AX1

From aspiration to a plan that holds.

Our approach brings strategy, integration and functional planning together early, so projects start with the right answer and keep it.

Why it matters

Most of a project’s value, and most of its risk, is decided before design really begins.

Choices about location, function, staging and integration shape cost, performance and public benefit for decades. Made well, they unlock a project’s potential. Made late or in isolation, they become the rework, overruns and missed opportunities that erode confidence.

How we work

A clear, four-stage process that scales from a two-week review to a multi-year programme.

  1. 1.

    Understand

    We listen, review the evidence and test the brief, drawing out the client’s real aspiration, constraints and non-negotiables.

  2. 2.

    Frame

    We build a strategic and spatial framework that integrates movement, land use, operations and place, and sets the rules for decisions.

  3. 3.

    Optimise

    We develop and test options for functionality, staging, efficiency and value for money, and make the trade-offs explicit.

  4. 4.

    Protect

    We embed the preferred direction in briefs, business cases and governance, and stay involved so it survives delivery.

Services

What we can do for you.

  • 1.
    Strategic advisory & project establishmentDefining purpose, scope, objectives and success measures at the outset; shaping the brief, procurement logic and team structure.
  • 2.
    Integration strategyConnecting transport infrastructure with land use, precinct and urban form, including transit-oriented development and value capture opportunities.
  • 3.
    Functional planningStations, interchanges, venues and civic facilities planned around passenger flow, operations, safety and customer experience, for efficient footprints and future-proofed capacity.
  • 4.
    Spatial frameworks & masterplanningDevelopment frameworks and staging strategies that let investment follow demand and keep future options open.
  • 5.
    Business case supportOption development, staging and design input to indicative and detailed business cases aligned with Treasury’s Better Business Cases model, working with economists, cost planners and engineers.
  • 6.
    Independent design review & client advisoryA senior, client-side view on designs, proposals and value engineering, keeping the project optimised and on intent.

Gardens by the Bay Station Entrance — Aedas for the Land Transport Authority. Peter Engstrom was Principal / Design Lead for the project.

Escalators beneath a lit, ribbed canopy beside a green wall at the Gardens by the Bay station entrance

What you get

Outcomes clients can take to a board, a funder or a community.

  • →
    Confidence to investA preferred direction with a clear rationale and evidence behind it.
  • →
    Lower delivery riskIssues surfaced and resolved while they are still cheap to fix.
  • →
    Better value for moneyEfficient layouts, smart staging and existing assets put to work.
  • →
    Aligned stakeholdersOne integrated framework that partners can support.

Engaging AX1

Flexible, senior and efficient.

Advisory on call

Time-based strategic advice for project establishment, reviews and key decision points, engaged directly or through your project manager.

Scoped engagements

A fixed fee for a defined scope, deliverable and timeframe, when you need cost certainty on a known piece of work.

Every engagement is led personally by Peter. Specialist input is added only when the work needs it.

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