JMS Legacy
The public website of JMS Legacy: a chartered structural engineer’s advice for property developers and for engineering consultancy owners, with case studies and briefing papers.
Their track record, in their words
- Chapter I
JMS Group
Building companies
Building a structural and civil engineering business from nothing.
- Chapter II
MJ Consulting (MJC)
Acquiring & creating new revenue
Turning a specialist consultancy around - and back to growth.
- Chapter III
G C Robertson & Associates (GCR)
Leadership transition
Installing leadership into a long-established consultancy - without losing what makes it valuable.
- Chapter IV
Abacus (Abacus CDS)
Repositioning into a new market
From near closure to expanding capability and profit.
- Chapter V
Beam Designs
Spotting whitespace & launching
Building a new business to serve an under-served market.
On the live site
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What I've actually done.
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Two kinds of business, one kind of help.
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Latest perspectives.
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For property developers & contractors
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I set a buildable, commercially viable structural concept you can take to open market, then step back.
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Who I work with
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A public website for JMS Legacy.

