Portico

Unlock the performance of commercial real estate projects

Portico coordinates project workflows across the RIBA plan, governing every decision against a centralised performance model to ensure performance targets are protected at every stage.

Performance objectives risk compromise at every project stage.

Design

Documents scattered across tools. Weeks of re-modelling for every change.

Procurement

Tenders evaluated on cost, not performance impact.

Construction

Substitutions accumulate without understanding performance impact.

Commissioning

Systems checked against manufacturer specs, not the performance model.

Operation

Operations disconnected from design intent.

Portico gives project stakeholders purpose built tools.

Each stakeholder enters Portico through their own standalone tools.

Portico for Asset Owners & Managers

Protect the investment case

  • Portfolio Dashboard
  • Performance Reporting
  • Decision Governance

Portico for Developers

Prove your projects deliver

  • Capex Forecasting
  • Performance Reporting
  • Decision Governance

Portico for Architects

Design to a budget with confidence

  • Capex Forecasting
  • Document Control & Issuance
  • Live Performance Modelling

Portico for MEP Consultants

Protect design intent through every stage

  • Document Control & Issuance
  • Drawing Standardisation
  • Live Performance Modelling

Portico for Contractors

Test alternatives before committing

  • Document Control & Issuance
  • Value Engineering Modelling

Portico for Facilities Managers

Know when performance drifts and why

  • Operational Performance Triage
  • Performance Reporting

Connected to a centralised performance model across the RIBA plan

Within a project each Portico solution connects to a central model of building performance

Every decision on a commercial real estate project affects energy, carbon, cost, schedule time and compliance. Portico tracks all five as a single model so trade-offs are visible before decisions are made, not discovered after.

Five interconnected performance dimensions: energy, cost, carbon, compliance, and time

Accelerating the workflows that shape performance.

Portico orchestrates critical project workflows, delivering faster cycle times and full process integrity across every stage.

Capex Forecasting

Estimate costs using BCIS and SPONS benchmarks. Confirm budget feasibility before tender, not after.

Document Control

Centralise, standardise, approve and issue drawings, technical drawings, and key evidence to client projects and portfolios.

Value Engineering

Test changes to equipment specifications against the performance model. Simulation backed evidence on every proposal.

Tender Comparison

Evaluate tenders on performance impact, not just price. Full visibility across energy, carbon, cost, and compliance before a decision is made.

Commissioning

Verify installed systems against the design baseline. Close the loop between what was approved and what was delivered.

Operational Triage

Diagnose performance drift against the full project history. Trace issues back to the decision, specification, or installation that caused them.

Every change governed. Every decision recorded.

Every change that affects building performance flows through three stages.

  • Submission

    A proposed change is submitted with supporting evidence — updated models, revised specifications, simulation outputs.

  • Conformance

    The submission is automatically evaluated against the performance baseline across energy, carbon, cost, and compliance before any decision is made.

  • Decision

    The decision is recorded with who made it, when, what evidence it was based on, and what it did to performance. The approved baseline updates. The full history is preserved.

Nothing is approved without evaluation. Nothing is changed without record.

Submission

Conformance

Decision

Built from the ground up by engineers who know the problem.

Portico wasn't designed from a research paper or a market analysis. It was built by sustainability consultants and MEP engineers who have spent two decades watching performance targets erode on real projects. Every feature in the platform was born from direct experience of the problems faced on commercial projects.

  • Developed with two decades of industry experience across UK commercial real estate
  • Aligned with CRREM, UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard, NABERS, and CIBSE frameworks
  • Founded by a practising MEP and sustainability consultancy, with Portico validated on live projects before reaching the market.
RIBA Plan of Work
CRREM
UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard
NABERS
CIBSE
EnergyPlus