Case studies

What building intelligence looks like in practice.

Real projects. Real buildings. Each case study shows the starting problem, the evidence captured, the decision it enabled and the result.

Commercial retail

The Howard Centre

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire

The Howard Centre is a multi-tenant retail destination adjacent to Welwyn Garden City railway station. Savills, as managing agent, needed a current condition assessment of the external building envelope to inform planned maintenance and support the service charge budget.

Decision enabled

A defensible service-charge budget submission and forward maintenance programme, backed by a full-envelope baseline.

237

Waypoints captured

<2hrs

Total time on site

Full envelope

Coverage achieved

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Commercial

Kinetic Business Centre

Borehamwood, Hertfordshire

Kinetic Business Centre is a multi-occupancy commercial property in Borehamwood. The building owner needed a current assessment of the external envelope, particularly the roof, to inform maintenance planning and provide documented evidence of building condition for tenant and insurance purposes.

Decision enabled

Evidence-led capital planning plus documented condition data for lease and insurance discussions.

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Education

St Michael’s C of E Primary School

Woolmer Green, Hertfordshire

St Michael’s is a Church of England primary school in Hertfordshire. The school needed a condition assessment of its external building envelope, but school buildings present specific inspection challenges: access must not disrupt the school day, safeguarding policies restrict who can be on site and when, and budgets are tightly constrained.

Decision enabled

A factual maintenance and capital-funding case without disrupting teaching or compromising safeguarding.

383

Images captured

1 visit

During school day

Zero

Disruption to teaching

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Health and social care

Curaa Care Homes

Residential care provider, multiple heritage buildings

Curaa operates residential care homes housing vulnerable adults. The buildings date from the early 1800s to the Victorian period and have had multiple updates and additions over many years under different owners. They are occupied around the clock, every day of the year. Any inspection method involving scaffolding, noise, or restricted access has a direct impact on residents’ wellbeing and daily routines.

Decision enabled

A consistent portfolio baseline for planned investment, regulatory oversight and future acquisitions.

Multiple

Care homes inspected

Zero

Disruption to residents

ATC cleared

Stansted FRZ site

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Grocery

Asda

Multi-site office and retail portfolio inspection

Asda instructed Ovrsite to conduct inspections across a mix of office and retail sites. Each site has different building typologies, different ages of construction, and different access constraints, but the portfolio required consistent, comparable data to inform maintenance planning and capital expenditure decisions across the estate.

Decision enabled

Like-for-like portfolio prioritisation and contractor accountability across live retail and office sites.

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