Digital transformation consultancy for the built environment

You wouldn't build on unprepared ground. Don't digitalise on it either.

We help organisations that design, build and manage buildings and infrastructure improve how they work, with digital change that lasts.

Grounding
ISO 19650 · openBIM

Method over software. Standards over subscriptions.

Delivery
12 years.

Across research, infrastructure and implementation.

Independence
Vendor neutral.

We advise on what fits, not what sells. Open standards and open source first.

01 / What you can gain

What changes when the ground is ready

01

Make better decisions, faster.

Use past project evidence to prepare tenders, test estimates and assess investment options.

02

Make delivery more reliable.

Improve coordination, approvals and handover, with clear responsibilities and current information.

03

Keep what you know.

Make project experience and specialist know-how available to the team when people move on.

04

Make technology pay.

Automate repetitive work and help teams use digital systems effectively in daily practice.

02 / How we help

From decision to daily practice

Decide.

Before commitment. Establishing what is actually needed, what it is worth, and in what order.

Build.

Putting the ground in. Unglamorous, mostly cheap, and it decides whether anything else works.

Keep.

Making it hold after the project ends, the deadline bites, and the person who knew everything leaves.

Start with a practical change. Make sure the ground under it holds.

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Tousif Rahman, founder of TRS Consultancy.

Tousif Rahman

Founder & Chief Consultant

03 / Who's behind this
Digitalisation starts with understanding how an organisation makes decisions, shares responsibility and gets work done. The value comes when better ways of working become everyday practice.”

Civil engineer with twelve years across engineering practice, research and digital delivery, from foundation engineering in Dhaka to engineering information systems in Slovenia and the Netherlands.

  • Erasmus MSc in BIM · University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) & University of Minho (Portugal)
  • MSc in Geotechnical Engineering · Newcastle University (UK)
  • BEng in Civil Engineering · Cardiff University (UK)
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04 / Selected experience

The experience behind the approach

Selected work by Tousif Rahman in previous roles at Elea iC and TNO, including the European Commission construction SME initiative.

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Conceptual illustration

INFORMATION SETUP

GeoBIM

Designed and developed naming rules, 29 ground-data templates with validation, and a shared PostgreSQL database.

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05 / Your next step

Start where you are.

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TRS-SCAN / THE GROUND CHECK

A clearer starting point.

15 core questions about everyday information practices, with follow-up questions where relevant. No project files needed.

An on-screen reading across six information-management areas, with a practical starting point and a question to discuss with your team. Download or print your report.

Name, work email and phone number are required to receive your report. No account or payment needed.

Informed by ISO 19650 information-management principles.

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Grounded inISO 19650Information managementopenBIMVendor-neutralIFCData spineOpen sourceBonsai · IfcOpenShell

Let’s talk about your next step.

You work directly with Tousif Rahman. Send a message, email your question, or book a conversation.

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