Consulting for cities and utility companies
We support cities and utility companies in their transformation through strategic consulting, data-driven urban planning, and needs-based measures.
FUTURE-PROOF CITIES AND UTILITY COMPANIES
Cities and utility companies face the same challenge: they must reconcile ageing infrastructure, cost pressures, and rising expectations for digital, resilient, and climate-friendly systems. We combine strategic consulting and data-driven analysis with cost and efficiency programmes, implementation, and measurable results. This enables us to develop the right targets, realise potential for efficiency gains, and transform structures and processes with our clients.
Dr. Lucia Wright
Associate Partner
The pressure to take action on infrastructure, utilities, and urban development is growing rapidly. Future-proofing means translating strategies into concrete results.
TRANSFORMING FOUR PRESSURE POINTS
Four key challenges are putting cities and utility companies under increasing pressure to take action.
Cost pressures and investment shortages
- Municipal and utility budgets remain under pressure
- New regulatory requirements increase the complexity of compliance and tie up additional resources
- Costs, processes, and management must become more efficient in order to free up resources for maintenance and modernisation
Digitalisation and data basis
- Public authorities and utility companies operate using fragmented systems and data silos
- Smart technologies and sensor systems are not being used to their full potential
- Without shared data infrastructure and a roadmap, digitalisation initiatives remain largely ineffective
Infrastructure and securing supplies
- Ageing electricity, water, heating, and transport networks are faced with growing demand
- Renovations and modernisation must be carried out whilst services remain operational
- Supply security must be maintained despite the backlog of renovation work
Climate adaptation and resilience
- Climate change is placing greater demands on critical infrastructure
- Cross-sectoral interdependencies complicate crisis preparedness and coordination
- Civil protection and supply systems must remain operational even in the event of disruptions
HASELHORST SMART-CITY-RANKING
The Haselhorst Smart City Ranking 2026 will be published on 15 September. Our team will present the results live during a webinar.
HOW WE STRENGTHEN CITIES AND UTILITIES
We combine data analysis, strategy, and implementation to boost efficiency, facilitate investment, and ensure organisations remain capable of taking action.
Future-proof organisations
Reducing costs, creating headroom for investments, and maintaining the ability to act.
- Cost and efficiency programmes for processes, overhead, and operating costs
- Organisational and governance design to ensure clear lines of responsibility and faster decision-making
- Restructuring and transformation programmes with reliable monitoring and implementation
Smart City and digitalisation
Developing clearer perspectives, prioritising projects, and steering their implementation.
- Strategy development with an implementation roadmap for cities and utility companies
- Impact monitoring and data-driven decision-making
- Embedding smart city initiatives and digitalisation across legislative periods and investment cycles
KRITIS, resilience, and supply security
Protecting critical systems and ensuring the supply of essential services, even in emergencies.
- Develop KRITIS strategies, civil protection, and crisis preparedness as an integrated system
- Adapt infrastructure to the impacts of climate change and prepare it for disruptions
- Establish governance models and cross-utility crisis structures for emergencies
Energy transition and sustainable mobility
Strategically aligning energy, infrastructure, and mobility with new needs.
- Climate strategies, decarbonisation roadmaps, and action plans for reducing emissions
- Energy and mobility strategies, as well as strategic support for urban infrastructure projects
- Cross-sectoral governance structures for energy, mobility, and climate management
CLIENT IMPACT THAT MATTERS
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The cooperation was characterised by a high level of professionalism, swift and precise support, and a consistently structured approach.
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HOW SMART IS YOUR CITY?
Our Smart City Ranking shows how far the transformation of your city has progressed, based on data and presented transparently. To this end, we collect over 33,000 qualitative and quantitative data points annually from more than 400 German cities.
We look forward to discussing any issues with you – from developments since 2018 and particular strengths to areas of potential and possible courses of action. If you are interested, please do get in touch.
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