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001Strategic Project Integration Partner · UK residential development

Cost certainty before detailed design is committed.

Start with an Integration Strategy →How an engagement works →

We engage at RIBA Stage 0–1, before procurement is committed, so the project is set up against a cost it can actually deliver, on a route that fits.

One integrator. Every stage. Every interest aligned.

002The case for integration

Most projects commit to a number after detailed design. We set a supply-chain-informed cost basis before.

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A cost basis drawn from the supply chain that will do the work.

The cost basis is drawn from the supply chain that will carry out the work, not from industry averages applied to a sketch. Design develops against a number that is real, and that holds up under inflationary pressure and the cost demands of the post-Building Safety Act environment.

Integration Strategy →
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Your procurement route, supported.

The strategy shapes a route to your constraints: funding, programme, governance, risk appetite. We do not impose a delivery model. We make the chosen one work.

How it works →
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Less rework. Less waste. Faster programme.

Specification compliance, manufacturability, and regulatory assurance are resolved at RIBA Stage 0–1 rather than rediscovered at RIBA Stage 4. Fewer change orders. Fewer interface gaps. A preconstruction and construction phase that moves at the pace it was planned to move.

Why Pyramid-IO →

“ Engineered inputs. De-risked outputs. A project set up to hold from RIBA Stage 1 forward.
Pyramid-IO.”

003The environment we work in

A residential sector under regulatory and inflationary pressure.

BSA

A heightened regulatory environment.

The Building Safety Act 2022 raised the bar for evidenced competency, documented decision-making, and assurance from Gateway 2 through to occupation. The bar is the starting line, not the destination.

14%

Cost inflation mitigation through early supply chain engagement.

Private housing cost inflation has moderated from a peak of 15.3% in 2022 to 2.0% in late 2025, but BCIS forecasts a further 14% rise in building costs over the five years to 2031. The constraint has shifted from headline inflation to delivery capacity and coordination discipline.

0–1

Integration as the way through.

An MMC-led supply chain and an integrated design team, engaged at RIBA Stage 0–1, produce a strategy that holds up against both pressures: cost, manufacturability, procurement clarity, and assurance, brought into one plan.

004The evidence

The case for integration is not a Pyramid-IO claim. It is the literature.

01 · Trust & Productivity Toolkit
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Five practices that integrate a project.

“Those following the guidance will be adopting practices and processes that establish a collaborative team at the outset, encourage early supply chain engagement, drive standardisation and modern methods of construction, create mutually beneficial contracting arrangements, and ensure a strong and capable supply chain.”

– Trust & Productivity Toolkit, Construction Leadership Council (2022)
constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk
02 · Get It Right Initiative
21%
‣ 78%

The cost of getting delivery wrong.

“The cost of avoidable error in UK construction is estimated at around 21% of project value -  and 78% of it traces to design changes, errors, and omissions.”

– Get It Right Initiative
getitright.uk.com
03 · Constructing the Gold Standard
18.5%

The value of getting integration right.

“Framework alliance contracts independently reviewed by King’s College London for the Cabinet Office achieved efficiency savings averaging 18.5%, alongside improvements in quality, safety, social value and environmental value.”

– Constructing the Gold Standard, Prof. David Mosey · KCL (2022)
gov.uk/constructing-the-gold-standard
005How we work

We work with clients who share the ambition for better value and quality.

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