A package that answers back.
A reviewer should not have to guess at the intervention, budget exposure, measure of success or path to a decision. This is the structure Northway aims to put on the table.
first reading.
Not a promise of impact.
A method to find out.
A serious pilot proposal should be small enough to challenge before it starts and clear enough to evaluate afterward. It is not designed to bypass the institution’s own review or approval processes.
What sits
behind the idea.
The exact contents depend on the operating environment, but the core decision questions do not.
Request a proposal briefProblem definition and field evidence
Condition, affected assets or area, observation method, reference photos and limitations of available information.
Scope and permissions
Location, duration, exclusions, owner responsibilities, interfaces, dependencies and required approvals.
Budget and implementation logic
Labour, materials, deployment assumptions, contingency, and a distinction between estimates and approved amounts.
Measures and verification
Baseline, leading indicators, success criteria, data quality, comparison and practical failure conditions.
Decision and close-out
What the evidence supports, what remains uncertain, who decides, and whether to proceed, revise, repeat, or stop.
Know what the test
is meant to settle.
Illustrative evaluation design for the proposed streetlight identification pilot—not a result or an institutional performance claim.
| Question | Evidence sought | Possible interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| Does the ID help the report identify the right asset? | Correct pole-ID citation, before and after | Improvement / no material change / inconclusive |
| Can field crews use the treatment? | Legibility checks, installation records and feedback | Accept / redesign / reject the treatment |
| Does the intervention fit operational constraints? | Installation effort, reversibility and incident observations | Viable for further review / not viable |
No result is presented here. Actual thresholds, sample design and measurement methods require agreement before deployment.