Resources & Publications
Frameworks, diagnostics, and field tools for systems that must continue functioning after external support ends.
This is where the EDGE5 methodology is defined, tested, and applied.
Operational Assessment Frameworks
A set of institutional frameworks used to assess operational readiness, capacity, and continuity — before commitment, during implementation, and after handover. Applied internally by leadership; not a substitute for full diagnostic engagement.
Pre-Implementation Readiness & Continuity Assessment
Structured review of design assumptions, operating conditions, and continuity exposure before resources are committed.
Download PDF →EDGE5 Operational Continuity Framework
The foundational framework defining the conditions under which a system continues to operate after external support is withdrawn.
Download PDF →EDGE5 Operational Capacity & Continuity Framework
Defines the operating capacity boundaries within which a system can function under sustained real-world load.
Download PDF →EDGE5 Operational Continuity Review
Executive-level review document for assessing the continuity position of operating systems post-deployment.
Download PDF →The EDGE5 Survival Gates
Threshold conditions a system must satisfy to remain operational once external support is no longer available.
Download PDF →Observations from real systems.
Short technical insights drawn from field experience. These are not articles. They are design observations from systems under real conditions.
Designing for the worst reliable month
Systems fail in the dry season, not the average season. Design to the constraint — not the mean.
Carry vs flow
Labour determines whether systems are maintained. If maintenance requires carrying water or tools over distance, it will not be sustained.
Why distance kills gardens
Placement determines long-term survival. A system outside the daily movement path will not be maintained without external motivation.
Water is access, not rainfall
Storage and proximity define usability. A system that depends on rainfall assumptions is not a water system — it is a gamble.
David Spicer
Doc Spice Landscape & Water Restoration
EDGE5 works in partnership with David Spicer, a land restoration specialist with deep field experience in water harvesting, earthworks, and landscape rehydration. David trained directly under Bill Mollison and managed Mollison's farm — then Geoff Lawton's — implementing the physical systems that make land restoration work at scale.
EDGE5 provides the system design framework and implementation methodology. Specialist earthworks and landscape restoration implementation capability is engaged where required for large-scale water and terrain systems.
docspice.life →- Dam design, swales, and water harvesting structures
- Land restoration and rehydration earthworks
- Road and access design for working landscapes
- Field experience spanning Australia, Morocco, and New Caledonia
Most systems are measured at delivery.
EDGE5 measures systems after support ends.
If your system had to operate without support — would it?