Working-pattern review
Conversations with team leads, a walk through your current office and a look at attendance, so the brief reflects the real working week.
WHAT WE DO / WORKPLACE PLANNING
A clear brief.
A stronger starting point.
Understand how your team works before deciding how your office should look. Planning turns opinions about space into a brief everyone can agree on.
Let’s talk about your space ↗
Best for
Teams that are moving, growing, consolidating or rethinking how the office is used.
You leave with
A written brief, test-fit layouts and an agreed list of priorities.
Leads into
Interior design — or straight to a fit-out scope when the design is settled.
WHY PLAN FIRST
Decide what the space is for. Then decide how it looks.
Most office decisions that go wrong were settled too early: a desk count copied from the old office, a building chosen before the brief existed, a layout drawn around assumptions nobody checked.
Planning gives you evidence before commitment. It is the cheapest stage of the project to change your mind in, and the one that makes every later decision — design, budget, programme — easier to judge.
Talk to us about your project ↗SCOPE & DELIVERABLES
Everything you need to decide with confidence.
The scope is agreed with you at the start, so you know exactly what is included before work begins.
Space requirement schedule
A room-by-room and setting-by-setting list — desks, meeting rooms, focus rooms, storage, support spaces — with quantities you agree.
Building and site review
Check a current or shortlisted space against the brief: the core, columns, daylight, services and building rules that shape what will fit.
Test-fit layouts
Alternative layouts drawn on the real floor plate so you can compare trade-offs side by side rather than in the abstract.
Growth and flexibility scenarios
Show how the plan responds if headcount rises, attendance changes or a team moves — before it becomes a problem.
A written brief
Priorities, constraints, decisions made and questions still open, in one document your designers, landlord and finance team can all use.
THE PROCESS
How the work moves forward.
Each stage ends with something you can review and approve before the next one starts.
- 01 / LISTEN
Hear from the people who use the space.
Short interviews with leadership and team leads, and a walk through your current office to see what works and what is worked around.
You getA summary of needs and the questions the brief must answer.
- 02 / MEASURE
Put numbers behind the conversation.
Gather headcount, attendance patterns, meeting use and storage. Survey the space you have or the one you are considering.
You getA space requirement schedule you can test.
- 03 / TEST
Try the brief on the floor plate.
Draw layout options, compare them against your priorities, and check circulation, adjacencies and room for change.
You getTest-fit layouts with the trade-offs made visible.
- 04 / AGREE
Sign off a brief that will hold.
Settle the priorities, record the decisions and list what is still open, so design starts from common ground.
You getA written brief ready for design and budgeting.
QUESTIONS THE BRIEF SHOULD ANSWER
What good planning settles.
- How many people are in on a typical day — and on the busiest one?
- Which teams need to sit together, and which need quiet?
- How much of the work is focused, and how much is collaborative?
- What should a visitor see, hear and feel on arrival?
- How much storage is genuinely needed once paper and habits are reviewed?
- What happens to the plan if you grow, shrink or change how often people come in?
COME PREPARED
A useful first conversation.
None of this needs to be final. Bring what you have — we will help fill the gaps.
✓ A floor plan or approximate area
✓ Team size and working patterns
✓ Your priorities and non-negotiables
✓ A budget range and desired move date
FAQS
Questions we are often asked.
Something else on your mind? Ask us directly ↗
Do we need workplace planning if we have already chosen a space?＋
It is still useful. A test-fit on the space you have confirms what fits, highlights constraints early and gives your designers a brief instead of a guess.
Can you help us compare buildings before we sign a lease?＋
Yes. We can review shortlisted floor plates against your brief and show how each would lay out, so the comparison covers fit as well as rent.
What information do you need from us?＋
A floor plan or approximate area if you have one, current and expected headcount, how often people come in, and the priorities and constraints you already know about. We can help gather the rest.
Is planning available on its own?＋
Yes. You can take the brief and layouts to any designer or contractor. Many clients continue into interior design with us, but it is not required.
How does planning account for hybrid working?＋
By starting from attendance rather than headcount alone, and by balancing desks with the meeting, focus and social settings people come in for. The right mix depends on your team, not a fixed ratio.
RELATED SERVICES
Connected at every stage.
Each service stands on its own, and each is stronger with the others alongside it.
02 / DESIGN
Interior design
A design direction, space-by-space layouts and detailed specifications ready for pricing and build.
↗03 / BUILDBuild & fit-out
One accountable team for scope, programme, site works, services and a documented handover.
↗THE APPROACHHow we work
See how the brief, the design and the build stay connected from first meeting to move-in.
↗LET’S MAKE SPACE
Start your project brief ↗Start with a brief that holds.
Share a few details about your space and timing. We will come back with the questions that matter and a sensible next step.