Retained
Professional Services
Providing organisations and project teams with access to experienced professional capability through retained consultancy, specialist resourcing and defined project appointments. Harcon works alongside existing teams to provide additional expertise, capacity and continuity where it is needed.
Flexible access to specialist expertise
Harcon provides organisations and project teams with access to specialist professional expertise through retained consultancy and professional resourcing. Our support can provide continuity of advice and assurance, additional project capacity or experienced professionals to fulfil defined roles within an organisation or delivery team.
The arrangement is shaped around the requirement, whether that is ongoing professional support, periodic assurance, additional resource for a defined period or a specialist appointment supporting a specific project or programme.
Ongoing professional support and assurance
Retained consultancy provides ongoing access to Harcon’s professional expertise across an agreed scope of services. We work alongside client teams to provide continuity of advice, governance and assurance without requiring every specialist discipline to be maintained internally.
The scope and frequency of support are agreed around the organisation’s requirements and can combine planned activities with access to professional advice as requirements develop.
Additional capability where you need it
Harcon provides experienced professional resource to supplement existing client and project teams where additional expertise, capacity or continuity is required. Resource can be provided for a defined project, programme or period, or through a specific professional appointment with clearly established responsibilities and deliverables.
Our consultants work within the client’s established project and governance arrangements while remaining supported by Harcon’s wider professional and technical capability.
Expertise aligned to your requirements
Retained consultancy and professional resourcing can draw on Harcon’s wider professional capability, with the scope and resource aligned to the requirements of the organisation, project or programme.
Construction & Engineering
Engineering management, construction assurance, design coordination, temporary works oversight and site delivery assurance.
CDM & Principal Contractor
CDM governance, Principal Contractor management and assurance, Principal Contractor’s Representative appointments and construction phase support.
Railway Interface & Planning
Asset Protection and third party interface management, railway access and possession planning, Safe Systems of Work and ALO planning and assurance.
HSQE & Management Systems
Competent health and safety support, HSQE consultancy, management systems, auditing and organisational assurance.
Railway Industry Assurance
RISQS, Principal Contractor Licensing, organisational readiness and railway industry compliance and assurance.
Professional support shaped around your requirements
We start by understanding the requirement, the capability already available within the organisation or project team and where additional professional support is needed. We then define an appropriate model of support, whether through retained consultancy, professional resourcing or a combination of both.
Our consultants work alongside existing teams and within established governance arrangements, providing clearly defined expertise, responsibilities and deliverables. The level of support can be adapted as project or organisational requirements develop.
The requirement may be ongoing, project specific or driven by a temporary need for additional capacity. Harcon can provide a defined professional resource, access to wider specialist expertise or a retained arrangement that provides continuity over the longer term.
Professional expertise with the support of Harcon behind it
Our retained consultancy and professional resourcing combine experienced people with the wider capability, governance and assurance of Harcon Solutions.
Professional support, in our clients’ words
We identified a need develop our business to generate additional organic growth. This included the need for organisational development in our team, management systems and processes to attain a Network Rail Principal Contractor Licence. We approached Harcon Solutions to support our development journey.
We originally approached Harcon Solutions in 2021 with a view to aiding us with attaining a Network Rail Principal Contractor licence. The business grew in a different direction, but we were impressed with Peter’s professionalism and nature that we decided it would be of great benefit to continue to use Harcon’s services to support us with all matters HSQE, from the development and implementation of management systems, RISQS auditing and general advice.
Frequently asked questions
Practical answers about retained consultancy, professional resourcing and specialist project support.
What are Retained Professional Services?
What professional disciplines and specialist resources can Harcon provide?
Can Harcon provide additional professional resource to our project or programme team?
Can Harcon provide Possession Planners, Safe System of Work Planners, ALO Planners and ALO Coordinators?
Can retained consultancy and professional resourcing be combined?
Can Harcon provide retained competent health and safety support?
Related professional services
Retained consultancy and professional resourcing can draw on Harcon’s wider technical and assurance capability. Explore the professional services that can support your organisation, project or programme.
HSQE & Management Systems
Practical HSQE consultancy, competent health and safety support and integrated management systems.
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CDM & Principal Contractor Assurance
CDM governance, duty holder support and Principal Contractor management and assurance throughout project delivery.
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Railway Industry Assurance
RISQS and Network Rail Principal Contractor Licensing, including organisational readiness, management systems and assurance.
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Construction & Engineering Assurance
Construction and engineering management, design coordination, temporary works oversight and practical delivery assurance.
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Looking for professional expertise to work alongside your team?
Talk to Harcon about retained consultancy, additional professional resource or specialist project support shaped around your requirements.