Writing the technology brief for your next development?

Getting the smart building spec wrong at RIBA Stage 2 costs a lot more to fix at practical completion. We help you write it right the first time.
  • Sound familiar?

    You know the building needs to be smart, but no one has defined what that means for this project. Your design team is asking for a technology spec you don't have the in-house expertise to write. Three vendors have pitched three different platforms, with no easy way to compare them.

  • What we do

    We work alongside your project team from concept through to completion, translating "smart building" into a concrete, costed, deliverable brief. That means defining the tech stack for your development, benchmarking it against comparable buildings, and making sure what gets specified is what actually gets built, not a watered-down version once budgets tighten.

Technology focused roles within a project development team

Smart Champion

The client lead with clear aspirations for the development project.
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Digital Building Consultant

We put into action the Smart Champion’s technology aspirations. The strategies we create are critical to the MSI (Master Systems Integrator) and Commissioning Agent’s roles and, in turn, operationally successful technology.

Master System Integrator

MSIs provide the technical knowledge of siloed systems & data modelling. They ensure the system is set up correctly from the outset and are the glue that binds everything together with sub-contractors.
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Commissioning Agent

The Commissioning Agents focus on verifying that the systems are working properly in conjunction with the MSI.

Case Studies

Real-world applications of our digital strategies across leading developments.

Portfolio of 11 buildings totalling 525,000 sqft

White Rose Park is a unique mixed-use development on the gateway into Leeds City Centre.
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Ragged School, London

Unique refurbishment of former victorian warehouse - Trustek acting as a smart building consultant.
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One Valpy, Reading

Pre-acquisition due diligence support and competitive new technology tender process for FORMA's Reading property.
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Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada

Driving Innovation in Commercial Real Estate – Lessons Learned from Canada & the UK.
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Minerva Way, Glasgow

Trustek are supporting the creation of a technology strategy that supports the build to rent development from pre-designed stage through to completion in 2027.
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Portfolio of 7 buildings totalling 200,000 sqft

Morgan Capital have been proactively managing their energy consumption across their portfolio with a PropTech provider. However, they had challenges with the level of automation and reporting available and had been approached by several companies offering to install their technology across their managed portfolio.
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1 Basinghall Street, London

Digital Building Consultancy.
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TRIBE Student Accommodation

Trustek were brought in to deliver market leading digital experiences for students living within the TRIBE portfolio.
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What Our Clients Say

See how teams use Trustek to simplify audits, improve compliance, and manage building data with confidence
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TRIBE will deliver innovative accommodation not seen in the Central London market and working with Trustek has accelerated the digital strategy for our developments and future customers.

Duncan Palmer
Director, Student Housing

Buildings of the future need to be smart to ensure resident satisfaction and optimisation of the building operation in terms of energy efficiency.

Adam Forster
Development Manager, Redevco United Kingdom

Trustek helped expedite the procurement process, provided detailed information and comparison between the products to help us change our provider and deliver savings to our occupiers and increase the transparency of data for them.

Nick Grosse
Partner, Morgan Capital

Trustek helped expedite the procurement process, provided detailed information and comparison between the products to help us select a provider that can centralise the data across the buildings we currently occupy.

Eversheds Sutherland

Trustek were able to articulate what is possible within the development and the impact to the building from an independent perspective.

Oxygen Asset Management

At Munroe K we see Trustek as our strategic partner and extension of our team, to ensure that we continue to set the standard for asset management and technology innovation for Leeds.

Munroe K