Specification Support

As early as possible – ideally during conceprt and early coordination (RIBA Stages 1–3). We typically add the most value when design intent is still forming and material choices can be tested to help reduce risk later in the project.

No. Early engagement is about exploring and understanding evidence-based design solutions. We support informed optioneering by providing verified data, engineering insight and practical guidance, while fully respecting your design leadership and decision-making.

Yes. Our EPD-backed product data is structured for early-stage comparison, allowing carbon to be considered alongside performance, safety and constructability.

No. While we will of course provide design and engineering support at Technical Design Stage 4, our preferred focus is on helping you reach that stage with fewer assumptions and greater confidence by supporting with early feasibility through to detailed design, specification and delivery.

The more context we have, the better we can support you — but engagement doesn’t need to be fully formed. Useful information typically includes:

• Drawings, sketches or marked-up layouts
• Intended use, loading requirements or access type
• Span information and support conditions
• Fire performance requirements
• Environmental or exposure conditions
• Any known interfaces with other systems (steel, concrete, M&E, balustrades, edge protection)

Even partial or early-stage information allows us to provide meaningful guidance and highlight key considerations from the outset.

Our composite systems are designed to integrate cleanly with the wider built environment. Our team can advise on typical support arrangements, fixing strategies and load transfer considerations. We can provide guidance on interfacing with structural steel, concrete, waterproofing systems, M&E penetrations, fire stopping, balustrading and edge protection. Coordinating these interfaces early will help ensure compatibility, maintain performance and avoid late-stage detailing conflicts that can introduce risk.

That’s entirely acceptable where stronger, more robust evidence becomes available. As designs develop and more detailed information emerges, earlier assumptions can naturally be tested and refined. If our data gives you greater confidence, we can support a structured review of previous decisions and help assess whether our d² product solutions are genuinely suitable for the application.

Our products are intelligently carbon engineered, with verified data that allows carbon, performance and buildability to be considered together. Our role is to provide clear, evidence-based insight, ensuring any change is well-reasoned, defensible and firmly in the best interests of the project.

Yes. Our systems are most often used in challenging environments, including exposed, corrosive or access-restricted locations. Early engagement allows environmental conditions and exposure classes to be properly considered in the design.

Our d² systems are supported by verified performance data covering structural behaviour, durability and carbon impact. This allows decisions to be made on evidence rather than assumption, supporting compliance and long-term performance.

Our CPDs are technical and practical, designed to build understanding of composite systems, their behaviour and appropriate use — supporting better informed design decisions over time.

Where others just supply materials, we supply clarity, accountability and evidence.

Every project is supported by an ecosystem of data, engineering insight and evidence that helps clients make clearer, safer and defensible decisions.

Our role is to provide the information and support you need to de‑risk design, strengthen compliance, evidence sustainability and have confidence that what you choose will perform as expected — not just on paper, but in the real world.

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