Projects

Our projects reflect the breadth and depth of experience we bring to every commission. From complex infrastructure programmes and large-scale retail rollouts to community-led regeneration and education estate management, we have supported public bodies, private developers and small businesses across the UK and internationally. Whether acting as strategic advisor, client representative, employer's agent or cost manager, we combine rigorous technical expertise with practical, hands-on delivery to help our clients achieve their goals with confidence. The work showcased here represents our commitment to strong governance, clear communication and measurable outcomes , whatever the sector, scale or challenge.

EDUCATION

Our education experience spans universities, secondary and primary schools, as well as capital programme management.

Nigel has served as a strategic advisor to a major London university, strengthening governance, addressing short‑term resourcing challenges and setting out a clear roadmap for improved programme performance. He has represented a client on a complex, live secondary school site, helping to achieve ambitious sustainability targets, including BREEAM Excellent, through innovative low‑energy design solutions.

Nigel has also managed the delivery of a new primary school, coordinating full fit‑out through direct client procurement with specialist contractors and suppliers, and integrating a land transaction into the overall funding strategy. He has led capital programme management for proposed school programmes, shaping robust business cases, redesigning multidisciplinary teams and establishing effective public‑private partnerships, all focused on continuous improvement and clear outcomes for learners.

CULTURAL & COMMUNITY

We have extensive experience delivering community-focused projects for churches and local neighbourhoods across the UK. Nigel’s work includes transforming a Victorian ballroom into a modern community centre, combining extensions, heritage restoration and upgraded building services, and delivering the scheme in line with Section 106 obligations to support new housing. For Baptist and Evangelical churches, Roland has led project and cost management for mixed-use developments that integrate new worship space with housing, care accommodation and student residences, from early feasibility and development agreements through to procurement, delivery and fit out. Nigel has also supported churches developing new mission models, such as combining worship space with a community café, helping to define the brief, identify and adapt suitable buildings, and manage structural upgrades and specialist fit out to create welcoming, flexible environments. Across all projects, we assemble and lead multidisciplinary teams, ensuring robust cost control, strong governance and clear alignment with both client and community objectives.

RESIDENTIAL

We have extensive residential experience spanning city-centre regeneration, speculative housing and affordable homes. As Project Director, Nigel led fast-track masterplanning for a mixed-use city-centre redevelopment, coordinating specialists and technical studies to unlock planning consent for high-rise residential towers on constrained podium sites. In development management, Roland has appraised multiple speculative housing sites, testing viability and preparing schemes for planning and construction. Acting as Employer’s Agent on a major regeneration within an Enterprise Zone, Nigel represented the client under a Development Agreement, ensuring effective contract implementation and the phased delivery of affordable homes. This role included overseeing delivery across six plots in a historic setting, maintaining rigorous control of cost, risk and programme throughout.

HOSPITALITY & LEISURE

We deliver complex leisure projects across sport and hospitality, combining rigorous project and cost management with sensitive stakeholder engagement and heritage stewardship. In the UK, Nigel has led the delivery of a major sports facility within a Grade I listed building, managing a large multidisciplinary team and tightly controlling risk, resources and client relationships as scope and value significantly expanded. Our hotel experience includes Nigel’s management of the phased refurbishment of a 700-room city-centre hotel, coordinating front-of-house refresh and back-of-house reconfiguration while maintaining operations, supported by robust issue tracking and disciplined change control. Internationally, Nigel directed the transformation of a large historic estate in Spain into a luxury resort within a UNESCO-listed area, navigating complex licensing, environmental protection and cultural heritage constraints from pre-acquisition due diligence through to long-term delivery. He has also advised on joint venture hotel portfolios, assessing redevelopment potential, delivery risk and operator capability to unlock value and reposition assets.

RETAIL

We have delivered large-scale retail programmes across the UK, acting as client representative on multi-site rollouts and complex refurbishments. Roland’s experience includes 30 new store fit outs, three new-build shell developments and six major refurbishments, including significant store extensions, all coordinated through integrated project teams drawn from a pre-established national supply chain. Through long-term relationships with more than 150 suppliers, he has developed volume procurement strategies that delivered consistency, speed and cost efficiency while protecting brand standards. Internationally, Nigel has advised on a retail development in a highly sensitive historic context, leading technical due diligence and feasibility studies for the transformation of a multiplex into a shopping centre close to Milan’s Duomo. This role involved coordinating international specialist input, engaging with local stakeholders and family offices, and rigorously assessing legal, technical and heritage constraints to unlock a viable retail opportunity.

TECHNOLOGY

Nigel was responsible for the delivery of Cost Management services across three sites, for one of the world’s largest providers. Leadership of Cost Management team, comprising Spanish Technical Architects and Engineers. Upskilling team to deliver to USA requirements, including complex procurement approach, linked to globally benchmarked standards. Leveraging in knowledge and skills from American & Irish colleagues and creating a model for other European offices to follow

BLUE LIGHT

OFFICES

We support financial and corporate clients with specialist real estate and workplace projects. For a bank in Gibraltar, Nigel managed the rationalisation of its retail presence, refocusing it on high-net-worth clients and overseeing the consolidation of office and high-street premises from options appraisal and feasibility through to detailed design and construction delivery. His role included coordinating specialist subcontractors, directing move management and liaising closely with the landlord to relinquish surplus space while maintaining operational continuity. As fund monitor for a German investor with commercial assets across Spain, Nigel reviewed delivery arrangements, assessed processes and procedures, tracked progress and risk, and provided clear reporting to ensure the lender’s interests were protected. Across these commissions, he has combined technical due diligence, risk-focused monitoring and practical project management to help clients optimise portfolios and reduce operating costs.

PROCUREMENT SUPPORT

We specialise in public sector framework procurement, helping local authorities secure robust, compliant routes to market across highways, housing, civic buildings and schools. Our experience includes developing toolkit-based approaches for highways alliances and procuring maintenance and repair frameworks for numerous county and borough councils, ensuring consistency, transparency and value for money. We have also established consultant and contractor frameworks covering construction, improvement and lifecycle maintenance for education and civic estates, giving clients flexible access to pre-qualified supply chains. Alongside client-side work, we act as a “critical friend” to contractors, providing independent bid reviews for major framework tenders and helping teams refine their strategy, responses and evidence. Having completed more than 30 such reviews, we understand the expectations of both buyers and bidders, enabling us to strengthen submissions and improve win rates while maintaining full compliance with procurement regulations.

SPECIALIST SERVICES

We provide specialist advisory and planning services that help public bodies and small businesses improve performance and deliver projects with confidence. For local authorities, we develop cost comparisons, benchmarking and improvement strategies, and support the rationalisation of in-house service delivery, including workforce deployment, operational arrangements and geographic coverage. We also act as small business advisors, reviewing operations for contractors and specialist suppliers, strengthening branding, marketing and business development so they can secure new clients and opportunities. Our planning support includes creating detailed Gantt-based programmes for civil engineering and construction projects, baselining and tracking progress across multiple parties and integrating change control within tight procedural timescales. By combining strategic review, practical business advice and robust scheduling, we help clients unlock efficiency, manage risk and maintain clear, timely information throughout project delivery.

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