Residential

COGNICA has cultivated strong relationships within the residential sector through client referrals, frameworks, and long-standing partnerships with clients such as Galliard Homes, RW Armstrong, SPINK, JJ Rhatigan, Balfour Beatty, Berkley Group, BAM and many more. A key achievement includes award winning projects with Willmott Dixon, recognized with the Best Overall BIM Project award at the RICS BIM4SME Awards in 2017 highlighting COGNICA's commitment to delivering exemplary results within the BIM framework. 

With a history of supporting the residential sector since 2005 and encompassing hundreds of residential O&M projects, COGNICA has consistently delivered high quality solutions including conversion of legacy paper O&M manuals into modern structured digital format, O&M manual updates for refurbishment projects, through to comprehensive new build O&M manuals & technical authoring documents including M&E, H&S, Building Logbooks, Maintenance Plans, Building User Guides, Regulation 38 Fire Safety content separation within the O&M manual, and more.

High-Rise Buildings (Gateway 3)

As part of the Building Safety Act changes, the preparation for Gateway 3 for High-Rise Buildings commences at the outset of the building control process, ensuring the establishment of a comprehensive program for collecting all essential information from the project's inception. This aspect is referred to as the 'Golden Thread' of building information. Coordination of commissioning and certification with the submission of the completion certificate application is imperative and requires advanced scheduling.

COGNICA’s digital O&M platform is a key component in demonstrating compliance with Gateway 3. Acting as one source of the truth to collect, collate, organise, and approve all documents involved in the building compliance and handover stage, structuring the O&M manual into the required sections for simple navigation, approval, and delivery to the building owner.

Water Utility & Wastewater Treatment

Water is precious; an essential resource for life and one that is under continuous pressure from climate change, population growth requiring ongoing protection from contamination. Water utility agencies have ongoing capital improvement programmes supplementing routine and preventative operations and maintenance. Asset management teams require immediate access to the latest, up to date O&M documentation, as part of risk mitigation against shortages and outages in water services. 

COGNICA are one of the UK’s leading providers of digital O&M document collation, delivery, and information storage within the Water sector. Since 1998 we have major water utility agencies including Severn Trent Water, Bristol Water, Scottish Water, Anglian Water, Thames Water, Southern Water, Welsh Water and United Utilities providing both an O&M collation and a more specific Technical Authoring service for our clients. We have managed thousands of O&M manuals and technical authoring projects including full Site Specific Instructions and Site Operating Guides.

Education

Education estates ranging from historical Universities, to brand new education institutions as part of the Governments’ levelling up programme, are key component to the UKs growth and development. 

COGNICA has significant experience in supporting the education sector ranging from conversion of legacy paper O&M manuals into modern structured digital format, updated O&M manuals for refurbishment projects, through to comprehensive new build O&M manuals & technical authoring documents including M&E, H&S, Building Logbooks, Maintenance Plans, Student User Guides, Regulation 38 Fire Safety content separation within the O&M manual, and more. 

COGNICA have successfully delivered hundreds of legacy to digital conversion, refurbishment and new build O&M document projects for Education institutions including University of Leeds, University of Lincoln, University of Anglia Ruskin, University of Portsmouth, University of Hull, numerous Colleges and education centres. Read more here.

Healthcare

Healthcare is a vital national service and a key feature in the Government’s levelling up programme. Providing care for patients is a 24/7/365 operational service and healthcare managers must have maintenance teams ready for immediate deployment to resolve building maintenance incidents by having the right O&M information at their fingertips. 

COGNICA are experienced in supporting the healthcare sector, working across numerous hospitals, health departments, academies, and care agencies, providing services ranging from conversion of legacy paper O&M manuals into modern structured digital format, updated O&M manuals for refurbishment projects, through to comprehensive new build O&M manuals & technical authoring documents including M&E, H&S, Building Logbooks, Maintenance Plans, Building User Guides, Regulation 38 Fire Safety content separation within the O&M manual, and more.

See how COGNICA supported the Prince Charles Hospital modernisation programme, and the Signature Care Homes O&M manuals to SharePoint project.

Airports & Government

In critical national infrastructure sectors such as Aviation and Government, prioritising safety and risk mitigation is paramount. A comprehensive Operations and Maintenance (O&M) manual is essential, providing clear directives for service teams to follow. The O&M Manual must be highly structured such that is easily navigable and understandable. 

COGNICA, in collaboration with clients in the Aviation sector across various projects, often recommend Microsoft SharePoint and an optimal platform for your standardised O&M framework. Our service starts with a full gap analysis on legacy schemes, identifying missing information, ensuring that the final O&M documentation is fully comprehensive, updated and instantly accessible. 

Solutions range from conversion of legacy paper O&M manuals into modern structured digital format, updated O&M manuals for refurbishment projects, through to comprehensive new build O&M manuals & technical authoring documents including M&E, H&S, Building Logbooks, Maintenance Plans, Building User Guides, Regulation 38 Fire Safety content separation within the O&M manual, and more.

Renewable energy

COGNICA support renewable energy projects and work closely with RSK who have a wealth of experience in this domain. COGNICA provide O&M manuals and technical authored documents for renewable energy sites around the UK. Like all RSK Group businesses, at COGNICA we focus on supporting the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, we have our internal Environmental Sustainability Goals and Carbon Net Zero Goals. Read more about how COGNICA are supporting the Woodland Trust.