What is it worth?
Understand the economic value, costs, and benefits of an investment.
Services
From difficult questions to defensible evidence.
Luminus provides economic analysis, transportation planning, research, and analytical support to help clients understand complex investments, test options, and make better-informed decisions.
How we can help
Different questions call for different kinds of analysis.
The work may take different forms, but it often begins with questions like these.
Which option performs best?
Compare alternatives and understand the trade-offs between them.
Can we rely on the analysis?
Review assumptions, methods, models, and results to understand how much confidence to place in the findings.
What if the standard method does not quite fit?
Develop or adapt analytical approaches when an important part of the question needs something different.
Core services
Technical depth where it matters.
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Economic Appraisal & Business Cases
Assess the economic and financial case for investments, compare alternatives and bring costs, benefits, risks, and trade-offs together in a form that supports decision-making.
Cost-benefit analysis • Business cases • Lifecycle and financial analysis • Options comparison • Sensitivity and risk analysis
02
Methodology & Applied Research
Develop, test, and refine analytical methods when established practice needs to be updated, adapted, or extended to capture something important to the decision.
Appraisal guidance • Parameter development • Benefit valuation • Evidence reviews • New analytical approaches
03
Analytical Models & Decision Tools
Turn methods and data into practical tools that make analysis repeatable, transparent, and proportionate to the decisions they are designed to support.
Economic evaluation models • Rapid assessment tools • Scenario calculators • Demand approaches • QA frameworks
04
Independent Technical Review & QA
Provide an experienced second set of eyes on models, business cases, and consultant work by testing assumptions, sense-checking results, and tracing unexpected outputs back to their source.
Peer review • Model QA • Business-case review • Assumption testing • Output diagnostics
05
Planning, Forecasting & Service Analysis
Connect transportation planning and forecasting to the investment question, using the level of analysis needed to understand demand, service choices, and their implications.
Transportation planning • Demand forecasting • Service concepts • Scenario analysis • Rapid assessments
06
Training & Capability Building
Build practical analytical capability for planners, analysts, and managers, with training grounded in how appraisal and business-case work is actually used in organizations.
Economic appraisal • Business cases • Analytical reasoning • Model and output QA • Custom workshops
How Luminus can fit
Support shaped to the work at hand.
Luminus can lead a focused piece of analysis, strengthen an existing team or bring specialist expertise into a larger assignment.
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