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Longer reads on how we actually deliver projects, from the first pre-con meeting to the day the keys get handed over. Written by the people on site, not the marketing team.

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Planning a school extension without losing a term

Term-time delivery is a planning problem before it is a construction problem. Here is how we phase a live school job so the bell still rings on Monday morning.

2 June 2026 · 7 min read · Matthew Hall

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