Honest advice and assurance for the bodies that commission and run major infrastructure. Conflict-free. Remote. Fixed fee.
CALON advises the organisations that commission infrastructure, never the contractors who build it. We sit on one side of the table only, the client side, and we will not take work that places us in a delivery supply chain.
CALON is a senior, independent infrastructure advisory practice. Built around chartered, director-level professionals with decades of experience leading and assuring major projects and capital programmes across the public sector, energy, water and transport.
Representative areas of experience behind the practice, across regulated infrastructure. Clients and projects remain anonymous.
Gateway reviews, business cases, and governance on sub-threshold and major LA schemes.
Procurement strategy, deliverability review and programme controls on public-sector road investment.
Stage-gate governance and NEC contract management across multi-disciplinary rail works.
Governance, commercial management and NEC oversight across regulated water investment.
Substations, cable routes and associated civil engineering on regulated transmission programmes.
Improving commercial performance and governance across regulated infrastructure programmes.
Every engagement is scoped to a fixed fee before any work begins. Choose a starting point.
Independent read of the investment case before commitment.
Design and scope checked before going to market.
Go or no-go gate before tender.
Tender pack reviewed before issue.
Route to market and contract form, including NEC option.
Independent read on commercial controls, cost certainty, and reporting.
Full gate assessment with a clear recommendation.
Governance, reporting, and assurance arrangements reviewed.
Ongoing advisory through delivery. Early warnings and change managed in real time.
Honest diagnosis of a programme in difficulty. A route back to control.
Every engagement follows the same process. Scope and fee agreed in writing before any work begins.
A short message is enough. We will reply within one working day with the next sensible step.
Or email enquiries@calon-infrastructure.co.uk