by Colin Wood | Oct 6, 2026 | Insights
One of the things I’ve learnt from office fit-out and refurbishment projects is that the decisions that cause the biggest disruption are not always the ones that look significant at the time. Moving a meeting room wall is a good example. On a test fit, it can look... 
by Colin Wood | Sep 29, 2026 | Insights
One of the most common problems I see on workplace projects happens before the design has really started. Someone asks what the budget is and the answer comes back as something like £5m. Everybody then carries on as though they are talking about the same number, but... by Colin Wood | Sep 22, 2026 | Insights
For the last few years, the debate around office attendance has largely been framed as a people and workplace issue. How many days should employees come in? Should attendance be mandated? What type of environment will encourage people back? Those questions matter, but... by Colin Wood | Sep 15, 2026 | Insights
How to make the right commercial decision when refurbishing an existing workplace There are good reasons why reuse should be considered before replacement on any refurbishment or fit-out project. Keeping existing materials and building components can reduce embodied... by Colin Wood | Sep 8, 2026 | Insights
Clients understandably want certainty before they commit to construction. If a project is forecast to cost £5m, the leadership team needs confidence that the figure is not simply the best estimate available at the time, but a number that has been tested against the...