Construction businesses often grow project by project. Local teams need the autonomy to respond quickly to clients, programmes and site conditions, but as the business expands, the same materials, products and services are frequently purchased independently across multiple projects. This limits visibility and prevents the organisation from using its full commercial leverage.

Argillan helps contractors determine which decisions should remain project-led and which should be coordinated across the business. We benchmark core expenditure, quantify the opportunity and strengthen specifications, supplier competition and sourcing. The objective is better project margin without imposing a volume-housebuilder model on businesses built to deliver bespoke work.

Building-materials manufacturers and distributors operate in markets where relatively small differences in input and product costs can determine margin and competitiveness.

Yet suppliers and specifications often become deeply embedded because changing them carries genuine implications for quality, continuity and customer confidence. This can make existing costs difficult to challenge, even where expenditure is significant.

Argillan combines category benchmarks, should-cost analysis and direct-sourcing capability to establish what core materials and products should cost and identify credible alternatives.

We work with commercial, technical and operational teams to test total cost, performance, quality and supply risk before recommending change. The objective is stronger margin without compromising the products customers depend upon.

Hotels are right to protect the individuality of their properties and guest experience.

As portfolios grow, however, core products are often purchased independently across departments and locations, allowing costs, specifications and supplier terms to drift.

The challenge is not to standardise everything, but to distinguish what genuinely creates guest value from what can be coordinated more effectively.

Argillan helps owners and operators make that distinction. We benchmark core expenditure, align common requirements, strengthen direct supplier relationships and source internationally where appropriate.

Every solution is built around the portfolio’s brands, properties and operating model, improving EBITDA without stripping away what makes each hotel distinctive.