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Scott Rendall, Lead Design
Engineer at ALH Systems,
explains how to empower
teams and business links to
reach higher levels of success
through communications on
and off the field

With confidence comes action, T redirect streams near villages.
he utilities industry has been
the cornerstone of the world’s
and with action comes confidence
infrastructure system ever since
humans first learned how to
From hydrogen production facilities to
megafarms, the technological solutions
of the modern age all have one thing
in common: a need to bridge the gap
between our environment and ourselves.
Bridging this gap means mastering
the arts of communication, exploration,
research and implementation.
Speaking from a designer’s
perspective, even if you have all the
world’s innovative and wonderful
avenues and mediums of tech to choose
from, a simple piece of the puzzle will
always govern the success or failure of
a project: the teams you work with.

Avoiding disaster
The following teams can be found
in most businesses that bring ideas
to life and implement solutions in
the field, from deploying existing
equipment to developing a fully
realised product design solution from
cradle to grave (i.e., new product
development, or NPD).
Commercial team/sales
Development team
Manufacturing team/procurement
Field operative support and technical
engineers
Every team is invaluable to the
business’ success and although your
business may have other crucial
elements, these are the key ‘go-tos’
within the product design sector.
Communication between this
pipeline of people is paramount.
Concise and, more importantly,
consistent information is required
to ensure the timely delivery of any
successful project.
Whether it is ventures at TRL
(technical readiness level) 1 and 2
(which are ideas awaiting the greenlight
to pursue) or fully realised solutions
at TRL 9, the speed at which you jump
from tier to tier can have significant
knock-on effects for the product itself,
the project steering group and your own
personal targets. These effects include
the monetary value of late projects and

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