Clients have access to our ongoing programme of research and benchmarking of knowledge economy projects and developments including science cities, science and research parks, innovation centres and specialist facilities and operations including bioincubators and other knowledge economy projects in the UK, Europe and USA.
Holistic Vision and Strategy Development
Project Structure
Funding and Investment Models
Specialist Operations Planning & Risk Management
Holistic Vision and Strategy Development
We believe that vision and strategy development should be informed by operational experience combined with up-to-date best-practice research.
We work closely with project partners to develop and define a vision and to develop strategies for delivery that work best within the remit of individual projects. Recent strategy development projects include:
- Start-up science parks – vision, concept, delivery plan, business plan
- Science city creation – aggregating regional knowledge economy resources, creating partnerships, aggregated branding
- Innovation network -
- Virtual Innovation Centre – concept definition and initial business planning
- Incubator facility – market demand analysis and concept development
- Biomedical Technologies/Convergent Technologies Centre – concept development
- Outline specification for specialist commercial early-stage and grow-on laboratory facilities
Project Structure
CAM-SCI assists project partners and stakeholders to identify key conceptual, strategic and management issues; investment, design and construction issues; and to jointly formulate business plans, operations and funding strategies.
CAM-SCI’s recent projects include leading project partners and assisting with the creation and structure of partnerships between:
- Regional Development Agencies
- Universities
- City and District Councils
- European investment partners
- Private investors
- Private developers
Funding and Investment Models
CAM-SCI assists projects to identify and secure funding and investment including public and private sector sources.
- Private sector investment
- Public sector investment
- Sourcing private developers
- Structuring public/private partnerships
- Structuring and advising on developer/investor models
Specialist Operations Planning & Risk Management
CAM-SCI develops specialist operations planning to support knowledge economy and R&D ventures. We advise clients on risk management, to include:
- Working with venture capital funded companies
- Working with SMEs and early stage ventures
- Managing company growth and contraction
- Leasing strategy and structures
- Rental levels and structures
- Facilities operations
- Fit for purpose facilities
- Enhancing investment value
- Protecting investment value