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UK First AI Advisory for Railway Businesses

Become the Rail Consultancy that the Client Call First

We exist to help UK rail consultancies build your unfair advantages with the proven method of leveraging AI and become your client’s natural choice of consultancy because you deliver so reliably, consistently and efficiently.

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Our Core Services

Engineering excellence, systematised

Three complementary services that transform your delivery and competitive position.

Design Assurance as a Service

Embed engineering rigour into your delivery without the overhead of permanent headcount. Flexible CEM/DPE/CRE coverage that scales with your project needs.

  • Compliance verification & quality assurance
  • Risk assessment & design review
  • AI-powered workflow improvement
  • Flexible engagement — scale up or down

Company Knowledge Systems

Transform institutional knowledge into searchable, AI-powered systems. Stop losing lessons learned and stop reinventing the wheel on every project.

  • Knowledge capture & AI-powered search
  • Standards & compliance integration
  • Pilot project with measurable ROI
  • Scale & organisational training

High-Impact Tender Support

Win more work with engineering-led tender strategy and compliance assurance that instils confidence in clients.

  • Lead generation & tender strategy
  • Technical compliance assurance
  • Storyboarding & bid narratives
  • End-to-end tender management
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PACE OS & Scribtive™

The AI-enabled operating system for railway project delivery. Built by a railway engineer, for railway engineers. Let engineers do engineering, not admin.

Scribtive™: PACE Deliverable Generation & Assurance Solution

Generate and assure PACE assurance documentation (e.g. Form A/B/G/H, CR-T, ITP or customised deliverables) with confidence and traceability. Documents that significantly improve approval rate and reduce administrative burden without added overhead.

Intelligent Knowledge Search

Instantly retrieve past decisions, standards, and lessons learned across your organisation.

Process-Driven Workflows

Built for roles under NR/L2/RSE/02009, guiding teams through PACE compliance with zero friction.

Scribtive™ — Form G assurance
Scribtive™ — All PACE deliverables generation & assurance
PACE OS — Let engineers do engineering, not admin

The Future of Railway Delivery

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Free AI Readiness Self-Assessment

Are you ready to become the consultancy that clients call first?

The AI Readiness Self-Assessment benchmarks your delivery system across 5 PACED pillars. Find out where you're strong — and where you're fragile.

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20 honest questions about how your team actually delivers. No research required.

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20
Questions
5 min
Duration
Instant
Results
P
Pilot
Validation
Build Trust
Pilot AI on a risk free project. Build proof before commitment. Understand the true cost of doing nothing. Trust is earned through evidence.
A
Automate
AI Readiness
Take Ownership
Build the digital infrastructure. Create a semantic knowledge layer that links your systems, captures your standards, and makes your knowledge queryable.
C
Compound
Scalability
Controlled
Scale impact across projects and teams. Every project makes the next one faster. Knowledge compounds. Growth no longer requires more headcount.
E
Evolve
Productisation
Start Transformation
Stop selling time. Start selling outcomes. Differentiate what AI handles from what requires engineering judgment — compete on a new dimension.
D
Digitalise
Moat
Become Mastery
Turn operational advantages into digital systems competitors can't replicate. Your expertise combined with AI becomes a moat that widens with every project.
The five essential principles for rail consultancies who want to build their unfair advantage in the AI era.
About the Founder

Engineering authority, powered by intelligence

Bill Guo

Bill Guo CEng FICE

Founder & Engineering Director, AutomateX Advisory Ltd

Fellow of ICE, Chartered Civil Engineer, and Imperial College London alumnus. Former Network Rail Lead DPE and HS2 Engineering Manager. Built a consultancy office from scratch to £900k+ fees with 40%+ gross margin. Founded AutomateX to bridge the gap between rigorous engineering assurance and operational speed — delivering Tier 1 certainty without the administrative drag.

Young Railway Professional of the Year 2023
ICE East England Asset Resilience 2025
AI in Rail Expert
Scaled Consultancy £0 to £1m ARR in CP7
Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Chartered Engineer (CEng)
10+ Years UK Rail Infrastructure
Imperial College London
Our consultants have delivered projects for
Track Record

Proven delivery across major rail programmes

Young Railway Professional 2023

HS2 Washwood Heath Depot

HS2 Limited · 2021–2023

Led multi-disciplinary concept and scheme design for the UK's largest infrastructure project. Coordinated 25 engineering disciplines and rebuilt trust with HS2 from the ground up.

£345m
Project value
£46m
VE savings
ICE Merit Award 2025

Station & HCE Survey Programme

Greater Anglia · 2023–2025

Pioneered AI-integrated survey process combining drone technology and 360° imaging across 55 stations. Identified critical hidden defects that traditional methods missed.

55
Stations
AI
Integrated
Commercial Excellence

Dust Suppression National Programme

Network Rail SCO · 2018–2021

Tendered, priced, and delivered dust suppression upgrades across 14 nationwide depots. Brought entire delivery model in-house to significantly improve commercial margin.

14
Locations
£350k+
Value

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