United Kingdom Metric from the outset, not converted.
British joinery is drawn in metric, specified against BS conventions and tendered on measured quantities. Every one of those differs from how North American work is documented, and a package that gets any of them wrong tells a quantity surveyor exactly where it came from.
What this market expects
- Metric throughout, including the schedules.
- Not converted from imperial. Converted dimensions produce awkward numbers that a joiner notices immediately.
- BS conventions and BWF practice.
- BS 1186 governs timber quality and workmanship in joinery, and the British Woodworking Federation sets practice expectations that specifications frequently reference.
- Measured works rather than a bid package.
- Formally procured British work is tendered on a bill of quantities, structured so every bidder prices the same itemised list. A materials schedule submitted where a measured bill was required cannot be compared, so it cannot win.
- Joinery vocabulary.
- Bespoke joinery, shopfitting, second fix, ironmongery. These are the words the specification uses, and a document that says millwork and hardware reads as an import.
Standards that govern here
BS 1186 covers timber quality and the workmanship expected in joinery, and it is referenced in most British specifications for bespoke work.
BWF practice. The British Woodworking Federation publishes guidance that specifications commonly reference, particularly on fire doors and performance joinery.
Fire and performance requirements where a project imposes them, which change substrate, construction and certification obligations. Certification of a performance product sits with the manufacturer of that product.
We detail to the standard your specification names and report what it requires. We hold no BWF membership and we do not certify performance joinery.
Market requirements
Where packages fail here
- Converted dimensions.
- An imperial set run through a conversion, producing dimensions no joiner would ever set out.
- A materials list where a bill was required.
- Submitted into a tender that needed measured works, and immediately non-comparable.
- American vocabulary in a British document.
- Millwork, hardware, lumber. Small things that undermine everything around them.
- Fire door and performance obligations assumed.
- Certification requirements read as description on a project that specified them.
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you work in metric?
Yes, throughout, on British work. Metric from the outset rather than converted, because converted dimensions produce numbers no joiner would set out and they are obvious on a drawing.
Can you prepare a bill of quantities?
Yes, prepared to the measurement convention your project uses, confirmed at scoping. A measured bill and a materials schedule are different documents and we do not relabel one as the other.
Are you BWF members?
No. We detail to the standard your specification names and report what it requires. Membership and product certification sit with the bodies and manufacturers that hold them.
Do you have anyone in the UK?
Our market office is in London. That is where your account lead sits and where the named senior reviewer who signs off your work is based. Production is at our studios overseas.
Send the tender documents for a joinery package
What comes back is a priceable document rather than a materials list.
- Metric from the outset, never converted from imperial
- Measured works prepared to the convention your tender uses
- Joinery vocabulary throughout, not an imported document
- One named contact, not a general queue
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