Consulting

Independent advice for the businesses that produce, build, move and make things. Our consulting division, IPF Consulting FZC, is based in the United Arab Emirates and works across four practice areas.

Four practice areas, one team

Energy, projects, logistics and food production. Different industries, the same discipline: a written scope, a named lead consultant and a deliverable you can act on.

Offshore wind turbines

Energy consultancy

Technical advice for companies that find, produce, process and switch energy sources, from conventional oil and gas to wind, solar, wave and hydrogen.

  • Oil and gas exploration consultancy: designs, drawings and specifications, survey facilities
  • Oil and gas facilities consultancy: design, operation, optimisation, compliance and safety
  • Renewable energy studies: feasibility, alternatives and environmental comparison
  • Renewable energy engineering for projects outside the UAE: designs and supervision
Construction site

Project management consultancy

Managing and guiding a project from start to finish: planning, organising and controlling resources, budgets, schedules and relationships so it finishes on time and meets its goals.

  • Project planning and scheduling
  • Budget and resource control
  • Stakeholder and contractor coordination
  • Progress reporting to owners and lenders
Cargo warehouse

Logistics and customs

Advice and hands-on services for moving goods: choosing the route and the shipping method, managing the supply chain, clearing customs and arranging sea shipment.

  • Cargo freight consultancy: logistics planning and cost-effective freight operations
  • Freight brokerage: linking shippers with air, sea and land forwarders
  • Customs brokerage: declarations and clearance on behalf of clients
  • Sea cargo services: storage, packing, booking and insurance formalities
Food safety laboratory

Food and dairy consultancy

Consultancy for food and health-food producers, from the first recipe to the shelf: product development, sourcing, production, packaging, costing, quality compliance and marketing.

  • Recipe and product development
  • Sourcing raw materials and ingredients
  • Design and sourcing of machinery and production methods
  • Packaging, costing, quality compliance auditing and marketing
Advisory
Advisory
Quality and testing
Quality and testing
Warehousing
Warehousing
Partnership
Partnership

How we engage

Every assignment starts with a written scope and ends with a deliverable you can act on.

Scope and proposal

We agree the objective, the deliverables, the timeline and the fee before any work starts.

Dedicated team

A named lead consultant runs the assignment and is your single point of contact throughout.

Clear deliverables

Reports, designs, feasibility studies, clearances and audits are delivered in a form your management, lenders or authorities can use directly.

Tell us about your project and we will propose a scope.

Discuss a project