Infrastructure Consulting

An architecture review by engineers who ship production AI.

Spot the expensive mistakes before they hit your balance sheet. Fixed fee, fixed scope, named engineers on the day you sign.

Who this is for

Built for teams who want senior eyes before the architecture sets

01
Engineering teams in design or early build who want expert input before the architecture becomes load-bearing and expensive to change.
02
CTOs inheriting an AI platform who want an honest second opinion on what to keep, what to fix, and what to kill before it costs more than it should.
03
Teams hitting cost or reliability walls on a running AI system and nobody internally can see why.
04
Organisations evaluating a vendor proposal who need independent technical due diligence before committing.
Deliverables

Four things. Written down. Yours to keep.

Every deliverable is written. Nothing verbal-only. The report stands alone — you can share it with your board or procurement team without us in the room.

01

Architecture assessment

Written review of current or planned architecture. Covers model selection, orchestration patterns, cost trajectory, governance gaps, and production readiness. Benchmarked against what we've seen fail in production — not against a generic maturity framework.

02

Prioritised recommendations

What to fix this quarter, what to fix next quarter, what to leave alone. Ranked by impact, not by how much work it creates for us. Each recommendation names the specific risk it closes.

03

Engineering working sessions

Engineer-to-engineer sessions during the review — not interviews with a consultant and a notepad. We're in your code, your architecture diagrams, your traces. Your team gets to challenge our thinking in real time.

04

Leadership readout

A 90-minute session with your engineering and technical leadership. Written report delivered before the session, clear enough that a non-technical board member can follow the findings.

Timeline

From kickoff to written report in two to five days

Minimal time commitment from your team beyond access and the readout session. We work around your schedule.

Half a day

Kickoff

Access, artefacts, and stakeholder alignment. We confirm what we need to read, who we'll work with, and what success looks like. You get a brief to share internally.

2–4 days

Review

We read your code, architecture diagrams, cost data, and runtime behaviour. Working sessions with the engineering team — collaborative, not interrogative. We flag things as we find them.

Half a day

Synthesis

Report drafted and reviewed internally before delivery. We synthesise findings into a clear, prioritised document — not a running log of observations.

90 minutes

Readout

Written report delivered before the session. Live Q&A with engineering and technical leadership. We answer the awkward questions in the room, not in a follow-up email.

Pricing

Fixed fee. Fixed scope. No surprises.

Two engagement sizes. Choose based on the depth of review your situation requires — the output format is the same for both. The engagement is scoped before it starts; you know the deliverables, the timeline, and the cost before you sign anything.

Standard review
From £12,500
2-day engagement. All deliverables included.
  • Architecture assessment
  • Prioritised recommendations
  • Engineering working sessions
  • Written report
  • Leadership readout (90 min)
Book a scoping call

A scoping call is free and takes 30 minutes. No obligation.

Deep review
From £25,000
5-day engagement. Includes cost analysis.
  • Everything in Standard, plus
  • Detailed cost analysis and spend trajectory
  • Model-selection benchmarking
  • Extended engineering working sessions
  • Board-ready report format
Book a scoping call

A scoping call is free and takes 30 minutes. No obligation.

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What this is not

Not a sales qualification dressed up as a review. The output stands alone whether you hire us to build or not. If your architecture is sound, we'll say so. You're free to take the report elsewhere.
Not a template. Every review is done by engineers reading your actual code and your actual traces. We don't apply a generic AI maturity framework and call it an assessment.
Not a vendor bake-off. We evaluate the vendors already in your architecture. We won't run a procurement exercise or push you toward anything we have a commercial relationship with.

Architecture decisions made in design are cheap. The same decisions revisited six months into production — after you've built around them — are not.

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Delivered personally by Richard O'Flynn & George Lovejoy.

Twenty years of shipping bespoke production systems together. No associates, no delivery team.

Ready to get a second opinion?

A 30-minute scoping call is free. We'll confirm whether the review is the right fit, and give you a clear timeline and cost before you commit to anything.

FAQ

Common questions

Do you sign NDAs before engaging?

Yes, standard. We sign before we see any code, architecture diagrams, or cost data. You can use your form or ours. We don't retain copies of your internal artefacts after the engagement closes.

What access do you need to our systems?

Read access to your codebase, architecture diagrams, and infrastructure configuration. Access to cost and usage data from your model providers and cloud accounts. We don't need write access to anything. If access is restricted, we can work with documentation and walkthroughs — though direct access produces sharper findings.

How long from kickoff to final report?

Two to five working days for the review, plus synthesis before the readout. Standard 2-day reviews typically run across three to four calendar days to allow scheduling. Deep 5-day reviews typically complete within a working week. We agree the schedule during the scoping call.

Who actually conducts the review?

Named partners. The engineers on your SoW are the engineers who show up. No associates, no offshore review team. We name the people doing the work before you sign.

Can we share the report with our board or procurement team?

Yes. The deep review is explicitly written for board and procurement distribution — structured executive summary, clear recommendations with business context, and technical appendix for the engineering team. The standard review can be adapted for board distribution on request.

Ready to find out what your architecture actually costs?

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How can we help you today?

Ready to build a system that actually works?

Book a free 30-minute discovery call. We'll discuss your workflows, challenges, and whether a bespoke AI system makes sense for your business.

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