Residential preconstruction has changed significantly since the Building Safety Act and the Gateway regime for higher-risk buildings. What used to be a sector defined by repetitive units and standardisation is now also a sector defined by competent-person regimes, golden-thread documentation and a much sharper focus on fire safety design. Our work reflects that shift.

Where projects fall within scope of the HRB definition, we structure preconstruction around evidencing the Gateway 2 submission (cladding build-ups, compartmentation strategy, second staircase provisions where applicable) alongside the more conventional cost and programme work. Where projects sit outside scope, the discipline still applies. We model unit mix against GIA targets, test private-versus-affordable tenure splits against the contract structure (pepper-potting has real procurement consequences), and interrogate the façade and superstructure decision early because it cascades into everything else: programme, scaffold strategy, MMC viability and the sales programme that ultimately funds the scheme.