Today’s buildings and infrastructure shape tomorrow’s world. That’s why we’re making it easier for our clients to understand and achieve greener choices and sustainable value across the life of their projects.
With the building and construction sector responsible for a significant proportion of global carbon emissions, waste and energy consumption, we all have an opportunity – and a responsibility – to embrace change and build a more sustainable future.
We provide independent, cost-effective, realistic and achievable sustainability advice to building owners and managers. Harnessing the power of data and technology, our services span sustainability strategy, embodied carbon management, green building certification and net zero planning, helping clients make faster and better decisions at every stage. By integrating carbon assessment, operational expenditure analysis and cost planning, we help clients balance sustainability objectives with commercial outcomes and create practical pathways to decarbonisation.
Sustainability and energy management
Any asset can be updated, retrofitted and futureproofed to operate more sustainably. We undertake energy and water audits and develop management plans to optimise performance across the long life of a building, complemented by sustainability and energy management training to build capability within our clients’ teams.
Our sustainability perspective goes beyond energy and water. We work with clients on lifecycle costing, carbon footprint assessments, green advocacy and upgrade management, turning upfront investment into long-term value. Through our Soft Landings service, we provide independent commissioning support to protect our clients’ interests and ensure assets perform to their full potential from day one. We also support clients in developing sustainability strategies that align environmental objectives with commercial priorities, establishing measurable targets and delivering long-term value across assets and portfolios.
Embodied carbon management
Reducing embodied carbon is an urgent global challenge and crucial for achieving net zero. As quantity surveyors and cost consultants, one of our key roles is the cost planning and estimating of projects during the pre-contract stage. This involves measuring quantities for key project elements across civil, infrastructure and commercial developments, providing the foundation for accurate cost planning and estimating while enabling the calculation of upfront carbon emissions. Working alongside design teams from the earliest stages, we help clients understand the carbon implications of design decisions and evaluate options relating to materials, structural systems and building services.
We assist clients in establishing reference design benchmarks, enabling us to determine the potential cost impact of achieving defined carbon targets. Through option analysis and collaboration with project teams, we identify practical opportunities to reduce embodied carbon while maintaining project outcomes. On previous projects, we have achieved embodied carbon reductions ranging from 20% to 50%.
Our net zero strategy work covers the full picture: identifying and quantifying emissions, assessing energy efficiency measures, reviewing plant replacement options and electrical infrastructure, evaluating electrification opportunities, and developing net zero roadmaps including renewable energy procurement strategies. We have developed a proprietary Embodied Carbon Dashboard that provides real-time analytics to measure, monitor and track embodied carbon throughout the design and construction process. By benchmarking performance against agreed targets, it enables project teams to identify carbon reduction opportunities early and make informed, data-driven decisions throughout project delivery.
Our Sustainability Commercial Solutions
Our team provides independent, cost effective, realistic and achievable sustainability advice to building owners and managers.
- Green Advocacy
- Upgrade Management
- Lifecycle Costing
- Soft Landings Service
- Energy and Water Auditing and Management Planning
- Sustainability and Energy Management Training
- Carbon Footprint Assessments and Management
- Net Zero and Electrification Strategy
