Latest thinking
Our thinking on design, delivery and the decisions that shape complex projects.
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In a traditional process, specialist contractors arrive after the design is set. Backbone™ brings M&E, structural and modular specialists in at concept stage, so their input shapes routing, access, sequencing, lead-time strategy and buildability while the design can still move.
Read on LinkedIn — Involve the people who will build it, while the design can still change.
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Our scope includes technical review, feasibility, design, engineering and progressive budgeting — bringing cost, programme, buildability and delivery thinking into the process from the outset, so the client holds more control before the project is locked in.
Read on LinkedIn — Appointed to support a new technical project in Paris.
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Projects rarely go over budget at tender. Tender is usually the point where the problem becomes visible. Buildability, market pricing and specialist knowledge need to shape the design while it can still move — not after it has been issued for tender.
Read on LinkedIn — Tender reveals the problem. It did not create it.
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A strong design is only valuable if it survives contact with procurement, construction, commissioning and operation. Voltarra connects technical intent with the cost, programme, supply chain and buildability decisions required to deliver it.
Read on LinkedIn — Thinking like a design firm. Delivering like a construction company.Talk to Voltarra about the technical, commercial and delivery decisions that need to be resolved before they reach site.
