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CrowdEx

The Art and Science of Crowd Experience

At DC Partnership, we know that understanding crowds isn’t just about movement. It’s about understanding the people within them. It’s about creating places that feel safe, comfortable and easy to use, where people and spaces work naturally together.

We work where function meets form, helping to shape how places operate and how they’re experienced. From stadiums and festivals to transport hubs, educational centres and public spaces, we collaborate with designers and planners to turn how people move into insights that make every journey smoother, safer and more intuitive.

Using the principles of crowd science, we shape plans that balance performance safety and experience, always tailored to what each project needs.

Making Crowd Movement Effortless

Getting crowd movement right is non-negotiable. At CrowdEx, it’s our speciality.

We bring expertise in behavioural insight, route analysis and crowd modelling to help you balance safety, efficiency and design integrity across events, venues and precincts.

Compliance alone isn’t enough when optimising people movement in complex environments. That’s why we go further delivering strategies that reduce congestion, improve accessibility, and create spaces that feel intuitive and welcoming.

Sub-services

CrowdEx provides services to help you design, plan and operate spaces with confidence. Our expertise includes:

Crowd Movement Strategies
Understanding how people move to maximise efficiency, comfort and safety during ingress, circulation and egress.
Defining safe capacities and identifying potential risks by analysing how crowds occupy and move through spaces.
Developing crowd management plans and reviewing emergency procedures for events of all types and sizes.
Developing crowd management plans and reviewing emergency procedures for events of all types and sizes.
Strategic planning for movement across mixed-use precincts, campuses and major transport interchanges.
Using data-driven simulations to validate performance under normal, peak and emergency conditions.
Using digital twin technology to model, monitor and optimise crowd movement in real time, enabling predictive insights and scenario testing.
Supporting organisers and operators with practical strategies for ingress, egress, wayfinding and emergency response.
Exploring emerging trends, behavioural insights and global best practices in crowd movement, safety and experience design. Our research helps clients stay ahead of change and evolving expectations.
Helping clients manage public messaging, operator training and coordination across stakeholders for major events and precincts.

Sub-services

Crowd Movement Strategies
Understanding how people move to maximise efficiency, comfort and safety during ingress, circulation and egress.
Defining safe capacities and identifying potential risks by analysing how crowds occupy and move through spaces.
Developing crowd management plans and reviewing emergency procedures for events of all types and sizes.
Developing crowd management plans and reviewing emergency procedures for events of all types and sizes.
Strategic planning for movement across mixed-use precincts, campuses and major transport interchanges.
Using data-driven simulations to validate performance under normal, peak and emergency conditions.
Using digital twin technology to model, monitor and optimise crowd movement in real time, enabling predictive insights and scenario testing.
Supporting organisers and operators with practical strategies for ingress, egress, wayfinding and emergency response.
Exploring emerging trends, behavioural insights and global best practices in crowd movement, safety and experience design. Our research helps clients stay ahead of change and evolving expectations.
Helping clients manage public messaging, operator training and coordination across stakeholders for major events and precincts.
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Ellie Anderson

General Manager

Ellie is the powerhouse behind DC Partnership’s financial, operational and people performance. With over a decade of experience in consultancies, startups and corporate environments, she’s a master at combining big-picture strategy with hands-on problem-solving. Since joining DC Partnership in 2021, Ellie has streamlined operations, expanded the company’s footprint and kept everything running smoother than ever. A champion of diversity, inclusion and female leadership, Ellie is all about creating a workplace where everyone feels valued—and where no challenge is too big to tackle.