The three parts

  1. 01

    The place brief

    Your wants and needs, and those of everyone the decision serves, become an explicit function with weights you agree. We search the region for places that fit, score each against it, and return the few with the most pros and the fewest cons, with the evidence for every line and the questions the data cannot yet answer stated as such.

  2. 02

    The watch

    Information is worth most while the decision is still open. From the shortlist until the contract is signed, the places are watched: a permit next door, a plan change, works on the access roads, a flood warning, a change in the operator's company. For an event, the watch runs until the day.

  3. 03

    The verification visit

    On request, a recording on site to verify that the place is real and in the stated condition, made so that it can serve as evidence.

When the plan meets the day

Every requirement of an event is an assumption the plan rests on. The watch reads each one against every new forecast and record, and the script of the day holds a prepared alternative for every step that can move.

One worked moment

  1. −3 d · 06:15The forecast turns the evening wind to the north-east.
  2. −3 d · 06:15In that wind the evening departures cross the venue during the vows. The assumption that the vows are quiet turns red.
  3. −3 d · 06:16The prepared alternative is proposed: the vows twenty minutes earlier, before the departures, with the sun still above the water.
  4. −3 d · 06:24The person in charge accepts. The script, the suppliers' times and the note to the guests follow.

See it on the sample

SUMMER EVENINGS, THE HOUR OF THE VOWSGIVEN: JUNEGIVEN: WIND NORTH-EASTQUIET: NO DEPARTURE OVER18%5 OF 28 QUIETP(QUIET | NE, JUNE) = 0.18

What it does not do

  • It supports the decisions of the person in charge and never replaces them. Every change is proposed, never made without a person's yes.
  • It is not a safety system. Crowd safety, permits and emergency response stay with the organiser, the venue and the authorities.
  • It looks at places, not people. No person is watched or searched for.
  • It promises nothing about the weather, a permit or an outcome. It states what the sources say, how reliable they are, and what they leave open.