Re-Structured launches Fortify to cut costs and carbon in UK construction

A new entrant to the UK construction sector is promising to help contractors, consultants and clients deliver leaner, more efficient projects by stripping out unnecessary structural costs.

Re-Structured, founded by the team behind Blue Engineering, has launched Fortify – a specialist tender-package review system designed to identify overspecification at tender stage, reduce inefficiencies, and unlock savings in both cost and carbon.

Unlike traditional “value engineering” exercises, which can compromise quality, Fortify combines automation, data analysis, and professional expertise to streamline building structures without undermining design intent, compliance or safety. Steelwork and foundations are the most common areas of waste, with material use often cut by as much as 50 per cent.

The system was developed out of Blue Engineering’s experience of seeing quality designs undercut by cheaper but often poorly conceived alternatives. To demonstrate the commercial value of precision engineering, the team began reviewing competitors’ designs on a no-win, no-fee basis. The process proved so effective that it has now been developed into a standalone business.

Fortify is already being applied to live projects, with savings identified in the majority of cases. In one London scheme, Re-Structured’s review uncovered significant overspecification, recommending targeted investigative work and a leaner redesign. The revised scheme removed 4,200kg of steel and 10,000kg of concrete, delivering estimated savings of £20,000 and cutting 8,700kg of CO₂ emissions.

To coincide with the launch, Re-Structured has published The Real Cost of Over-Design, a report analysing 50 recent tender-package reviews. It found that significant savings were possible in 85% of cases. Steelwork consistently offered the greatest opportunity for reduction, with average weight savings of 20 per cent, while reinforced concrete was frequently found to be outside optimal ranges. The report highlights how factors such as software defaults, conservative safety margins and lack of cost awareness among design professionals have contributed to unnecessary material use and inflated budgets.

James Nevin, co-founder of Re-Structured, said: “By embedding Fortify into workflows, contractors and consultants can protect architectural intent while improving commercial margins and environmental performance. Our latest report shows the scale of the problem but also the scale of the opportunity. It is a way of unlocking savings that are already there, simplifying structures, removing unnecessary complexity, and cutting cost and carbon in the process.”

The initial review is offered free of charge. If savings are identified, Re-Structured partners with design teams to deliver revised specifications. Reviews typically take one day, with smaller projects turned around in 48 hours and larger ones in under three weeks.

Fortify is most effective between RIBA Stages 4 and 5, up to the point of ordering materials. It is already being used by project managers, developers, quantity surveyors, architects and business owners as part of their pre-construction protocols.

Re-Structured is now expanding partnerships across the sector and has already begun embedding Fortify into the tendering processes of several firms. The company’s ambition is for the system to become a standard step in UK procurement within the next two years, unlocking both financial and environmental value at scale.