Electrical Options provide installation, programme & management services. Our experience covers all aspects of telecommunications, data networks infrastructure & engineering projects from inception to completion.

This is a brief insight into the range of services we provide to our Clients. We believe we are able to provide a full spectrum of professional services required for any telecommunications or data network related project.

• Using / deploying Prince 2 principles / or Prince 2 methodology
• Providing project management services through all stages of the project, from inception to operation;
• Providing project execution services;
• Assisting clients with assessing and implementing programme delivery strategies;
• Developing strategic documentation to assist project delivery;
• Determination of procurement strategies;
• Assisting Clients with project planning and co-ordination;
• Providing project monitoring services;
• Preparing project audits and reviews;
• Advising on and providing Health & Safety and Planning Supervisor services;
• Providing value and risk management services;
• Supply Chain Management including developing single team and partnering alliances;
• Providing training and project lessons learnt workshops
• Our goal is to remain at the forefront of our industry, so that in every project we undertake we can fulfil our essential and overriding aim:

We have a broad base of engineering and construction management skills and expertise. Our professionally qualified staff is drawn from a variety of professional disciplines and is dedicated to achieving our Client’s objectives.

Through specialist project consultation, we aim to provide all the expertise you may require to effectively run a project from its inception through to completion and beyond. This generally works through one of three ways:

1. Engaging Electrical Options in a traditional consultancy capacity to provide specific assistance in the delivery of a project or programme;
2. Secondment of Electrical Options specialist resource to perform specific project functions (i.e. installation & commission);
3. Engaging Electrical Options to help manage a project on your behalf in partnership with you, assisting in the achievement of your business objectives.

Our aim is to assist you in realising the expected benefits and maximise value from your business. Our professionals will provide practical advice and guidance based upon experience, rather than vendor incentives.

In the following section we describe some of the services with which we believe we can assist you throughout the project lifecycle, shown in order of when we would expect to employ them. These areas are covered in greater detail:

• Business Consultancy and Advice
• Project Inception
• Project Initiation
• Project Implementation
• Project Completion

Once we have understood your requirement, it is then necessary to clearly define the business drivers and strategic objectives. We can assist in providing an understanding of how the project can be delivered, and identify the foreseeable risks associated with it.

• At the inception stage of your project we will help through the use of:
• Business Case Development
• Feasibility Studies
• Project Value and Risk Management
• Contract Strategies
• Option Appraisals
• Benchmarking
• Cost Management: Capital and Operational Cost Planning, Whole Life Costing & Strategic Cost Planning
• Supplier and Contractor Procurement

This phase of the project is all about putting the structure and framework in place that will facilitate the smooth delivery of the project. It is about making sure that the project’s objectives are clearly understood and that its scope has been tied down. Key roles and responsibilities also need to be defined along with the management and reporting channels. Additionally, both containment and contingency strategies need to be established for the principal risks identified.

The services we offer that may assist you at this stage of the project include:

• Payment Mechanisms
• Performance Measurements
• Establishing the Programme and Project Management Frameworks
• Establishment of a Project Office, Governance
• Development of Requirements – concentrating on the delivery of the required business benefits
• Independent Advice – assistance in providing the best fit between the delivery of business benefits and proposed solution
• Contract Negotiation and Review
• Procurement

This stage of the project is concerned with delivery. The objectives and scope have been finalised, a solution identified and a framework installed to facilitate delivery. This is about managing the design, development, progress, testing and implementation of the solution.

At this stage, we will provide a Project Management Consultancy Service or secondment of experienced project managers and specialist resources. Our approach to Programme and Project Management can be summarised as:

Understanding the Client’s needs – We realise the importance of understanding the Client’s organisation, business and aims in order to effectively ‘add value’ to projects.

Early Appraisal of the Project – Early implementation of management and control procedures promotes the team’s awareness of the need to deliver within budget and to programme throughout the duration of the project.

Provision of a Dedicated Team of High Quality Professionals – Our team contains representatives from a variety of disciplines and ensures that ‘best practice’ and lessons learnt are fed into each new commission, as well as pioneering new techniques and specialist services.

Implementation of robust processes and procedures – Employing Project Managers who are process oriented and agreeing rigorous project management methodology with the client.

Commitment to Innovation and Continuous Improvement – Implementing tools and techniques transferred from other sectors including Process Mapping, Stakeholder Management techniques and Performance Measurement tools.

This phase of the project is about effectively winding down the project after a successful implementation phase and managing the transition from a project environment back into the business operations. We recognise the importance of this phase in providing the impetus to realise the long term business benefits by delivering a successful handover.

A range of the services we offer that may assist you at this stage of the project are:

• Training and familiarisation
• Change management
• Maintenance Strategies
• Energy and Cost-in-Use Analysis
• Project Appraisal, Audit and Review
• Benefit Realisation and Management

Certain activities can take place at any point during the duration of a project, or indeed may be constant throughout the project’s life. Our service offering will assist you throughout your project’s life through to completion and beyond including:

• Business Change Programme Management and Business Process
• Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery
• Knowledge Management
• Procurement, Contract Arrangements and Contract Documentation
• Re-engineering Contract Control Systems and Procedures
• Key Performance Indicators
• Project Monitoring, Planning and Programming
• Change Control
• Cost Control and Management
• Facilities Management
• Due Diligence
• Education and Training