| Service Name |
Description |
Example Projects |
Clients |
| Decision-making processes and facilitation |
We organise, plan and prepare workshops
and facilitate meetings and events. We specialise in working
with professional groups representing multiple organisations
and interests. |
Sustainable
Development Framework for the Gogar Burn; Cost effectiveness
of measures for the Water Framework Directive; Engineering
without Frontiers; The
Changing Role of Structural Engineers in Society. |
Gogar Burn Partnership Group; SNIFFER; Institution
of Civil Engineers; Institution of Structural Engineers |
| Multi-Criteria Decision Making |
SISTech specialises in decision-making where
multiple factors require consideration. In addition, we design
and create methodologies for others to apply to their multi-criteria
decisions. |
Sustainable
Development Framework for the Gogar Burn; Cost effectiveness
of measures for the Water Framework Directive; Sustainable
solutions for waste water treatment works for small communities;
Sustainable Water industry asset resource decisions (SWARD). |
Gogar Burn Partnership Group; SNIFFER; UKWIR;
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Systems Thinking and Analysis |
SISTech applies a systems approach to its
work, based on the work of Professor Paul Jowitt. |
Triple
Bottom Line Reporting; The
Changing Role of Structural Engineers in Society; Sustainable
Water industry asset resource decisions (SWARD). |
The EDI Group; Institution of Structural
Engineers; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
(EPSRC) |
| Foresighting |
Gathering and analysing baseline data and
trends, and surveying expert opinion and leading edge research
to predict future trends and scenarios. |
The
Changing Role of Structural Engineers in Society. |
Institution of Structural Engineers |
| Policy Appraisal |
Gathering data, information and opinion
for statutory Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIAs). Assessing
the effects of policy and the extent to which policy is implemented
successfully. |
Economic Assessment of Regulations for Private
Water Supplies and Public Buildings in Scotland; Assessing
the Compatibility of SEPA Procedures with the Revised Statutory
Guidance to SEPA on Sustainable Development. |
Scottish Executive; SEPA |
| Community Engagement |
Engagement activity (e.g. to raise awareness,
seek views or information, gain acceptance of a proposal). Processes
include Consensus Building, and information gathering and analysis. |
Environmental
Enhancement Action Plan for the South East Wedge. |
South East Wedge Project Group |
| Stakeholder Forum Management |
Management of networks of organisations
or of individuals. Use of structured methods and frameworks
for undertaking work, gathering and using information, formulating
decisions, and generating desired outcomes of groups |
Engineering
without Frontiers; Scottish University Network for Sustainability. |
Institution of Civil Engineers; Scottish
Higher Education Funding Council; and Carnegie Trust |
| Evaluation |
Drawing on appropriate evaluation techniques,
with statistical tests and survey methods as required. Communication
of findings. |
Stepchange;
Multi-Occupancy
Property Recycling Feasibility Project. |
Scottish Executive |
| Training and Education |
SISTech has experience of preparing and
delivering training and education packages, either for specialist
practitioners or for curriculum development. |
Strategic Environmental Assessment Training
for Practitioners; Management of Innovation in Sustainable Technologies
(MIST);Royal Academy of Engineers Higher Education Partnership
for Sustainability. |
Scottish Executive; European Social Fund
(ESF); Royal Academy of Engineers; Scottish Higher Education
Funding Council / Forum for the Future |
