Make the right infrastructure decisions before committing capital
ChargeSphere brings the strategic advisory layer to EVC Group’s delivery capability. We turn operational ambition into a clear, evidence-led plan across power, sites, phasing, commercial models, procurement and project governance.
Strategy before specification
Many EV projects begin with a request for charger prices. The more important early questions are whether the sites can support the required operation, what infrastructure is actually needed, when it should be built and how the project will be procured and operated.
ChargeSphere helps clients answer those questions before a delivery scope hardens around incomplete assumptions. Advice is practical, technically informed and connected to real-world construction and operation.
Feasibility and site strategy
Establish whether a project is viable, what evidence is missing and which risks need to be resolved before detailed design or procurement.
- Operational demand and use-case definition
- Desktop site and estate review
- Electrical capacity and constraint assessment
- Charging mix and initial infrastructure concept
- Site prioritisation and phasing
- High-level programme, budget and risk register
Grid and power strategy
Connection cost and timescale can shape the whole project. ChargeSphere can coordinate early capacity thinking, DNO or connection enquiries, new-supply options, load management, measured-demand requirements and the potential role of battery storage.
The aim is not to default to the largest connection. It is to align available power, operational flexibility and future growth with a realistic delivery plan.
Commercial and investment thinking
A technically possible project is not automatically an investable one. ChargeSphere helps structure the assumptions behind capital cost, utilisation, energy, tariffs, software, maintenance and phased adoption.
- Capital and whole-life cost structure
- Utilisation and demand assumptions
- Own-and-operate, managed-service, partner and funded models
- Sensitivity testing and key decision points
- Benefits, dependencies and non-financial outcomes
Portfolio and rollout planning
For multi-site estates, not every location should move at once. ChargeSphere can establish a scoring method using vehicle need, capacity, property constraints, lease position, customer demand, strategic value and delivery readiness.
This creates a sequenced programme and a repeatable data standard, while keeping room for site-specific exceptions.
Procurement and partner strategy
ChargeSphere can help clients decide what to procure, how responsibilities should be packaged and what evidence bidders need to provide. That may include consultant, hardware, CPMS, installation, CPO, maintenance or full EPC packages.
- Scope and responsibility development
- Technical and commercial evaluation criteria
- Supplier engagement and bid clarification
- Risk allocation and interface mapping
- Mobilisation and governance planning
Project governance and CDM readiness
Complex EV projects require clear decision rights, information flow and statutory roles. ChargeSphere can help structure governance, establish design information requirements and coordinate the timely appointment of competent dutyholders.
ChargeSphere should not be described as automatically acting as Principal Designer. Where CDM applies, it can support readiness, coordinate the appointment process and help the client integrate the appointed Principal Designer and Principal Contractor into the wider programme.
Technical due diligence and independent review
ChargeSphere can review an existing proposal, supplier response, charger estate or design basis to identify gaps, assumptions and delivery risk. This is particularly useful before investment approval, contract award, acquisition or the expansion of a pilot into a wider rollout.
From advice into delivery
The output is designed to be usable. EVC Group can take the agreed strategy into detailed design and delivery, or ChargeSphere can support a client-selected procurement route. Where EVC may deliver, roles and commercial interests should be transparent so the client can make an informed decision.
Typical advisory outputs
- Feasibility report and decision summary
- Site or portfolio prioritisation matrix
- Concept charging and power strategy
- Phased roadmap and budget ranges
- Risk, dependency and information-gap register
- Procurement scope and responsibility matrix
- Executive business-case narrative