Ottawa / Canada · Est. 26+ years
Index/About
Independent
by design.
To help organizations make informed, defensible and financially sound investment decisions — through objective analysis, practical experience and decision-support tools we build ourselves.
01 The firm
The firm
First Porter provides advisory services and software that support the planning, evaluation and management of real property investments.
For more than 26 years we have specialized in real property asset management, investment decision analysis and capital planning.
Clients depend on us to bring clarity to complex investment decisions through established methodologies, analytical rigour and practical experience — and to produce recommendations that remain defensible long after the decision is made.
Real property asset management, investment decision analysis and capital planning.
Planned and executed real property investments our analysis has contributed to.
DOME™ and ARCH™, built and maintained in-house.
Discover and assess, develop and analyze, recommend and deliver.
02 What we do
Advisory, analysis, and the software behind both
Advisory
- Asset management plans
- Business case development
- Capital planning and investment strategies
- Portfolio analysis and optimization
Analysis
- Lifecycle cost analysis
- Risk and sensitivity assessments
- Investment prioritization
- Discounted cash flow and NPV
03 Why First Porter
Proven experience
More than 26 years supporting organizations in making informed real property investment decisions across a wide range of institutional environments.
Results that matter
Methodologies and recommendations contributing to more than $5 billion in planned and executed real property investments.
Decision analytics expertise
Effective investment planning requires more than intuition. We apply lifecycle costing, discounted cash flow analysis, sensitivity testing and risk assessment so alternatives can be compared with confidence.
Proprietary software
Unlike traditional consulting firms, we pair advisory services with tools we build and maintain — improving consistency, transparency and efficiency in capital investment planning.