Dynamic Entanglement
Risk Early-Warning
System
Anticipatory responsibility for complex engineering systems.
DERES is an early-warning system grounded in Actor–Network Theory. It treats a project as a living actor-network and continuously recomputes entanglement pathways as conditions evolve.
Projects don't fail in isolation.
Engineering projects rarely fail because of one isolated defect. A routine change to a material specification ripples through supplier networks. A procurement decision affects labour conditions three tiers down the chain. A design revision triggers a cascade through standards, approvals, and community relationships.
Conventional risk tools treat these as separate, manageable items. They don't model the connections. They don't show you where a small change is most likely to trigger wider harm.
Teams, communities, labour networks, end-users
Supply chains, specifications, traceability gaps
Regulatory entanglements, approval dependencies
Ecological sensitivity, carbon intensity, circularity
"The problem is not that risks are unknown. The problem is that their connections are invisible — until it's too late."
A living model of your project's entanglements.
DERES is a dynamic early-warning platform that continuously recalculates entanglement pathways when conditions change. It treats a project as a living actor-network — mapping human actors, non-human actors, and the relationships between them.
Ethical, social, and environmental considerations are embedded directly into the network model rather than appended as separate reports. When a change occurs, DERES shows you where that change is most likely to trigger wider harm, which actors are amplifying that risk, and which stakeholder groups may be affected first.
The result is a governance-ready decision log that supports accountability at every stage of the project lifecycle.
Designed for the complexity of real projects.
Earlier Intervention
DERES surfaces cascade risk before it propagates. Teams gain lead time to act, not just react.
Better Change Control
Every change is re-evaluated against the live network. Entanglement pathways update automatically when conditions shift.
Stronger Accountability
Governance-ready decision logs capture who knew what, when, and what action was taken — or not taken.
Stakeholder Visibility
Vulnerable communities and affected groups are mapped as actors in the network, not afterthoughts in a report.
Ecosystem Protection
Ecological sensitivity is a first-class indicator. Environmental risk is embedded in the model, not appended to it.
Lifecycle Intelligence
Risk is tracked from sourcing through to end-of-life. No phase is treated as out of scope.
Built for the people who carry project responsibility.
DERES serves the professionals who need to understand not just what is happening, but what is likely to happen next — and who will be affected.
Project Managers
PMMaintain a live view of cascade risk across the full project network. Intervene before issues escalate.
Design Managers
DMUnderstand how design changes propagate through supply chains, standards, and community relationships.
Procurement Leads
PLAssess supplier transparency, labour risk, and material traceability as live network indicators.
Compliance & ESG Leads
ESGEmbed ethical, social, and environmental considerations directly into the project model — not as separate reports.
Risk visibility across every phase — from sourcing to end-of-life.
Material origin, supplier networks, labour conditions
Standards entanglement, change propagation, community impact
Quality trends, configuration histories, subcontractor risk
Logistics networks, traceability records, handover risk
Operational data, maintenance obligations, user communities
Circularity potential, ecological sensitivity, legacy obligations
DERES is currently seeking pilot partners in the following sectors
Engineering Consultancies
Infrastructure Owners
Main Contractors
Compliance & ESG Teams
Common questions about DERES.
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