GLENCOE
Group
Selected projects
Every case study on this page names the challenge, what we found, what we did, and what it saved. If we can't put a number on it, it doesn't go up.
01
Architectural · Complex geometry
Challenge
A cathedral ceiling over an open living space, with exposed steel carrying a mezzanine above it. Three suppliers priced the timber and the steel separately. None would own the junction.
What we did
We detailed the trusses and the steel off the same revision, redesigned the connection so it could be lifted as one assembly, and pre-fitted the plates in the shop.
[X] days
saved on site — one crane day instead of three, no on-site fabrication
02
Volume residential
Challenge
A volume builder running [X] starts a month was losing days at frame stage — deliveries arriving as a pile, chippies sorting instead of building.
What we did
We changed how we load. Frames marked and stacked in build sequence, delivered to a rolling schedule matched to their crew rotation, not our factory run.
[X] days
off the average frame-to-lockup cycle across [X] homes
03
Multi-residential
Challenge
A townhouse development with a site so tight there was no laydown area. A full delivery would have blocked the only access.
What we did
Staged deliveries, sequenced unit by unit, timed to the crane. Steel and timber arrived in the order they went up.
[X]
deliveries staged across [X] weeks — zero site shutdowns, zero double-handling
04
Commercial
Challenge
A commercial fit-out where the structural package sat across timber, steel and a services coordination nightmare. The builder was managing three suppliers and refereeing between them.
What we did
We took the whole structural package. One coordinator, one drawing set, one number to call. The refereeing stopped.
[X] RFIs
closed before they reached site — down from [X] on the builder's previous job
05
Industrial
Challenge
An industrial facility with long-span portal frames and a fixed handover date driven by a tenant's lease.
What we did
Fabricated in-house to a delivery programme built backwards from the crane schedule. Weekly progress against the programme, in writing.
[X] tonnes
delivered across [X] weeks — on the handover date, not near it
06
The one that went wrong
Challenge
[A real job where Glencoe made a mistake. A delivery was short, a truss was out, a revision was missed. Be specific. Name what went wrong.]
What we did
[What you did. Who called the builder, how fast, what it cost you to fix, and what you changed afterwards so it wouldn't happen again.]
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Content note
Case study titles, builders and figures above are structural placeholders showing the required shape. Each needs a real project, a named builder, at least one verified number, and photography. The sixth is deliberately a job that went wrong — publish it.