Priestland Consulting Ltd
Capability Statement January 2021 About Priestland Consulting
We are an independent, specialist Consultancy that supports clients on
Strategy Technology Change
for the built environment
Page 2 About Priestland Consulting
We link ConstructTech start-ups and ‘old world’ companies who need their ideas and innovation
Contractors & ConstructTech consultants
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Strategy Technology Change
Technology options Process Technology appraisal mapping & roadmaps requirements capture Innovation & Technology technology procurement & audit training
Business Change strategy management
Page 4 Our capabilities and skills
3D visualisation Cost consulting software Planning and project controls
4D planning Cost management Procurement
Analytics Cultural change Programme delivery
Customer experience Programme implementation BIM / Digital Engineering mapping and risk
Building Management Design for Manufacture and Simulation Systems (BMS) Assembly (DfMA)
Business cases Digital design processes Strategy
Business development Digital twins Technology development
Factory fabrication and Change management Training engineering
Circular economy Innovation Value propositions
Concurrent engineering Laser-based scanning Visualisation
Page 5 Our list of clients
We work with blue chip contractors and consultants, and transformational construction technology start-ups.
Page 6 Our leadership team
John Priestland Mike Turpin Toby Chisnall Managing Director Technology Director Change Management Director
John is a Director of Priestland Consulting and is Mike is one of the UK’s leading experts on the Toby is a change management professional who advising contractors, utilities and consultants on implementation of BIM. Most recently, he was Head develops, supports and delivers change and digital innovation and the industrialisation of of BIM at Capita from 2014-17. As a consultant, he transformation programmes that provide construction. Previously, he led digital now advises clients on all aspects of BIM – from tangible results for our clients. transformation at AECOM from 2016 to 2018. company strategy, policy and implementation He’s an MBA graduate with a substantial and John was Global Strategy Director at WSP at the through to technical standards, software adoption successful track record in organisational change. time of the acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff from and training. Priding himself not just in developing Balfour Beatty. He has also held senior roles at Hyder Mike is an ambassador of BIM in the UK, working transformative strategies but in working with Consulting and WS Atkins. with the UK BIM Alliance, CDBB, UK Dynamo User people at all levels of an organisation to ensure John has a MBA (with Distinction) from London Group and South BIM Region. plans are fully realised. Business School) and a First Class Degree in Physics Toby led an award-winning team to deliver from Keble College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the digital transformation for a leading UK Institution of Civil Engineering. housebuilder.
Page 7 Our consultants
John Roberts Tom James Lizzie Mant Digital design and BIM technical ERP Implementation construction engineer specialist Project Manager
John has worked as a technical integrator and A Quantity Surveyor by background, Tom is a BIM Lizzie is a project manager, with extensive SAP collaborator at Arup, Atkins and Laing O’Rourke; for expert with a strong programming background. He Implementation experience, data migration, 35 years winning, designing, and delivering advises clients and develops software to automate data analysis, organization and communication innovative projects. He particularly focuses on tasks. He is particularly expert in the integration of abilities. Experienced in training plans, data enabling major project teams to adopt digital design, cost and programme tools. He is also skilled migration management, change management, workflows. John is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil at optimising workflows and the cultural challenge governance and data validation experience. Engineering. of getting new tools adopted.
Definition of design processes Software development Project Management
Integration with construction BIM products and solutions ERP Implementation
Engineering optimisation 3D modelling Communication and training
Page 8 Case studies – digital strategy
We developed a technology roadmap We helped a major Oil & Gas client We led a transformation programme to for the UK’s largest builder’s merchant assess how to leverage digital tools and help a major consultancy enhance its as it moves from selling building construction technology to improve its relationship with Heathrow, with digital products to selling ‘solutions’. EPC supply chain and delivery. a key part of the services offered.
Page 9 Case studies – digital change
We undertook a Digital Maturity We developed and implemented We led a change programme for a Assessment for a specialist sustainability systems for an innovative project Highways Term Maintenance contractor consultancy, looking at its ability to management consultancy, including cost that used technology to help win a both develop and use technology. and visualisation software. £260m seven-year contract.
Page 10 Case studies – digital twins
We have been appointed as the We developed the case for the use of We led a study of the potential to use independent adviser to a major UK smart sensors and a digital twin to digital optimisation on the design and utility for its digital twin programme optimise decision-making on a large construction of a major infrastructure industrial heat network. asset.
Page 11 Case studies – construction technology start-ups
We are supporting a ConstructTech We reviewed a ConstructTech start- We are working with a start-up, based in start-up in its go-to-market strategy for up’s strategy and approach to sales, as it Silicon Valley, who have developed a sensors and computervision cameras to moves from selling drone imagery to construction simulator to optimise P6 optimise the management of potholes producing a data environment. programmes.
Page 12 What people say about Priestland Consulting
“PCL know the design and construction "We enjoyed working with PCL - highly “PCL supported us in making a big impact on world inside-out and are passionate about relevant advice and insight spanning the strategy, bidding and technology. I working with start-ups to help them get to construction industry and tailored to suit “PCL know the design and construction world inside-out recommend them wholeheartedly to other market, find the right business model to our needs" and are passionate about working with start-ups to help clients looking to develop their market themunlock get customersto market, find and the quickly right business scale their model to thinking and implement change.” Chris Bosworth, Group Strategy Director, unlockrevenues. customers and quickly scale their revenues. Travis Perkins MattMatt Blythe Blythe, Co, Co-Founder-Founder of Continuum of Continuum Industries Steve Helliwell, Chief Executive Balfour Industries Beatty Living Places
“I would recommend PCL for advice, “The dedication shown in leading the support and delivery especially around project through to completion was transformational change.“ refreshing. I have no hesitation in “You can rely on PCL for a perspective that recommending PCL to others and would potentially unlocks an issue or unblocks a Stephen Billingham, formerly Chairman welcome the opportunity to work with situation.” of Anglian Water Group and non-executive them again. director of Balfour Beatty plc Greg Steele, CEO Arcadis Asia Pacific Alistair Borthwick, CFO SSE Enterprise
Page 13 What people say about Priestland Consulting
“PCL know the design and construction "We enjoyed working with PCL - highly “PCL supported us in making a big impact on world inside-out and are passionate about relevant advice and insight spanning the strategy, bidding and technology. I working with start-ups to help them get to construction industry and tailored to suit “PCL know the design and construction world inside-out recommend them wholeheartedly to other market, find the right business model to our needs" and are passionate about working with start-ups to help clients looking to develop their market themunlock get customersto market, find and the quickly right business scale their model to thinking and implement change.” Chris Bosworth, Group Strategy Director, unlockrevenues. customers and quickly scale their revenues. Travis Perkins MattMatt Blythe Blythe, Co, Co-Founder-Founder of Continuum of Continuum Industries Steve Helliwell, Chief Executive Balfour Industries Beatty Living Places
“I would recommend PCL for advice, “The dedication shown in leading the support and delivery especially around project through to completion was “PCL delivered the project to high standards transformational change.“ refreshing. I have no hesitation in recommending PCL to others and would in an incredibly short timeframe. They really Stephen Billingham, formerly Chairman welcome the opportunity to work with turned it around on a dime.” of Anglian Water Group and non-executive them again. Chantelle Ludski, CEO Anthesis North director of Balfour Beatty plc Alistair Borthwick, CFO SSE Enterprise America
Page 14 Contact: John Priestland | Telephone: +44 (0)7990 081382 | Email: [email protected] | priestland.com