on digital innovation and the industrialisation of

construction. Previously, he led digital

transformation at AECOM from 2016 to 2018.

John was Global Strategy Director at WSP at the

time of the acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff

from Balfour Beatty. He has also held senior

roles at Hyder Consulting and WS Atkins.

John has a MBA (with Distinction) from London

Business School) and a First Class Degree in

Physics from Keble College, Oxford. He is a

Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineering.

Sam has 28 years’ experience in integrated

project delivery and the implementation of

technology, processes and development of

people for the construction and wider property

sector.

He has an in-depth background in design-for-

manufacture and construction, construction

industrialisation, as well as advanced

experience in integrated design, planning and

co-ordination and BIM processes.

Sam has held design roles with Amec, WSP

and Crown House technologies. He co-founded

Fulcro Engineering Services, which specialises

in design and construction virtual prototyping.

Toby is a change management professional

who develops, supports and delivers change

and transformation programmes that provide

tangible results for our clients.

He’s an MBA graduate with a substantial

and successful track record in organisational

change. Priding himself not just in

developing transformative strategies but in

working with people at all levels of an

organisation to ensure plans are fully

realised.

Toby led an award-winning team to deliver

digital transformation for a leading UK

housebuilder.

John Priestland Sam Jack Toby Chisnall

Change Management

Director

Technology Director Managing Director

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Software development

BIM products and solutions

3D modelling

A Quantity Surveyor by background, Tom is a BIM

expert with a strong programming background. He

advises clients and develops software to automate

tasks. He is particularly expert in the integration of

design, cost and programme tools. He is also

skilled at optimising workflows and the cultural

challenge of getting new tools adopted.

Tom James

BIM technical

specialist

Revit “superuser”

BIM strategy

BIM training and development

Mike is one of the UK’s leading experts on the

implementation of BIM, and has 12 years’

experience of using Revit. He is an Autodesk Revit

certified professional for Revit Architecture, Revit

MEP, Revit Structure (3 separate qualifications)

Most recently, Mike was Head of BIM at Capita

from 2014 – 17.

Mike Turpin

Revit specialist

and BIM strategy

lead

Project Management

ERP Implementation

Communication and training

Lizzie is a project manager, with extensive SAP

Implementation experience, data migration, data

analysis, organization and communication abilities.

Experienced in training plans, data migration

management, change management, governance

and data validation experience.

Lizzie Mant

ERP Implementation

Project Manager

Our consultants

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Internet of Things (IOT)

Cloudless technology

AI and Big Data

Nigel is the Co-founder and CEO of Imont, a

company that develops software for IoT device

integration using a "cloudless" technology. He has

over 20+ years of software management &

development at Hive, AlertMe, Canonical, Betfair &

UBS. He is also an AI and Big Data expert.

Nigel has a MSc in Optoelectronics from the

University of Northumbria

Nigel Pugh

IoT and Cloud/Edge

Computing

Our consultants

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Operational strategy

Operational management

Infrastructure programmes

Nick is the former Head of Transformation at

Thames Water and Head of Commercial Services

at Scottish Water. He has extensive experience of

developing and leading complex multi-disciplinary

business transformation programmes and

successfully delivering operational delivery

solutions across the water and infrastructure

sectors.

Nick Sumption

Operations and

Infrastructure

Expert

Transformation and change

Human performance

Robotics

Louisa has first-hand experience of leading large

strategic programmes - notably at MetLife as

Programme Management Lead and at Prudential

as Programme Director for the development of a

group wide asset data warehouse..

She is also expert on operational excellence

human performance; and she has investigated the

use of robotics in office-type environments.

Louisa Pavis

Transformation,

Programme and

Change

• Define objectives,

goals and timeline

• Define the initial plan,

create the project

structure and launch

the programme

• Develop and define

the solution by

identifying, evaluating

and confirming tech

suppliers

• Assess the impact of

change to your way of

working

• Develop and deliver

the case for change

• Understand what has

already been

achieved

• Understand your

structure, skills and

ways of working

• Define the scope and

your requirements

• Develop your vision

and way of working

• Establish and confirm

the priorities

• Define and scope

case for change

Investigate Discover

• Confirm digital

solutions and road

map

• Agree scope,

timelines objectives

and commercials

with suppliers

• Define the delivery

plan

• Develop your

organisational shape

and digital talent

• Define the new way

of working

Plan Deliver

• Business is the

right shape

• Business has the

relevant support

• Ability to respond

to new

technologies

• Develop and

build business

strategy

Sustain

• Standardise

operational

documents and

folder structures

• Build the technical

solutions

• Migrate the data

and documents

• Test the solutions

• Prepare the team

for ‘go live’

• Support the

business

Our Five Step change process

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Case Studies

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We are leading a team developing a ‘value-

stacking’ network for the decarbonisation of

the Slougn Trading Estate

We developed an agile project plan for

turning a network of smart streetlights into

the basis of a smart city platform and

control system,

Case Studies

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We are developing and implementing future-

proofed systems for an innovative project

management consultancy, including cost

and visualisation software.

We developed a digital roadmap for a

highways term maintenance contractor for

the use of analytics in its existing Pitney

Bowes CONFIRM software platform.

Case Studies

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We developed and delivered the

implementation of BIM for a major UK

housebuilder.

We developed a medium-term strategy for a

major engineering consultancy for the

convergence between design, construction

and operations.

Case Studies

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We carried out a review of the use of BIM

within an engineering consultancy and are

advising on and delivering a programme of

change.

We reviewed a consultancy’s digital systems

to assess where there is potential to

improve the productivity of technical teams.

Case Studies

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We are supporting the development of an

energy roadmap, incorporating EV charging,

at Heathrow.

We analysed the investment case for scaling

a common data environment (CDE) and the

creation of an ‘ecosystem’ for normalised

design and construction data.

Case Studies

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We developed the case for the use of smart

sensors and a digital twin to optimise

decision-making on a large industrial heat

network.

We are supporting an innovative start-up

that has developed a cloudless edgeless IOT

operating system for home energy

management devices.

Case Studies

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We are advising s start-up that is using

genetic-type algorithms to optimise the

route for linear infrastructure.

Contact: John Priestland | Telephone: +44 (0)7990 081382 | Email: john@priestland.com | priestland.com