David Simmonds Consultancy Ltd was set up in 1990 and has carried out a wide variety of studies for public and private clients in the UK and abroad. These studies have ranged from brief reviews of particular subjects to major projects in forecasting and impact assessment. Many have been carried out in collaboration with other leading firms in transport, planning, economics and property consultancy.
One of our specialities is forecasting the impacts of transport on regional economies and on urban activities and development. In this we can consider the effects of public and private transport, passengers and goods, and changes in services and pricing as well as changes in infrastructure. We are also very much involved in forecasting the impacts of planning policies, that is, how plans for the physical development or redevelopment of an area will translate into numbers of households of different kinds, numbers of jobs, and so on, taking account of the impact that new developments will have on the occupancy of the existing stock. Much of our work is carried out using formal land-use models and land-use/transport interaction models. We are also increasingly involved in appraisal; that is, not just forecasting what will happen, but also analyzing who will be affected by the benefits and disbenefits involved.
RECENT NEWS
March 2020: To help reduce the risk of coronavirus infection, for ourselves and others, we are adopting a policy of only minimum staff working in our offices (maximum one per office at any one time) until further notice. As far as possible, all face-to-face meetings are being reorganized as teleconferences. This may mean that telephone calls to our office numbers do not get answered: if that happens, please email us and we will call you back.
We wish all our clients, suppliers, colleagues and friends courage, strength and good luck in dealing with the present pandemic.
February 2020: DSC's report to the UK2070 Commission, 'Modelling a Pan-National UK Network', has been published, alongside the launch of the Commission's Final Report, 'Make No Little Plans – Acting At Scale For A Fairer And Stronger Future'. Find both at the UK2070 Commission's website: http://uk2070.org.uk/publications/