Capital is approved on numbers nobody outside the room has tested.
Boards approve multi-year commitments on information prepared by the functions whose decisions need oversight. In licensed production it compounds: the licence, the quality system and the facility have to work as one.
Untraceable assumptions
Yield, price, energy and utilisation rest on figures nobody wrote down.
Hover for the detailPayback slips and funding rounds arrive by surprise. We trace every load-bearing figure to a document, a measurement or a stated assumption with its date.
No real competitive test
Suppliers and technologies are never compared on one scope.
Hover for the detailThe result is overpayment, a weak negotiating position and lock-in. We normalise bids to one scope so the comparison is real.
Terms never benchmarked
Prices, warranties, service levels and liabilities go unchallenged.
Hover for the detailRisk is quietly transferred back to you. We benchmark the terms, not just the price, and name the clauses that need to bite.
Fit assumed, not validated
Lighting, climate, dehumidification and controls are bought separately.
Hover for the detailThey are never tested as one system, and output is lost after commissioning. We review the design as one system before it is priced.
A budget missing its tail
Installation, commissioning, validation, spares and contingency are left out.
Hover for the detailThey arrive later as overruns. We test the approved number against the full lifecycle scope before the vote.
Self-reported progress
Savings and progress are reported by the people who own the targets.
Hover for the detailClaims go unchallenged until the next budget. Only savings your finance function verifies against a signed baseline enter the ledger.
What our network has delivered.
CapEx reduction on project budgets, with required capability held
OpEx reduction on addressable operating spend
lower total energy use where lighting and climate are reviewed as one system
Maximum results in previous projects of our network, as percentages of the relevant CapEx, OpEx or energy baseline. Outcomes depend on scope, baseline and market, and are never a promise. Industry references for comparison: 15 to 30% of capital project cost captured through capital expenditure management (McKinsey & Company, "How capital-expenditure management can drive performance"); 15% bottom-line procurement savings, a 5 to 10% reduction of the cost base (McKinsey & Company, "Using a rapid procurement transformation to generate cash quickly"); 10 to 25% total energy savings from high-pressure sodium to LED transitions in greenhouses (Katzin et al., Applied Energy, 2021; greenhouse study, indicative for indoor facilities).
Four packages, one engine.
The same method runs through every package. What changes is the question answered, the deliverable and the reporting line. Where the large firms describe outcomes, we name the work: the scan, the gates, the report and its timeline.
Cost and Supplier Due Diligence
Operating facilities
Hover for the detailRecurring costs, supplier contracts, equipment and working practices, reviewed on documents you already have and without disturbing production. Scan 1 week; detailed review 3 to 6 weeks; verification up to 12 months.
Expansion and Investment Due Diligence
Expansions and retrofits
Hover for the detailThe expansion clears an independent gate at concept, design freeze, tender, award, build and commissioning, and handover. Weaknesses are fixed while they are still cheap to fix. Track 6 to 15 months.
Investor-Grade Project Due Diligence
New builds
Hover for the detailFrom investment thesis to licensed, productive operation. Nine gates, G0 to G8, with the licence path on the critical path from G1. Capital steps up only when the evidence for the gate is in.
The Independent Review
Boards, investors, lenders
Hover for the detailA fixed-scope, fixed-fee examination when independence itself is the product: before a commitment or a drawdown, at refinancing, in a turnaround, or after a project missed its promises. One clear verdict. Typically 2 to 6 weeks; never contingent on the finding.
Plus The Value Office: one tested picture for the board, monthly in delivery phases, quarterly in steady state. Try the free board tools
A verdict your board can vote on.
Most advisory sites tell you they have specialists. We show you the report. Every review leads with one verdict: approve, approve with conditions, renegotiate, re-tender, defer pending evidence, or decline, each with its trigger.
Recommendation: approve with conditions
The proposed 3 200 000 EUR lighting and climate-control project is strategically justified. It should not proceed to contract award until management:
- Compares two technically credible alternatives on normalised terms.
- Obtains an independently verified energy and output model.
- Negotiates performance guarantees, acceptance tests and delay remedies.
- Links payment milestones to delivery and demonstrated performance.
- Confirms grid capacity, dehumidification, integration and contingency.
- Reports energy cost, uptime and cost per saleable unit to the board.
Modelled illustration, not a client engagement. Contract findings are commercial risk findings, for confirmation by your counsel.
Executive conclusion and verdict · business case and its assumptions · market comparison and price competitiveness · supplier risk rating · technical and operational fit, as one system · contract risk and protections · budget, schedule and contingency · savings quantified · risk register ranked in EUR · conditions precedent with a 30, 60 and 90 day plan · board dashboard · evidence index, assumption log and independence declaration
A baseline approved in writing by your CFO · an opportunity register · should-cost and total cost of ownership models · bid normalisation tables · a contract risk heat map for your counsel · a verified savings ledger, signed by your finance function · a board dashboard under The Value Office
One closed loop, from baseline to verified value.
Hypothesis-driven, tied to the decision on your agenda. Before step 1, every party in scope is checked against our conflict register; where a conflict cannot be managed by disclosure, we decline.
Verified saving = normalised baseline cost - actual cost - implementation cost - adverse operational impact. No saving is counted twice, and none comes from a downgrade you did not approve in writing.
Every conclusion carries its evidence
Each finding traces to a document, a market test, a supplier check or a stated assumption with its source and date. Modelled numbers are labelled modelled.
Your finance function keeps the gate
Only savings your finance team has verified against the signed baseline enter the ledger.
Quality is not negotiable currency
A saving that breaks specification, GMP compliance, safety, yield or uptime is excluded by rule.
No supplier pays us to win your business.
No supplier pays us.
We invoice the buyer. Nothing reaches us from the other side.
Hover for the detailNo commission, referral fee, success fee, rebate, reseller or agency income from any supplier, contractor, vendor, energy provider or platform in connection with your decisions. We sell no equipment.
Conflict check before every proposal.
Checked and disclosed in writing before a letter is signed.
Hover for the detailEvery prior relationship with you, the target or any supplier in scope is checked and disclosed in writing. Where a conflict cannot be managed by disclosure, we decline.
Fees in writing, never contingent.
You know the basis before we begin.
Hover for the detailIndependent reviews are fixed fee, never contingent on the finding. On operating savings work, the fee is a share of savings your own finance function has verified. No open meter.
No savings from downgrades.
Specification, quality, compliance and safety are protected by rule.
Hover for the detailA saving that breaks specification, GMP compliance, safety, yield or uptime is excluded by rule. Baselines are normalised to a named index, so neither side gains from price weather.
Numbers name their source.
Measured, modelled, or unsourced: said on the spot.
Hover for the detailEach figure is labelled on the same page it appears, with its date. Where there is no source, we write that instead of carrying it forward.
Named addressee. Your counsel decides law.
Written to the person who carries the risk.
Hover for the detailReports are written to the person who carries the risk; reliance by others is granted only in writing. Contract findings are commercial risk findings, for confirmation by your counsel.
Confidentiality as a core value. Your data, the suppliers in scope and the characteristics of your project stay confidential. We never publish them, including in our own marketing. A confidentiality agreement can come before the first document.
Independent review across cultivation, processing, compliance and energy.
Cultivation
Rooms, benching, climate and light.
Hover for the detailYield, climate and crop assumptions read against physiology and production data. Lighting, climate, dehumidification and controls reviewed as one system, sized together before they are priced.
Processing
Drying, extraction and packing lines.
Hover for the detailThroughput, losses, labour and validation scope read against the licence and the quality system, so capacity on paper survives GMP reality.
Compliance
What the licence obliges you to build.
Hover for the detailThe turnkey scope read against the licence you actually have to obtain, with certification effort on the critical path from the start.
Energy
Consumption per kilo and tariff exposure.
Hover for the detailInstalled load, tariffs, contracts and recovery options tested per unit produced. Energy is one of the largest controllable lines in indoor production.
5 000 to 8 000 EUR per m2
Indoor all-in capital cost, with climate control alone 25 to 35% of construction cost (Kannaplan, 2026, vendor source).
12 to 24 months
GMP certification without prior GMP experience (GrowerIQ, 2026, vendor source). Much of that delay sits in procurement and documentation, where it can be shortened.
The scope the builder wrote
The turnkey builder prices and guarantees the scope the builder wrote. Nobody outside it reads that document against the licence you actually have to obtain.
Agreed in writing before any chargeable work.
The first analysis is free
You send one document. We return a first analysis and a proposal at no cost, and you decide with both in hand.
Operating savings: performance-linked
The fee is a share of savings your own finance function has verified against the signed baseline. No verified saving, no fee.
Independent reviews: fixed fee
Work for boards, investors and lenders is never contingent on the finding, because the finding is the product.
Projects: milestone-based
Expansions and new builds combine agreed fees at defined gates with performance elements where verification is possible.
No open meter
Every fee is agreed in writing before chargeable work begins. The terms belong in your proposal, not on this site.
1 Send one document: a contract, tender, invoice or budget line that worries you.
2 Free first analysis: what we see, what it may be worth, and a proposal.
3 You decide: scope, fee basis and baseline agreed in writing before work begins.
If we find nothing worth your time, we say so in writing, which is also worth having.
Straight answers.
You do. No supplier, contractor or platform pays us anything in connection with your review or its outcome.
Yes. Send one document: a contract, a tender, a business case or a budget line. We return a first analysis and a proposal at no cost. If we find nothing worth your time, we say so in writing.
We do not replace management or procurement and we do not grade them. A tested case makes their negotiation stronger and gives the board a reason to approve.
The document behind the decision and a named owner on your side. For deeper work, the ledgers, contracts, invoices and asset list you already hold.
An independent review typically takes 2 to 6 weeks, scoped to the decision and its deadline. Operating reviews start with a one-week scan.
Your data, the suppliers in scope and the project characteristics stay confidential under the engagement letter, and a confidentiality agreement can come first. Redacted documents are fine for the first analysis.
No. Contract findings are commercial risk findings, for confirmation by your counsel. We do not provide statutory, legal, tax or investment advice.
We do not present a modelled number as a delivered result, we do not publish client names or project details, and our work is independent commercial review, not a statutory examination of accounts. Nothing on this site is an offer; no engagement exists until a letter is signed by both parties.
No. We sell no equipment and hold no reseller, agency, distribution or exclusive agreement with anyone.