While businesses have spent five years revolutionising hybrid working and workplace strategy, the way office spaces are procured remains stuck in a pre-pandemic time warp. In today’s volatile market, sticking to traditional, sequential procurement models often means project risks and massive budget overruns (frequently 20% to 30% above expectations) are discovered far too late, stripping quality out of the final design.

In the article, Kristoff references exactly how we work at Woodalls to solve this problem. By bringing delivery expertise, cost certainty, and supply chain intelligence into the conversation much earlier, we eliminate costly surprises before designs are locked in. Kristoff highlights our rapid delivery of Trainline’s 60,000 sq. ft London headquarters as a prime example of the Woodalls approach in action, proving that integrating design and commercial realities from the outset guarantees speed and quality without shortcuts.

Read Kristoff’s full featured article in Estates Gazette to see how the Woodalls model protects your workplace investment below.

The office has changed, now procurement needs to catch up | Estates Gazette