06 — Infrastructure Advisory & Technical Due Diligence
Infrastructure decides what the building can actually do.
Strategy, capital planning, technical due diligence and program oversight — keeping your systems aligned with the demand ahead of them.
Ensure operations perform at peak capacity.
- A program whose power or cooling demand will outgrow the current site
- A site or building under consideration whose real capacity is unverified
- Aging critical systems approaching the end of usable life
- Downtime with a direct production or revenue cost and no current resiliency plan
Infrastructure is a powerful enabler of performance and growth. We deliver strategy, capital planning, technical due diligence, financial and operational analysis, program oversight and vendor management — keeping your systems aligned with future demand.
For an increasing share of companies, the building is a shell around infrastructure. Power, cooling, water, redundancy and connectivity determine what can be installed, how fast it can scale and whether the site can support the next generation of equipment. Square footage is the easy part.
Infrastructure advisory brings that assessment forward — before a lease is signed, before a site is selected, before a capital plan is set. The most expensive infrastructure problems are the ones discovered after the commitment.
The work, itemized.
Infrastructure strategy
What the operation will demand of power, cooling, water and connectivity over its planning horizon.
Technical due diligence
What a site or building actually supports today, verified rather than taken from marketing material.
Power and interconnection assessment
Real available capacity, substation and generation options, redundancy, and the utility interconnection timeline.
Capital planning
The investment program required to close the gap between current capacity and future demand.
Financial and operational analysis
Cost, risk and operating consequences of each infrastructure option.
Program oversight
Owner-side oversight of infrastructure works through design, procurement and delivery.
Vendor management
Selection and management of the specialist vendors these systems depend on.
Resiliency review
Redundancy configuration and continuity planning matched to what downtime actually costs.
Four stages, in order.
What clients ask first.
What does infrastructure due diligence cover?
The systems that determine what a facility can do: electrical capacity and distribution, backup generation and redundancy, HVAC and process cooling, water supply and discharge, structure and floor loading, and connectivity. The purpose is to confirm real capacity rather than nameplate figures.
Why is utility interconnection such a common problem?
Because it is usually the longest lead item in the entire schedule — frequently measured in years — and it sits outside the owner’s control. A site with buildable power beats a cheaper site that cannot energize on your schedule.
What does N+1 or 2N redundancy mean?
N is the capacity required to run the operation. N+1 adds one spare unit so a single failure does not stop it; 2N duplicates the entire system. Which is appropriate is a business decision driven by what an hour of downtime costs.
When should infrastructure advisory be engaged?
Before the site or building is committed. Once a lease is signed or land is purchased, infrastructure constraints stop being a selection criterion and become a capital problem.
Do you assess sites we do not yet control?
Yes — that is the most valuable point at which to do it, and it is a routine part of site selection and technical due diligence on shortlisted options.