Welcome

Optimising performance today

Reducing risk tomorrow

Performance improvement specialists with a mission to
optimise airports and reduce project risks

About us

Our mission is to optimise airport performance and reduce risks by providing decision makers with the clearest possible indication of a project's impact before funds are committed.

We achieve this by focusing our expertise on understanding the root cause behind performance constraints and through the application of sophisticated software tools, analytics and innovative thinking to identify practicable solutions.


We can help you make the right decision
...and bring clarity to your complex challenges

What we do

Airports are highly complex assets that depend upon a multitude of organisations working together seamlessly in order to manage thousands of customers every day.

D G MCEWAN understands these relationships and our services are designed to highlight the impact of different choices enabling clients to select projects offering the greatest advantage.

We understand the risks
Services we offer
Benefits we deliver
Planning risks
  • The selected project does not address the core issues due to inadequate optioneering or a failure to understand the root cause
  • Poor quality data or inadequate assessment leads to incorrect results and flawed decision making
  • The selected project is over engineered to compensate for a failure to understand the core issues
  • Limited appreciation of the project's impact on other sevices leading to disruption and costly mitigation measures
Construction risks
  • Failure to forecast disruption during construction phases and the identification of suitable contingency measures leading to stakeholder disruption, penalty payments and loss of trade
  • The selected project cannot be accommodated due to space restrictions or inadequate service infrastructure
  • Key performance indicators are absent or specified incorrectly leading to poor project delivery performance and limited value-for money
Operational risks
  • The project does not address the client's core issue leading to cancellation or the identification of costly rectification measures designed to address the performance shortfall
  • Poor project assessment leads to opening day chaos resulting in the client being lambasted in the media, poor staff morale, disgruntled customers and claims for compensation
  • Poor project performance leads to complaints from stakeholders penalty payments and loss of confidence in the client and their delivery team
Business strategy
  • Working with airport stakeholders to develop long and short term business strategies
Market research
  • Conducting comprehensive market due diligence to inform decision makers
Data capture & analysis
  • Developing strategies and methodologies to enhance the capture and dissemination of reliable data critical to decision makers
3D simulation modelling
  • Preparation of advanced 3D simulation models using state-of-the art software to ensure projects are assessed rigorously and outputs are reliable
Bespoke software development
  • Development of bespoke, open-source software solutions to improve data management, standardisation and fluidity
Performance optimisation & management
  • Specification capture and analysis of key performance indicators pertinent to business plan objectives
Value-for-money
  • Ability to demonstrate to stakeholder that proposed projects are designed to address their concerns and that money is being spent wisely
Delivering the business plan
  • Projects are selected and assessed with respect to business plan objectives rather than isolated team goals allowing for consistent and co-ordinated project planning
Securing early stakeholder buy-in
  • Proposed projects are presented using realistic 3D simulations allowing stakeholders to visualise the potential impact and support the design process
Informing budgets
  • A rigorous assessment provides stakeholders with a clearer understanding of the preferred project option's specification and respective life-cycle cost
Managing risk
  • Stress testing key facilities to understand the point of failure so mitigation measures can be planned in advance rather than facing saturation events unprepared and the potential repercussions they may bring
Improved performance
  • Investing in state-of-the art assessment techniques enables clients to select superior project options leading to improved performance, competitive advantage and stakeholder satisfaction
We work predominantly in the aviation sector but our methodologies can be applied to other sectors too

Our experience

Our delivery team has worked with a broad range of clients worldwide.

Europe

Heathrow Airport, UK

Global Infrastructure Partners / Gatwick Airport, UK

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, Brussels

Macquarie, Brussels

Bristol International Airport, UK

High Speed 1 (HS1), UK

AENA, Spain

Transport for London (TfL), UK

Port of Ust-Luga, Russia

The Alnwick Garden, UK

Asia

Aldar Properties PJSC, UAE

Etihad Rail, UAE

Oceania

Auckland International Airport Limited, New Zealand

Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand

Aviation Security Services, New Zealand

Customs, New Zealand

Why choose us?

Our clients trust us and they can depend upon the accuracy and quality of our work

We are not afraid to embrace new technology or challenge conventional wisdom

We do not charge excessive fees nor do we have expensive overheads to maintain

We do not stop working until we have provided our clients with practicable solutions to their challenges, not when the office closes or when the fee is exhausted

"D G MCEWAN have been involved in modelling at Auckland Airport for the past four years. Their approach has been fantastic in that they have not looked at the specific issue in isolation, but look at the total position and are proactive in looking at all parts of the process.

They not only look at delivering a model, but also make suggestions on how processes can be improved and support their suggestions with objective data."

David Hall

Infrastructure Reliability Manager, Auckland International Airport Limited

"We commissioned D G MCEWAN to help us plan for the reopening of The Alnwick Garden and to understand the impact of social-distancing measures.

Their output provided us with the confidence to proceed and their computer simulations allowed us to visualise the impact of different initiatives before being put into practice."

Mark Brassell

Director, The Alnwick Garden

Contact

If you have any questions or if you would like to discuss a business opportunity, then please send us a message.

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Registered Office: D G MCEWAN Limited, Christopher Young Limited, 1a The Martlets, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England, RH15 9NN (registration number: 9385706). D G MCEWAN Limited is a limited Company registered in England