CAPABILITIES

From decision to operation.

Independent infrastructure capability across strategy, engineering, delivery and operational readiness.

CMx supports clients throughout the infrastructure lifecycle, bringing commercial understanding and engineering expertise to the decisions that determine whether assets are viable, deliverable and ready to perform.

01

Strategy & Investment

We help clients understand the strategic, commercial and infrastructure conditions that shape an investment decision.

  • Infrastructure Strategy
  • Market & Demand Assessment
  • Investment Case Development
  • Technical Due Diligence
  • Policy & Delivery Strategy
  • Infrastructure Risk
Infrastructure need
  • DEMAND
  • POLICY
    POLICY CONSTRAINT
  • POWER
    INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRAINT
  • LAND
  • CONNECTIVITY
  • CAPITAL
  • DELIVERY
    DELIVERY RISK
CMx INTERVENTION

Identify what matters.

Test what holds.

Focus what works.

Investment case
EVIDENCE-LED
BANKABLE
DELIVERABLE
Infrastructure need to investment case
How to read this

The diagram shows how an infrastructure idea moves from a stated need to a credible investment case.

01

Start with the need

What is the project trying to achieve, and is there genuine demand for it?

02

Test the conditions

CMx examines policy, power, land, connectivity, capital and delivery together. Red markers show constraints or risks that need to be resolved.

03

Build the case

Only evidence that survives scrutiny feeds the investment case, helping show whether the proposal is evidence-led, bankable and deliverable.

Key
Thin grey lines - evidence streams considered together
Red cross - a constraint or delivery risk requiring action
Red vertical line - the point where CMx challenges assumptions and tests the evidence
Concentric circles - the starting need and the resulting investment case
Aerial view of a city centre showing rail corridors, canals, roads and residential towers
Land, connectivity and development at city scale
02

Engineering & Technical Assurance

Independent technical review throughout design and construction, focused on whether the proposed solution is coordinated, compliant, buildable and capable of meeting its intended performance.

  • Design Review
  • Technical Assurance
  • Constructability Review
  • Standards & Compliance
  • Value Engineering
  • Engineering Governance
Isometric data-centre technical drawing under engineering review
The intended design
The installed reality

Data Centre Rack and Aisle Configuration

Illustrative Technical Layout

This layout illustrates a typical hot aisle / cold aisle arrangement with containment and circulation zones. Final configuration is determined by equipment, density, cooling strategy, services design and project-specific requirements.

Plan View (Typical Hall Layout)

END-OF-ROW CIRCULATION1500 mm indicativeCOLD AISLE1200 mm typicalHOT AISLE1200 mm typicalCOLD AISLE1200 mm typicalHOT AISLE1200 mm typicalCOLD AISLE1200 mm typicalEND-OF-ROW CIRCULATION1500 mm indicativeMAIN CIRCULATION ZONE - 1500 mm indicative

Typical Equipment Rack

800 mm (Width)2000 / 2200 mm (Typical Heights)1200 mm (Depth)

Key Dimensions (Indicative)

Equipment Rack (Typical)
800 mm (W) x 1200 mm (D)
Cold Aisle Width
1200 mm typical
Hot Aisle Width
1200 mm typical
Main Circulation Zone
1500 mm indicative
End-of-Row Circulation
1500 mm indicative
Typical Rack Heights
2000 / 2200 mm

Legend

  • EQUIPMENT RACK
  • COLD AISLE (SUPPLY AIR)
  • HOT AISLE (RETURN AIR)
  • CONTAINMENT (TYPICAL)
  • CIRCULATION ZONE

Informed by Recognised Standards

  • EN 50600 - Part 2-4

    Data centres and data centre facilities

  • TIA-942-C

    Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centres

  • ASHRAE

    Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments

Designed for Operational Readiness

  • Optimised Airflow
  • Maintained Clearances
  • Maintainability
  • Scalability
  • Operational Efficiency
  • Risk Reduction

Illustrative only. Final rack configuration, aisle clearances and spatial requirements are determined by equipment, density, cooling strategy, fire and life-safety requirements, accessibility and project-specific design criteria.

Illustrative rack, aisle and circulation planning for data-centre technical assurance.
03

Programme Delivery

We provide independent programme and technical oversight from appointment through construction, completion and handover.

  • Programme Oversight
  • Construction Monitoring
  • Client Representation
  • Technical Advisory
  • Interface Coordination
  • Risk & Recovery
Site programme office with hard hat, meeting notes and drawings, construction visible beyond the window
Programme control alongside live construction
04

Commissioning

Commissioning provides independent evidence that systems have been installed, tested and demonstrated against the intended design and performance requirements.

  • Commissioning Strategy
  • Commissioning Management
  • Installation Verification
  • Functional Performance Testing
  • Witness & Assurance
  • Defect & Completion Management
CMx engineer inspecting medium voltage switchgear on siteCMx engineer inspecting power distribution unit terminationsAir circuit breaker operated by hand during a witnessed test sequence
CMx engineer inspecting a chiller before functional testingDuctor testing carried out across switchgear jointsCooling unit control panel during functional start-up
INSPECTVERIFYDEMONSTRATECommissioning engineers on live plant
05

Operational Readiness & Integrated Systems Testing

Individual systems can perform correctly and the asset can still fail operationally. We test the interfaces, scenarios and operational responses that determine whole-system performance.

  • Integrated Systems Testing
  • Controls & BMS Validation
  • Failure Scenario Testing
  • Operational Integration
  • Operational Documentation
  • Readiness & Handover
Engineers working from the control room during integrated systems testingCommissioning team working through switchgear protection settingsCompleted switchboard aisle with protection settings verified
Anonymised electrical system architecture for a data hallControls and BMS validation during integrated systems testingAnonymised extract from a CMx electrical systems test checklist
INTEGRATECHALLENGEREADYIntegrated systems testing and handover
06

Operational Assurance

We support owners and operators in understanding how infrastructure performs once operational and where technical risk, resilience or lifecycle performance can be improved.

  • Operational Performance Review
  • Asset Risk Assessment
  • Resilience Review
  • Technical Investigation
  • Lifecycle Assurance
  • Continuous Improvement
Completed operational data hall with installed racks and containment
The operating asset
Energy & Power
INFRASTRUCTURE BREADTH

The same discipline, applied across sectors.

  • Energy & Power
  • Water
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Transport & Aviation
  • Digital Infrastructure
ONE CONTINUOUS VIEW

Strategy. Engineering. Delivery. Readiness. Performance.

Our capabilities are deliberately connected.

Decisions made during strategy affect engineering. Engineering decisions affect delivery. Delivery determines commissioning. Commissioning establishes readiness. Operational evidence informs what comes next.

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