We build ourselves to develop better relationships with the people we work with, the architects and the contractors, so that we spend less time with lawyers and more time building buildings.

We do it to manage the risk ourselves. To get the quality right, to be sure that the bricks and the concrete are as good in real life as they are in the architects’ dreams.

We’re pretty good at it too and have built a lot so far: over £500 million of buildings, over 1 million sq ft of commercial floor space, and over £100 million of new homes.