Integrated consultancy
Build the project team around the outcome.
M4Forge provides one consultancy structure across strategy, business case, finance, operations, security, property, technology, design and delivery. Each appointment is assembled for the actual mandate, with responsibilities and specialist authority stated.
01 / From mandate to use
One project basis from mandate to use.
Built assets can align to RIBA stages 0 to 7. Other commissions use the client's own gates. In either case, the approved need, assumptions and acceptance tests remain traceable.
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Mandate
Fix the need, intended outcome, authority, constraints and evidence required to proceed.
Defined mandate -
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Business case
Test options, affordability, benefits, commercial route, delivery model and material uncertainty.
Investment decision -
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Solution
Coordinate operations, property, technology, security and specialist requirements.
Authorised solution -
04
Procurement
Convert the solution into scoped work, evaluation criteria, contract strategy and mobilisation conditions.
Contract-ready package -
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Delivery
Control implementation, cost, programme, quality, information, risk and change.
Verified completion -
06
Transition
Complete testing, records, training and transfer before operational acceptance.
Ready for use
02 / Disciplines
Bring the commercial, operational and technical case into the same workplan.
The appointment records whether each discipline is provided, led or coordinated by M4Forge, and identifies any independent, statutory or client-retained authority.
- 01Strategy and business caseCase for change, objectives, options, benefits, governance, approval strategy and business-case development.
- 02Commercial and financeCost planning and consultancy, funding, revenue and operating assumptions, procurement, commercial structure, risk, sensitivity and due-diligence support.
- 03Operations and organisationOperating model, users, process, capability, change, training, transition and benefits realisation.
- 04Property and masterplanningEstate strategy, site options, masterplans, accommodation, access, phasing, surveys and asset information.
- 05Security and technical systemsProtective security, digital and IT, engineering, specialist equipment, utilities, assurance and interface control.
- 06Programme and deliveryProgramme controls, cost and risk, procurement support, bid strategy and writing, implementation, construction, commissioning and acceptance.
03 / Existing service routes
Enter at the point of need, retain the line of sight to the outcome.
A commission can cover one defined output or connect several phases. Continuity never removes the need to define duties, authority and acceptance at each stage.
- 01DefinitionProject definition and business caseFor a mandate that needs an evidence base, options, commercial and financial logic, governance and an approval route.Explore definition and business case
- 02DesignDesign and technical integrationFor property, technology, security, engineering, operations and specialist packages that need one coordinated design basis.Explore design and integration
- 03DeliveryDelivery and operational readinessFor implementation, construction, commissioning, transition and acceptance against the approved project basis.Explore delivery and readiness
04 / Appointment model
Integration is a defined responsibility.
The appointment can place M4Forge at the point where strategic, commercial, operational and technical inputs are brought into one project basis. It names the work M4Forge performs, the specialists it leads or coordinates, the evidence relied on and the authority that approves each result.
A broad capability map is not a claim that every discipline sits in-house or that M4Forge holds every regulated duty.
First conversation
What outcome has to become an investable, deliverable project?
Start with the mandate, current evidence, approval or delivery problem and the result required next. Keep sensitive detail out of the first approach.