Smart building digital engineering data methodology

Digital Asset Strategy

The Thinking Building

Data & Engineering Information Methodology (DEIM)

From drawings and control strategies into trusted, structured engineering data — verifying what's on the wire, in the cloud, as trusted JSON intelligence.

Enabling Smart, Adaptable & Breathable Workplaces

Right Information.

Trusted engineering data from a single source of truth.

Right Time.

Faster delivery. Earlier value.

Right Cost.

Lower integration cost. Less rework.

Trusted Outcomes.

Higher quality data. Lower risk. Greater performance.

1 — Smart Building Matrix

Right Infrastructure, Smartly Enabled

The Smart Building Matrix aligns business goals, user needs, applications, data and building systems — showing where to focus investment for maximum value.

DimensionMaturityValue
Strategy & Outcomes
Experience & Behaviour
Applications & Use Cases
Technology & Data
Infrastructure (Digital & Traditional)
Building Systems (MEP & Controls)

2 — Breathable Space

Dynamic by Design

Space that Expands & Contracts with People. Breathable Space aligns your workplace to weekly flux — ensuring every square foot works as hard as you do.

Sense

Real-time occupancy & space usage.

Decide

AI-driven insights predict demand.

Adapt

Spaces reconfigure for the day ahead.

Optimise

Energy, comfort & experience improved.

Business Outcomes
User Experience
Applications & Use Cases
Technology & Data
Digital & Traditional Infrastructure
Building Systems

The End-to-End Methodology

Digital Engineering Data Methodology (DEDM)

From Engineering Knowledge to Verified Deployment. DEDM turns drawings and control strategies into trusted, structured engineering data, verifies what's on the wire, and delivers it to the cloud as trusted JSON messages.

1

DEDM Library

Engineering Knowledge DEDM has.

  • Tagging Conventions
  • Symbol Library
  • Asset Definitions
  • Equipment Hierarchy
  • Control Patterns & Point Templates
  • BACnet Object Mapping
2

Design Window

Stage 4 — Design

DEDM Engine

Looks at tagging and symbols from its library — knows what each asset is.

Derives Points List

  • All Child Assets
  • All Soft Points
  • All BACnet Points
  • Organised per Controller

Owned by DEDM

Points List Ownership

The points list is owned by DEDM. It is the source of truth for deployment and operations.

3

Contract

Updated Control Strategy & Drawing

Upload Updated Control Strategy & Drawing. DEDM re-processes and derives a new Points List with full traceability.

DEDM Re-processes

Automatically updates on new input.

Derives NEW Points List

Updated, owned, traceable.

Full Traceability

What changed and why — always recorded.

4

Deployment & Verification

From wire to cloud — verified.

Discovery Agent

On the network. Discovers what is actually on the wire.

DEDM Verification

Confirms discovered points MATCH the DEDM Points List.

MATCH

MISMATCH

Stop & Resolve

Generate JSON Messages

DEDM uses the owned Points List to create JSON messages.

Send to Cloud

JSON messages sent securely to the cloud.

Key Principles

DEDM owns the Points List
Library-driven intelligence
Automated derivation
Verification before delivery
Traceability throughout
Trusted data to the cloud

Traceability — End to End

Original Drawing

Stage 4

Original Control Strategy

Initial Points List

DEDM Owned

Updated Drawing & Control Strategy

Contract

Updated Points List

DEDM Owned

Verified on Wire

Discovery Agent

JSON to Cloud

Delivered

Complete traceability from design intent to deployed, verified, and delivered data.

Workplace Transformation

Delivered Through Six Core Principles

From evidence to adoption — a complete framework for intelligent workplace transformation.

1

Make evidence-led workplace and portfolio decisions

The role of the workplace has changed so fast, many organisations have barely been able to keep up. We take the uncertainty out of the big decisions, minimising risk and giving assurance of advancing in the right direction.

2

Create spaces shaped by user behaviour

Using our workplace experience insights platform, we build a picture of how your people actually work, as well as how visitors use your spaces. Next we create personas and behavioural insight to back your workplace decisions.

3

Align workplace decisions with your business strategy

We connect workplace strategy with your wider business goals from productivity and performance to sustainability, talent and culture so every decision supports what matters most.

4

Turn workplace transformation into lasting adoption

We help you engage, equip and support your people through change building understanding, encouraging new ways of working and driving long-term adoption of spaces, services and technology.

5

Improve space and asset utilisation while maximising the value of your investments

We identify underused space, optimise assets and streamline portfolios helping you reduce waste, cut cost and get more from every square foot.

6

Get clear evidence of value over time

We measure what matters from experience and utilisation to cost and carbon so you can see the impact, prove the return and keep improving your workplace.

Built on Six Core Principles

Evidence-led

Decisions grounded in data and insight.

People Centred

Designed around how people work.

Engineering First

Great performance starts with great engineering.

Technology with Purpose

Technology serves the outcome.

Secure by Design

Cyber and data security enabled, not bolted on.

Value Over Time

Measured, improved and proven.

Outcomes That Matter

From Complexity to Clarity

Evidence-led workplace & portfolio decisions

Better adoption through data, design & change

Improved utilisation of space, assets & services

Lower cost, carbon & risk

Clear, measurable value over time

Independent Advice. Real-World Outcomes. A Smarter Tomorrow.

Ready to move from disconnected data to trusted, verified intelligence? Let's start the conversation.