Maximizing Asset Productivity for a Resilient Future
Organizations with critical infrastructure face significant challenges in optimizing asset performance while managing costs and meeting sustainability goals. Many struggle with fragmented systems that hinder asset health monitoring, resulting in unplanned downtime and increased operational expenses. Additionally, the lack of predictive maintenance leads to costly failures, while pressure to align with sustainability and ESG targets adds further complexity.
By integrating advanced technology, data insights, and strategic frameworks, we work with you to transform these challenges into opportunities.
How We Help
At Cohesive, we provide industry-leading integrated Asset Management Strategy & Optimization services that enhance the performance, reliability, and lifecycle management of high-value assets across various sectors. We enable data-driven asset management that enhances reliability, maximizes uptime, and drives operational efficiency. Our holistic approach includes:
What We Offer
Our comprehensive asset management solutions help enterprises maximize asset value and deliver superior ROI across every stage of the asset lifecycle.
Investment Strategy Development
Align investment decisions with business goals to optimize returns and minimize risk.
Risk Management Framework
Implement proactive risk assessment to safeguard asset integrity and operational continuity.
Portfolio Optimization
Maximize asset value through data-driven portfolio analysis and continuous improvement.
Performance Benchmarking
Establish performance metrics to assess and enhance asset performance against industry standards.
Sustainability & ESG Integration
Embed sustainability principles into asset management strategies to achieve net-zero targets.
Asset Management Strategy
Develop comprehensive strategies for efficient, cost-effective asset utilization and lifecycle management.
Lifecycle Asset Management
Optimize the asset lifecycle, from design to decommissioning, to maximize value.
Asset Performance Management (APM)
Use advanced analytics to improve reliability, availability, and safety of assets.
The Cohesive Edge
Global Expertise, Local Insights
With over a 1,000 years of combined asset advisory experience, our advisors combine global best practices with localized industry insights, ensuring solutions that fit your specific needs.
Industry-Leading Knowledge
Our advisors bring deep expertise across asset-intensive industries, from energy and utilities to transportation, manufacturing, and beyond.
Digital Innovation at the Core
We harness cutting-edge digital tools such as digital twins, IoT, and AI to empower data-driven decision-making and streamline processes.
Advanced Data Integration
We help you gain visibility and insights across your assets by connecting disparate data sources and integrating them into a cohesive, accessible system.
Sustainability-First Approach
At Cohesive, sustainability isn’t an afterthought; it’s embedded in everything we do. We prioritize ESG-compliant solutions that help clients minimize their environmental impact and enhance their social responsibility initiatives.
Real-World Impact
Our strategies have helped clients across industries achieve measurable improvements in asset performance, reduced downtime, and enhanced sustainability.
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Henri Snijders
Head of Advisory, Bentley Asset Performance ServicesHenri leads our advisory line of business, guiding our teams across EMEA, the Americas and APAC to ensure our offerings and solutions are precisely matched to the requirements and challenges of our clients.
He combines his project leadership experience and experience of technology implementations within major organisations, with his knowledge and understanding of the role that people play in making large-scale and complex digital projects a success.
Prior to joining us Henri spent 12 years as CEO of OxPlus, a Netherlands-based asset management consultancy. He was formerly Chief Transformation Officer where he helped major organisations including Renfe, the Spanish transport group, to effectively manage the people and cultural aspects of digital transformation.
Dave Philp
Chief Value OfficerA figurehead in the digital engineering field, Dave brings over 30 years of experience and a track record of creating value for infrastructure clients across the globe.
In a career which has spanned major contractors and consultancies including Balfour Beatty, Mace and AECOM, Dave has supported clients across all sectors to map digital developments to their critical business objectives – whether cost reduction, asset optimisation, or carbon reduction.
Equally well-versed in horizon modelling, digital strategy development, digital change strategies, innovation workshops and implementation planning, his approach is always outcomes-focused.
A chartered construction manager by background, Dave has held several influential industry roles. These have included being Head of BIM Implementation, based within the UK Cabinet Office, to implement the UK Government’s BIM and Soft Landings mandate and ensure the wide adoption of digital ways of working, Chair of the Scottish BIM Delivery Group and Impact Director for the Construction Innovation Hub via the University of Cambridge.
Dave is currently Chair of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Digital and Innovation Advisory panel; he is also a past trustee and previously chaired the CIOB Policy Commitee. In this role, he led the development of the CIOB’s Artificial Intelligence Playbook 2024.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE), Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors (InstCES). Dave is also past vice chair of BE-ST formerly the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC).
Olly Thomas
Director Advisory Services (EMEA), Bentley Asset Performance ServicesOlly leads our advisory services in the EMEA region. He matches our team’s strengths and capabilities precisely to our client requirements, nurtures our core relationships and ensures that new market developments are factored into our approach.
An architect by background, Olly’s career has seen him work across sectors including education, retail, residential and commercial. He has helped major clients to adopt modern, digital approaches to unlock value and drive improved performance across the asset lifecycle.
Olly spent xx years as the director of our Buildings and Communities team, overseeing project delivery and business development activities and ensuring that our solutions and services, including digital twin and BIM implementation, delivered – and surpassed – the expected outcomes.
David Armstrong
Senior Director Advisory Services, AmericasDavid merges field proven capabilities with the practical experience of building digital asset management systems and leading transformative change.
He has helped asset owner operators for 25+ years, from the ground floor up, to achieve significant results in the areas of operational and reliability excellence, investments & engineer-procure-construct, enterprise configuration management and asset performance management.
Typically, he challenges his projects to drive out costly variation by understanding the contributing root cause datapoints that not only determine the right strategies at the right time, but also enable actionable results within the evolving science of data analytics. David is passionate about deriving maximum results from the circular economy, fostering discussions on socially responsible projects and inclusive societal systems and programs, supported by digital enabling solutions
He holds a master’s Certification in Enterprise Configuration Management from the University of Phoenix, is an Aladon RCM2 Practitioner and a Six Sigma Blackbelt, Project Management Professional that pairs certifications with practical battle scars from running cultural change management initiatives within asset intensive industries: heavy industry steel, O&G, water and power utilities, and mining sectors.
David is the deputy lead for the Canadian contingent for the Global Forum of Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM), Group 2 – Asset Planning and Decision making.
