Soft Cities is a consultancy practice offering services to the design, development and construction industries. We provide holistic, hands-on development leadership services, as well as guidance and advice on how to make the necessary connections between consulting and contracting disciplines, and between the public and private sectors, which define the most successful and enduring projects. Typical services include: Development Leadership • Site finding/appraisal/feasibility analysis • Development narrative and focus • Capacity/efficiency/viability analysis • Planning/regulatory strategies • Public consultation and engagement • Design, Planning and Delivery management • Sales and rental market analysis Professional Clienting • Establishing and leading multi-disciplinary teams through all development stages • Critical friend or development/design guardian role • Stakeholder management – developing/maintaining relationships with stakeholder groups • Continuity management – experienced interim cover for senior roles • Board resourcing – experienced Board Chair and NED Design advocacy • Design review and analysis • Drafting/refreshing design/development vision documents and ERs • Advice on procuring the right design team for the right project • Design leadership and advocacy through all development stages • Acting as a development/design friend for residents/community groups Procurement/tendering strategies • Full brief writing and/or review • Tendering for public work for architects/multi-disciplinary practices/ developers etc • Advice on commissioning multi-disciplinary teams • Evaluation services and membership of expert panels Housing Review and Analysis • Analysis of existing housing strategies • Creating new housing delivery models • Strategic housing design analysis – how to achieve design quality at scale • Housing advocacy and policy development • Comment/analysis/research on housing related issues