Private solutions · The firm umbrella
One house. Cross-discipline mandates.
The ASE consulting practice is the single entry point into the firm. Every engagement begins with a senior partner, a written scope, and a commitment to deliver the work under the same name that signed it.
- Established
- 2003
- Practices
- 5
- Regional desks
- 6
- Engagement
- By referral
Representative engagement posture for the consulting practice. Scope and terms are fixed in the written brief.
Practice lines
Five disciplines, one partner.
Each line runs as a first-class practice with its own senior partners. The consulting desk coordinates across them so the client holds a single conversation.
- Water riskPharmaceutical-grade treatment, industrial process water, institutional and residential supply. USP, EP, and WHO compliance as standard.
- Power continuityGeneration, storage, and redundancy. Solar-battery-grid hybrids, critical-load continuity, tariff optimisation, and demand-side management.
- Controls visibilityControl systems, instrumentation, and SCADA integrations engineered to replace manual workflows with auditable, role-controlled interfaces.
- Private-office infrastructureA dedicated practice for principals and family offices: residence utilities, estate automation, relocation due diligence, delivered under NDA.
- Operating softwareWebsites, operator dashboards, validation portals, and bespoke operational software built to the same delivery standard as the physical plant.
Evidence
A practice, not a proposal generator.
- 2003
- Year the practice was founded on pharmaceutical water delivery
- 5 practices
- Water · Energy · Automation · Family office · Digital
- 6 offices
- Vienna · Lisbon · Bucharest · Lagos · Abuja · Accra
- By referral
- Engagements are partner-led and arrive principally by referral
A brief is read in the room, not delegated. Senior partners carry it from the first conversation to the last commissioning record.
Regional desks
Six desks. Two primary markets.
Vienna carries the Austrian review standard. Lagos and Abuja carry Nigeria field delivery. Accra, Lisbon, and Bucharest remain supporting desks for local coordination.
Engagement modes
Four ways the firm takes work.
Each mode is priced, scoped, and documented differently. The consulting desk recommends the mode that fits the problem rather than the one that maximises revenue.
- Feasibility and advisoryWritten feasibility, option analysis, and independent second opinion on existing scopes. Typically two to six weeks, fixed fee.
- End-to-end deliverySurvey, design, build, commission, and stewardship under a named senior partner. Priced to scope; fixed where possible.
- Retained stewardshipAnnual retainer with named lead, quarterly reviews, and defined response times for ongoing infrastructure estates.
- Capital-project oversightIndependent review and owner-engineer support on capital projects already in delivery. A senior partner holds the brief across disciplines.
Next step
A partner call, thirty minutes.
No proposal deck, no follow-up sequence. You leave with a written summary, a realistic view of what the engagement would require, and a direct line back to the partner.
