Commercial Offices & Workplaces
Commercial workplaces, delivered to perform
Independent construction consultancy for office towers, Cat A and Cat B fit-out, and occupied refurbishment. We protect programme, cost, and tenant relationships from first appraisal to handover.
The commercial brief
Every commercial decision is a letting decision
A commercial building only earns when it is let, and it is only let when it performs — against the BCO specification, against energy standards, and against what an occupier can picture themselves working in. Construction is the means; lettability is the point.
We act for landlords, developers, investors, and occupiers as an independent client-side consultancy. That independence means our advice serves your asset and your programme — not a contractor’s margin. From feasibility and cost planning through occupied construction to handover, we hold the line on quality, cost certainty, and the tenant relationships that protect future income.
Where we add value
- Independent of the supply chain
- Advice measured against your asset, never a contractor's commercial position.
- Fluent in occupied delivery
- Construction managed around live tenancies without eroding relationships.
- Cost certainty, early
- Realistic budgets and value engineering before commitments are made.
- Compliance as standard
- CDM 2015, Building Regulations, BREEAM, and MEES held throughout.
Capabilities
Built for the realities of the commercial market
Office towers & headquarters
Shell-and-core delivery and major refurbishment of multi-storey office stock, including facade, vertical transportation, and base-building M&E serving multiple tenants.
Cat A & Cat B fit-out
Landlord Cat A works that make a floor lettable, and tenant Cat B workspace delivery — partitioning, technology, and brand, benchmarked to the BCO Guide to Specification.
Occupied refurbishment
Construction alongside live tenancies — acoustic and dust control, maintained fire strategy, out-of-hours services, and proactive tenant liaison that protects relationships.
Multi-building programmes
Phased delivery across estates and business parks, sequenced around lease events and EPC improvement so no more of the portfolio is in construction than the business can absorb.
Track record
Outcomes that protect income
Cat B fit-out delivered across three occupied floors of a Grade A Manchester tower — with zero formal complaints from adjacent tenants.
Business-park refurbishment programme improved from EPC G to EPC B across every building, phased around live tenant leases.
EPC improvement programmes structured now for the rising minimum standard, protecting lettability before the deadline bites.
How we deliver
An integrated consultancy for commercial delivery
Each discipline stands alone or combines into a single accountable team. Explore the services behind our commercial work.
In our clients’ words
“Construction took place while the floors above and below remained fully occupied. Their out-of-hours coordination and tenant liaison delivered the project without a single formal complaint.”
“They phased the works around existing leases and managed EPC improvements from G to B across every building, with no more than two buildings in construction at any time.”
Commercial questions
What clients ask us about commercial projects
Category A brings a shell-and-core floor to a marketable standard — raised floors, suspended ceilings, basic M&E distribution, fire protection, and neutral finishes. It creates a blank canvas, and is typically the landlord's responsibility. Category B is the tenant's own fit-out installed on top: partitioning, meeting rooms, reception, kitchen, technology, and brand identity.
We develop occupied building management plans covering restricted working hours, acoustic hoarding, dust containment with negative air pressure, maintained fire compartmentation and escape routes, phased building-services shutdowns out of hours only, and coordinated goods-lift access. Tenant communication is managed proactively throughout.
The British Council for Offices Guide to Specification is the industry benchmark for commercial office quality, defining standards for floor-to-ceiling heights, floor loading, power provision, cooling capacity, lighting levels, and common-area design. We reference it throughout design review and construction to ensure offices meet market expectations and lettability requirements.
The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards currently require a minimum EPC rating of E for commercial lettings, with proposals to raise this to C by 2027 and B by 2030. Non-compliant buildings cannot be legally let. We manage EPC improvement programmes including fabric upgrades, M&E improvements, and renewable installations to achieve target ratings.
Yes — from both landlord and tenant perspectives, following the RICS Dilapidations Protocol: initial condition survey, schedule review, cost assessment, negotiation support, and reinstatement works management. Early assessment can reduce tenant exit costs significantly, while robust documentation protects landlord reinstatement claims.
Yes. We specialise in phased delivery across multiple floors or buildings — sequencing construction to minimise disruption, maintaining services to occupied areas, coordinating tenant decants, and delivering each phase to a self-contained completion while maintaining continuity across the wider programme.
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Planning a commercial project?
Whether it is a single-floor fit-out, an occupied tower refurbishment, or an estate-wide EPC programme, we will tell you plainly what it takes to deliver it well. Speak to our commercial team.
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