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Providing insights to occupiers, developers, and landlords across EMEA to help them save time and money while creating high-quality, efficient, brand-aligned spaces.
Office Fit-Out Programme: Why Layout Matters
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...
Office Fit-Out Budget: What Should It Include?
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...
Office Attendance and Workplace Investment Decisions
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...
Reuse in Office Refurbishment: When It Adds Value
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...
What Does 95% Cost Certainty Actually Require?
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...
Why Procurement Strategy Should Follow the Risk
Learn how to choose an office fit-out procurement strategy based on programme, design maturity, cost certainty and risk rather than standard company policy.
The Most Expensive Changes Are Often Decisions That Haven’t Been Made Yet
Late client decisions can create redesign, delay and additional cost. Learn how better briefing, governance and change control can protect an office fit-out budget.
Why £/sq ft Can Be a Dangerous Way to Set a Budget
One of the first questions I am often asked when somebody is considering an office project is, “What should I allow per square foot?” It is a perfectly reasonable question, and £/sq ft benchmarking is a useful way of getting an initial sense of likely expenditure. We...
Before Signing an Office Lease, How Much Should You Know About the Fit-Out Cost?
Finding the right office is normally treated as a property decision first and a project decision second. The rent works. The location works. The floorplate looks about right. The landlord incentive is attractive. Then the deal progresses. Only later does somebody...
Letters of Intent in Construction: The Risks Every Client Should Understand
Tne of the biggest commercial disputes I was involved with was in my early career and started with what appeared to be a perfectly sensible decision. The planning consent had finally been granted after a lengthy delay. The client was under considerable political...
About this blog
Providing insights to occupiers, developers, and landlords across EMEA to help them save time and money while creating high-quality, efficient, brand-aligned spaces.