Buildings & Systems

About

Our geographical reach puts our building experts close to clients right around the world.

With expertise in all the critical aspects of building structures and fabric - as well as engineering systems - we develop strategies that optimise building performance and operational efficiency. Combining technical due diligence, compliance and certification with commissioning and engineering design into a single integrated organisation, we can move rapidly from understanding the issue and identifying the problem to devising a solution and implementing it. This simplifies points of contact, saves time and reduces risk.

Services

A global network of technical due diligence experts engaged with all the facets of buying, selling and occupying real estate of every type, we help identify technical risks and liabilities for vendors, purchasers and occupiers. Our environmental, engineering, façade, and cost teams contribute to fully comprehensive analysis of single assets or portfolios. Learn More

Skilled engineers in mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection bringing a breadth of expertise to all aspects of design and installation. From one-off plant replacement projects and individual system upgrades, through wholesale refurbishments to complete new building system designs. Learn More

Leasing, transacting, developing or managing land and buildings, the expert environmental guidance to analyse risks and develop cost-effective mitigation strategies. Services include: Environmental Due Diligence, Environmental Site Assessments, Investigations and Remediation Projects, Commercial Waste Management, and Drinking Water Risk Assessment.

Technical & Environmental Due Diligence is essential to buying & selling property. They highlight risks, bring clarity to complex technical issues, identify & quantify liabilities & give an informed position from which to negotiate.

Buy, sell and negotiate with confidence

Our team combines local expertise and international experience to secure the best outcomes for large and complex transactions involving cross-border or multi-site portfolios. We support your transactions every step of the way, leaving no open issues and no questions unanswered.

Renowned for Quality
A single point of contact is our critical link in delivering consistency and quality across the UK and Europe. Behind the scenes, we share experiences and knowledge continually to make sure the advice we give you reflects the very latest thinking on building technology, occupier trends, legislation and market practice.
Industry Specialists
We have the largest network of real estate advisors in the world. That means we have the specialists in all the places you need them. We investigate everything thoroughly - from building structures and complex facade systems to the many engineering services installations - assessing their quality and condition, as well as measuring how they perform against energy legislation and the sustainability agenda.

And at the frontier of innovation, our Geomatics team offers 3D modelling, to provide accurate measurement data, BIM-ready floor plans and digital twins.
Speed of Response
With so many in-house experts we can hit the ground running with a team specially picked for your assignment. Our RICS qualified surveyors, ESG consultants and building specialists are ready when you need them. Our team is coordinated by your single point of contact which guarantees the clarity and consistency of our advice, whilst driving optimal results.
Transaction Certainty
When you’re buying or selling property, we know our advice is always part of a broader agenda, so we make sure it’s practical, commercially focused and leaves no questions unanswered. Our technical insight, detailed analysis and market knowledge will save you money and manage your exposure to risk.

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Facade Consultancy

Design, construction and performance insights about façades - new and old - and every kind of building envelope.

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Geomatics and 3D Services

Cutting edge digital measurement technology for multiple real estate applications. Unleash the latent power of building data.

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Engineering Consultancy

Building systems engineering, technical intelligence and design, rooted in energy efficiency, low cost in use and ease of maintenance.

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Dilapidations done differently. Creative advice with a commercial focus, tactical strategies and expert negotiation on managing dilapidations risks for landlords and tenants.

Landlord tenant relationships can be complicated, especially when it comes to deciding whether the tenant has looked after the landlord’s building properly. We’re building specialists and we know what it takes to repair and maintain everything from a medieval timber frame to a high spec city office tower.

We have unique access to in-house experts like mechanical and electrical engineers, façade consultants and environmental experts, so our advice is always detailed and comprehensive. We have in-house cost consultants too, working day-to-day in the construction market, so our pricing is always accurate and reliable.

We approach dilapidations from a commercial perspective. Working hard to achieve the best outcome for our clients, using all our experience representing both landlords and tenants, in each case seeing the world as they see it.

Our Services

Protecting the value of your property assets through effective enforcement of a tenant’s dilapidations obligations.

Our Services:

Lease Advice and Dilapidations Strategies
Terminal Dilapidations Claims and Negotiations
Interim Dilapidations Claims and Negotiations
Dilapidations Project Management
Break Option Advice
Tenant Surrender and Assignment Advice
Pre-Lease Advice
Portfolio Management

Effective strategies to manage the risks of exiting a lease. We help manage and mitigate your dilapidations liabilities at the end of your lease or at any time during it.

Our Services:

Lease Advice and Dilapidations Strategies
Dilapidations Provision Reports and Lease Accounting Standards (IFRS 16) Advice
Cross Border Portfolio Provisioning
Defence of Terminal Dilapidations Claims
Defence of Interim Dilapidations Claims
Break Option Advice and Managing Break Risks
Surrender, Assignment and Sub-Letting Advice
Decommissioning Advice
Dilapidations Project Management

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Technical Due Diligence

Building surveys highlight risks, bring clarity to complex technical issues, identify & quantify liabilities and give an informed position from which to negotiate.

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Engineering Consultancy

Building systems engineering, technical intelligence and design, rooted in energy efficiency, low cost in use and ease of maintenance.

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Lease Consultancy

Make informed decisions on rent reviews, lease renewals and other lease driven issues with advice from market leading experts.

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Energy efficiency building systems. Design, control and performance strategies to maximise the contribution engineering systems make to sustainable, productive and cost-effective buildings.

Clever strategies to reduce costs, keep occupiers happy and sustain long term asset value in a competitive property market. Expert building services engineering for everything from acquisitions, refurbishment projects, energy efficiency, day to day operation, to whole building life cycles.

Keep on the front foot with smart technology, innovation and sustainable engineering.

Our Services

Building service engineering insights for buying, selling, managing or occupying buildings. Collaborating with brokerage and property management teams we give clients the deep technical analysis to make better informed decisions.

Analysis, advice and strategies to meet the day-to-day demands of building operation - and for transaction activity - guidance on the features most valued by occupiers or investors.

We focus on managing risks and liabilities, carbon reduction and optimising energy costs.

Work with our award-winning engineers - specialists in mechanical, electrical and public health projects across all key property sectors.

Committed to low energy, low carbon design, and net zero, we deliver project strategies to achieve the sustainability accreditation you need - MEES, BREEAM, LEED, WELL, NABERS, fitwel and GRESB.

Design – turning ideas from feasibility studies into detailed designs - we can use our Geomatics team’s 3D scanning technology to capture site data digitally and design in CAD or Revit for BIM. We handle everything, including supervision on site through to completion and handover into occupation.

Technical Advisor – Choose an independent, client-focused review of commercial and technical proposals from consultants and contractors, so you can be confident you’ll receive exactly what you’ve asked for.

Peer Reviews – A design appraisal looking for value engineering, design gaps, compliance shortcomings, with clear guidance on alignment with your budgets and the design intent.

Plant and system replacement – complete projects in live working environments, planned and phased to manage critical interfaces and mitigate the risk of business interruption.

Project monitoring – critical quality monitoring and assurance on third party projects

Investigation and diagnostics – system analysis and design review to identify, and correct, underperformance.

Leasing services – technical support for landlords and tenants agreeing licences for alteration, and resolving dilapidations and disputes.

Serving clients, facilities managers, contractors and service providers across the whole spectrum of VT engineering advice – lifts, escalators and BMU installations - in buildings from all property sectors.

Contract Management Support – contractual compliance oversight - making sure risks and liabilities are managed effectively, driving high performance standards and best value for money for you.

Projects – from new build to complex refurbishment, we deliver technically advanced and innovative solutions, commercially focused from the start through design and procurement stages to inspections, commissioning and handover.

Procurement – benefit from our deep industry connections and buying power to get value for money maintenance and project solutions. From development of the client specific contract and through the tender process we ensure that the mobilisation procedures are completed to ensure a smooth transition.

A CBRE-developed tool, Asset IQ uses smart technology to improve plant performance, energy efficiency and drive optimal building operation.

Without significant capital cost, an annual consultancy service allows us to administer the platform and support building managers, and FM teams, in driving plant optimization - increasing plant lifecycle, reducing energy costs and ultimately maintaining peak levels of performance.

A live web portal shows every stakeholder the benefits through a user-friendly dashboard. Benchmarking and energy performance data can be shared on screens in public areas to demonstrate how owners and occupiers are achieving their Corporate Social Responsibility objectives.

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Technical Due Diligence

Building surveys highlight risks, bring clarity to complex technical issues, identify & quantify liabilities and give an informed position from which to negotiate.

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Property Management

We offer tailored property management solutions to meet your unique needs, throughout the property lifecycle and across all asset classes.

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ESG Consultancy

Make business critical decisions by managing sustainability risk in your portfolios. Advising on the property lifecycle and helping you build your sus...

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Get lifetime performance from building façades of every type. Fault diagnostics and cost effective, engineering strategies for new systems, maintenance or refurbishment.

Lifetime façade engineering

Manage risk, match appearance with performance, meet ambitious environmental standards and get the best possible value for money from your building façade systems. Expert façade engineers, we investigate and diagnose faults, deliver effective maintenance and replacement strategies, and satisfy compliance standards.

Embrace our sustainability and the cradle-to-cradle ethos. We handle everything from design, material selection and manufacture to installation and subsequent lifetime care.

1,000+

Clients across EMEA
11

Languages spoken within the Façades team

Technical Due Diligence

Technical insight, detailed design analysis and market knowledge focused on saving you money and managing risk. All round façade expertise covering performance, service life, cost in use, compliance and safety - so you can buy and sell with full knowledge and confidence.

Statutory Compliance

Comply with façade legislation and get up to date quickly when it changes. Overhead glazing, structural integrity, health and safety, statutory requirements or compliance, we’ll handle it all for you - and tell you what it means from a real estate market perspective too.

Project Management

Sustainability Expert façade advice, advocacy and representation for legal actions, warranty and insurance claims, defect investigations and assessments. Sustainability informed engineering strategies designed to optimise the contribution building façades make to achieving sustainability goals and ESG objectives - both in design and in use.

Sustainability

Expert façade advice, advocacy and representation for legal actions, warranty and insurance claims, defect investigations and assessments. Sustainability informed engineering strategies designed to optimise the contribution building façades make to achieving sustainability goals and ESG objectives - both in design and in use.

Façade Fire Safety

Navigate safety, technical and commercial requirements and stay ahead of the latest legislation and market trends in relation to Façade Fire Safety, with our detailed understanding and real world application of the latest advice and guidance, supported by industry leading teams, commercial insight and insurance cover.

Expert Opinion

We know that sometimes things don’t run smoothly and you may need an expert opinion as part of a claim. Or perhaps you are looking for a peer review. The Façade Consultancy team have detailed knowledge of expert roles and can provide you with the expert opinion required for your project. Whether it is dilapidations, insurance, defect analysis, warranty review, product guarantee or dispute resolution in the real estate industry, the team has the right expert for you.

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Technical Due Diligence

Building surveys highlight risks, bring clarity to complex technical issues, identify & quantify liabilities and give an informed position from which to negotiate.

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Project & Programme Management

Our Project Management group partners with clients to implement cost-efficient, scalable solutions to optimise the design & build process.

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Property Management

We offer tailored property management solutions to meet your unique needs, throughout the property lifecycle and across all asset classes.

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Capturing reality. Taking the built environment into a new dimension.

Accuracy is crucial for you, so we approach every project meticulously, giving it the attention it needs to make sure you get the right results.

With cutting edge technology – such as 3D terrestrial scanners and 360 photography at our fingertips - our RICS-accredited experts capture spatial data with statistical accuracy that’s correct to 0.2%.

We work closely with you to understand your needs, drawing on the expertise of the wider CBRE team – from valuation experts to retail specialists – to deepen our understanding of what you want to achieve.

Our measured surveys contain more detail and more information. They can be used as the basis for architectural design in the form of sections, elevations and floor plans, as well as data for Building Information Models (BIM). All our reports meet the RICS Property Measurement Standards, so you can be confident internal areas are calculated on a common and consistent basis; critically, they are also objective and independent.

We provide 2D and 3D output including BIM, 360 virtual walkthroughs, site area measurement, boundary and topographical surveys, sections and elevations for refurbishment projects, elevations for rights of light negotiations, demise plans for leases, and Land Registry compliant title plans.

We have the technology and the skills to support you with everything from large scale, global portfolio instructions to small one-off instructions, all delivered with the same exacting precision and attention to detail.

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Expand your audience by bringing static, two dimensional data to life in an engaging, interactive format that feels just like being there.

We can give you virtual access to any building, at any time, anywhere, by providing an analytical, connected model that can be experienced on mobile devices, tablets, desktops, or even Virtual Reality headsets.

Walkthroughs can be hosted and shared, providing you with an immensely powerful tool for virtual site meetings or presentations, to discuss everything from marketing, leasing, space planning and design development, to development monitoring.

By using the very latest 3D laser scanning devices, we can provide virtual walkthroughs of any built environment within hours of leaving site.

Measurement lies at the heart of every property transaction. When it’s information that’s often taken for granted it’s even more important to be able to rely on its accuracy.

The more you think about measured survey data, the more you’ll realise how often you need it, how much it’s part of everything you do, and perhaps most importantly, how vital it is to have information you can trust. More than ever, clients want confidence in the data being used.

Our RICS qualified team is equipped with the latest, cutting-edge data capture technology, combined with the surveying skills that come from years of experience. We guarantee referenced areas within a tolerance of 0.2%, a level of accuracy that meets the guidelines set out in the RICS Property Measurement Standard.

All our area reports are also provided with an assignable letter of reliance, which transfers a duty of care to future purchasers. This is backed up by our market leading Professional Indemnity Insurance providing unrivalled client confidence, to support transactions from the very outset.

The scope of our business means we see the world from every angle ,but capturing and presenting spatial data can be a challenge, not just for investors, vendors and developers but for everyone involved in the built environment.

In a world where Architects, Engineers and Construction professionals use sophisticated digital tools to plan, design, construct and manage buildings, we recognise the need to provide 3D BIM-ready Revit (AutoCAD) models.

Our team uses terrestrial 3D scanners and UAV drone technology to capture large datasets of the built environment. Once processed we can store this for you, effectively future-proofing all the information about your asset. Our output includes raw ‘point-cloud’ data for architects, as well as allowing extrapolation of detailed 2D floor plans, sections and elevations.

The Building Information Models provide digital description of every aspect of the built asset.

The Model makes it possible for anyone to access or add to the building component information thus improving asset reliability and performance.

Full 3D datasets promote greater efficiency, save money on design and planning costs, deliver reduced capital and operating expenditure, as well as providing asset registers and a basis for service mapping.

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Capital Markets

Gain insights and strategies to unlock value, drive returns and enhance outcomes for investments in all geographies and across all asset classes.

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Global Workplace Solutions

Achieve transformational, strategic business outcomes for you with the global scale and end-to-end integration of Global Workplace Solutions (GWS).

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BIM

Federated 3D digital building models that deliver design process efficiency, and set the basis for digital FM.

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Air quality matters

As cities expand across the planet, the air quality, inside and outside our buildings, is becoming a critical human and political issue. Breathing poor quality air in the work environment caused by poorly designed mechanical systems, ineffective filtration or inadequate ventilation has a detrimental effect on human productivity, wellbeing and overall health.

Introducing CBRE Breathe

CBRE Breathe empowers everyone involved in developing, occupying or leasing buildings to analyze indoor air quality, and use this insight to promote the productivity, health and well being of occupiers.

Using sophisticated digital technology, coupled with our extensive experience of M&E building ventilation systems, we interrogate your designs to collect and analyze critical data about your building.

CBRE Breathe uses this information to develop and help you implement practical strategies to create the most productive and healthy workplaces, and the most attractive buildings for investors and occupiers.

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Engineering Consultancy

Building systems engineering, technical intelligence and design, rooted in energy efficiency, low cost in use and ease of maintenance.

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Technical Due Diligence

Building surveys highlight risks, bring clarity to complex technical issues, identify & quantify liabilities and give an informed position from which to negotiate.

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ESG Consultancy

Make business critical decisions by managing sustainability risk in your portfolios. Advising on the property lifecycle and helping you build your sus...

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Emilie Rousseaux

Senior Director - Head of Development Services

Phone +32 2 643 33 95

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Buildings & Systems

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Services

Technical Due Diligence

Dilapidations and Decommissioning

Engineering consultancy

Façade consultancy

Geomatics and 3D Services

CBRE Breathe

Building Sustainability Consulting

Environmental & Feasibility

Buy, sell and negotiate with confidence

Renowned for Quality

Industry Specialists

Speed of Response

Transaction Certainty

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Landlord Dilapidations

Occupier Dilapidations

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Our Services

Asset Engineering

Project & Design

Vertical Transportion

Asset IQ

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Lifetime façade engineering

1,000+

11

Technical Due Diligence

Statutory Compliance

Project Management

Sustainability

Façade Fire Safety

Expert Opinion

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Our Services

Virtual walkthroughs

Internal area surveys

3D Revit modelling and BIM

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Air quality matters

Introducing CBRE Breathe

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Contact

Emilie Rousseaux

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