Contractors

Miller Bourne works collaboratively with leading contracting firms on building projects that range from industrial, to education, residential and leisure

The best construction projects happen when talented teams work together in a spirit of partnership and transparency.

We have a long track record of work within contractor-led teams, which represents a major strand of our output. With an extensive portfolio of completed and ongoing projects, our work encompasses diverse building types and project sizes.

You’re in safe hands

As well as form, function and beauty, we understand that you need cost-effective, buildable and timely designs, produced in collaboration with your supply chain.

With often tight programmes and tight cost constraints, you want an architectural team that’s capable of ‘sharing the strain’ to help mitigate your commercial and technical pressures.

So, with every project, before delivering our package of works, we always:

  • Listen to our contractor clients to make sure we understand your key objectives and need for value
  • Fully accept, where required, and fulfil the design management role
  • Collaborate fully with your project team and proactively facilitate optimum design solutions
  • Share and support through our expertise on building regulations, MMC and sustainability
  • Ensure that the flow of information is correct, timely, and gets to the right people
  • Immerse ourselves in issues of buildability, risk and commercial viability
  • Work as equal partners with our project teams
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The building process is a team effort

Our highly skilled and experienced staff are used to developing well-coordinated designs with our consultant teams.

We also understand the need to provide value to your clients through early-stage analysis of the construction process and its programming, logistics, and health and safety issues. It can make all the difference between a project mired in delays and a project that comes in on time and within budget.

Our BIM expertise enables us reduce risk to the project programme, ensuring accuracy and coordination – including clash detection – throughout the design process to avoid problems on site and contribute to lower overall costs, less material waste, and faster project completion.

Feedback on our work with contractors regularly highlights our tenacious attention to detail! You can rely on us for high-quality design information, drawings and specifications that will allow you to create a well-coordinated building that’s both easy to tender and will avoid problems on site.

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What our contractor clients say

  • "Many architects are great at the concept or ideas and drawing the pretty pictures but less good at delivering it. We find Miller Bourne a safe pair of hands for both the detailing and the delivery. They will work with our team to make sure that what we've got is buildable and, importantly, that we've got all the information we need to be able to build it. They’re pragmatic and practical and produce aesthetic solutions that achieve buildability and affordability. Plus, they’re a friendly bunch. Their team knows how to develop trust and that in turn engenders confidence."
    Robert Atkinson, Head Of Design, Southern Home Counties, Morgan Sindall
  • “Miller Bourne figure among my A-list ‘go-to’ architecture practices. They’re always brilliant – brilliant at translating project requirements into buildable and aesthetically pleasing design solutions; brilliant at communicating with stakeholders, other consultants and us (as contractors), and brilliant at jumping straight onto things. We’ve worked with them on many schools and community projects. They're good at thinking outside the box and picking up the vibe from the client to meet their requirements whilst fitting with constraints. I’d also highlight how proactive and responsive they are with design changes (and the inevitable value engineering exercises…)."
    Jenine Sa Andrade, Design Manager, Baxall Construction
  • “As a main contractor, we’ve worked with Miller Bourne on schools and residential projects. They’re one of Brighton’s ‘blue-chip’ architect firms. Some architectural practices are susceptible to over-designing buildings, whereas Miller Bourne understand from the outset what a client needs and provide design solutions to suit those requirements. A good architect should be the focal point of the project and lead from the get-go and Miller Bourne are good at looking ahead to potential problems and mitigating them. They’re also technically thorough when it comes to the grunt and grind of delivery, with solid specifications from the start. They are easy to work with and they understand how to develop the right relationships with all parties, from the client team to the operatives on site.”
    Matt Kavanagh-Clarke, Managing Director, CBG Construction Ltd