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Reports, methodologies, and field guides.

The frameworks we actually use on site, packaged for clients, partners, and anyone in the industry trying to deliver better work.

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Why we publish

The only way the industry
improves is together.

Each of these is a working document we've battle-tested on a live programme. We share them because we think the practice — and the buildings the practice produces — gets better when methods are public.

All resources are free. We ask for your details so we can tell you when a new edition lands and so we can answer follow-up questions from your team.

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Reports & whitepapers

Four publications, updated annually. Each runs 40–80 pages. Download links are sent within a minute of submission.

  • 01

    2026 Impact Report — 72 pages

    Our annual third-party-audited sustainability and social-value report. Embodied carbon by sector, TRIR by region, local-hire share, apprenticeship intake, materials provenance — every number we publish, with the methodology behind it. Download (PDF, 8.4 MB) →

    Cover of the 2026 Impact Report
  • 02

    Embodied Carbon Methodology — 48 pages

    The lifecycle-carbon framework we use on every commercial project. Module-by-module breakdown (A1–A5, B, C), assumptions, data sources, and how we set project-level targets. Used by three universities in their MSc curricula. Download (PDF, 5.1 MB) →

    Carbon methodology pages
  • 03

    Design-Build Rescue: A 30-Day Audit Framework — 36 pages

    How to evaluate a stalled or contested project before committing to a takeover. Schedule, contracts, payment, quality, and team — with the live questionnaires we use in week one. Download (PDF, 3.2 MB) →

    Audit framework on a tablet
  • 04

    Construction Cost Trends 2026 — 64 pages

    Quarterly market intelligence on materials, labour, and trade availability across the UK, EU, and North America. Includes our forward-looking 18-month forecasts and risk indices for major commodities. Download (PDF, 6.8 MB) →

    Cost trends report charts
On a live project

These aren't reference docs — they're the runbook

Our project directors keep these on their desks because they're the same documents we use to run a programme. The Embodied Carbon Methodology determines specs at brief stage. The 30-Day Audit Framework gates every rescue engagement. The Cost Trends report drives our risk register on every active tender.

If you'd like a working session with the authors — to apply the methodology to your project — that's what we mean when we say the resources are free.

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Project director referencing the methodology on site
Need something we don't publish?

Ask. We probably have it.

Lifecycle-cost templates, construction-stage carbon dashboards, supplier-code documentation, and a dozen other working tools live behind the scenes. If your team needs one, the press desk forwards the request to the relevant practice lead.

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