Six integrated service pillars.

Systems Engineering & Safety Assurance

CWG's systems engineering and safety assurance team has extensive experience in the introduction and operation of safety-critical rail and mining systems. Our consultants hold government-recognised accreditations — including TfNSW TAO authorisation for Independent Safety Assessment — and bring deep technical expertise across the full spectrum of SESA activities.

• ✓SESA management
• ✓Requirements management
• ✓Risk and hazard analysis — PHA, SHA, IHA, OSHA, FTA, FMECAs, Bow Ties
• ✓Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM)
• ✓Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
• ✓Train control systems: ETCS, CBTC, ATO
• ✓Independent Safety Assessment (ISA)
• ✓Safety Case and Safety Assurance Reports
• ✓System Safety Assurance Plan (SSAP)
• ✓Application Data Safety Verification Reports (ADSVR)
• ✓Human Factor Integration Plans
• ✓Regulator Interface Plans and ONRSR engagement

Program & Project Management

CWG draws on a deep pool of qualified project managers with extensive experience developing and delivering significant high-profile infrastructure programs across rail, mining, automation, space and defence. Our project managers are embedded in your team — bringing structure, rigour and momentum to your program from inception through to handover.

• ✓Project management plans and integration management
• ✓Scope definition and work breakdown structures
• ✓Integrated scheduling and critical path analysis
• ✓Budget development, cost control and Earned Value Management
• ✓Quality planning, audits, verification and validation
• ✓Resource mobilisation and multi-site coordination
• ✓Stakeholder communications and executive reporting
• ✓Risk planning, workshops, analysis and mitigation
• ✓Procurement strategy and contract management
• ✓Regulator interfaces and approvals support

Advanced Technology & Specialist Services

Beyond our core service pillars, CWG's team includes qualified and experienced consultants across a range of highly specialised technical disciplines. These capabilities complement our project management and safety assurance work — delivering end-to-end technical expertise on programs that require more than a generalist approach.

• ✓Cybersecurity risk assessment for safety-critical and OT systems
• ✓Security management frameworks for control systems and communications
• ✓Cybersecurity assurance aligned to rail, mining and defence requirements
• ✓Control system design review, integration and functional safety (IEC 61508)
• ✓Remote operations centre design review and procedures development
• ✓Autonomous system safety case development and validation support
• ✓Rail signalling: ETCS, CBTC, ATO, C-DAS
• ✓Communications system design review and integration
• ✓ONRSR Accreditation Support
• ✓Regulatory compliance assessment and audit support

Governance & Assurance

CWG's governance and assurance practice provides independent oversight for complex infrastructure programs — from establishing frameworks and ways of working at program inception, through to health checks and stage-gate reviews at critical delivery milestones. We bring the rigour and independence that major programs require.

• ✓Governance frameworks and ways of working
• ✓Project mobilisation management
• ✓Management plan and process development
• ✓Gateway approvals and stage gate reviews
• ✓Health checks and compliance monitoring
• ✓Major project reviews and independent audits
• ✓Quality Management Plans
• ✓Verification and Validation planning

Space Industry

CWG Project Services holds a Deed of Standing Offer under the Australian Government's Space Capabilities and Services Panel (Department of Industry, Science and Resources), executed January 2026. We bring our proven approach to safety assurance, project management and systems engineering to Australia's emerging space sector.

• ✓Space-related technical support and studies
• ✓Identifying and consulting with relevant stakeholders
• ✓Undertaking technical studies and assessing applicable standards
• ✓Systems engineering across the space mission lifecycle — from early phase to re-entry
• ✓Mission program lifecycle management — scheduling, budgeting, staffing and risk
• ✓Risk identification and strategies to address risks
• ✓Advising on safety, security and environmental standards
• ✓Launch and re-entry safety advice
• ✓Developing compliance assessment and project management tools
• ✓Conduct of incident or accident investigation and technical assessment support

Defence

CWG Project Services brings a disciplined, safety-critical engineering capability directly applicable to the defence sector. Our consultants have built their expertise delivering complex programs in rail, mining and automation — sectors where the consequences of failure are unacceptable. That same rigour applies to defence.

• ✓Program & Project Management for complex defence programs
• ✓Systems Engineering & Safety Assurance for defence platforms
• ✓Governance & Assurance — independent oversight
• ✓Cybersecurity assurance for operational technology and control systems
• ✓Control Systems & Communications engineering
• ✓Regulatory Accreditation Support
• ✓Maritime Policy and Maritime Law advisory
• ✓ADF Reliability and Maintenance experience