Open on time. Build to budget. Run on data.
Where digital delivery is fully adopted, the outlook is almost 20% lower life-cycle cost for a building, with faster completion and better quality.
Source: BCG, How technology is revolutionizing construction (2016)
Prepared for Student Experience by BDU arquitectura, Madrid
Late and over budget is the industry norm. In student housing, late can cost a year.
longer than scheduled is typical for large construction projects.
over budget, at worst, on those same projects.
of rent per month of delay on a 400-bed residence. Miss the September intake and the loss can run to a full academic year.
Sources: McKinsey, Imagining construction's digital future (2016). Rent figure: example scheme, 400 beds × €700 × 95% occupancy.
Value on three lines of your P&L.
Lower design and construction cost
Fewer change orders and tighter, more comparable tenders.
Lower operating cost
Room, bed and asset data ready for your facilities team on day one.
Openings you can commit to
Coordinated design that protects the intake date and a year of rent.
Plus one set of rules for every appointment, and verified data for lenders, buyers and ESG reporting.
Savings ranges for full-scale digitalisation: BCG, How technology is revolutionizing construction (2016).
A pilot on one Spanish project: your first proof of value.
live project, chosen with you from your Spanish pipeline.
results measured against your own baseline: opening date, change orders and handover data.
return per € invested on an example 400-bed scheme. The pilot replaces it with your real figure.
You decide on the portfolio roll-out with evidence from your own building.
How the pilot works →3.7× uses the example inputs of the ROI model (slide "what it is worth"); it is not a forecast.
What changes for you at each stage.
| Stage | Outcome for you | How you will know |
|---|---|---|
| Acquisition | Faster, comparable yield tests across sites, with bed counts you can trust | Beds per m² GFA, appraisal turnaround |
| Licence | Fewer requirement rounds and an earlier start on site | Weeks from filing to licence |
| Tender | More bidders, tighter and more comparable prices | Bid spread, number of compliant bids |
| Construction | Fewer surprises, change orders and delays | Change orders as % of contract |
| Opening | Operational on day one, ready for the intake | Days between planned and actual opening |
| Operation | Lower facilities cost and planned capex | FM cost per bed, planned vs reactive work |
| Refinance & exit | Shorter due diligence and ESG evidence ready | Time to data room, energy and carbon ratings |
Results your investment committee can track.
Programme time
Cost capex
Data quality
Operation opex · ESG
Targets are set after a baseline on your current Spanish projects.
Replace the example inputs with your own.
Example inputs, not a forecast or benchmark.
Undiscounted, before tax. Licence, financing and ESG effects not included.
Everyone in your business gets something different.
Investment
Development
Operations
Finance & asset management
You get a partner who has built Spanish housing for three decades.
- Repetitive residential buildings for developers are our daily work, the closest typology to student housing.
- You get requirements Spanish teams can actually price and meet, because we sit on the delivery side.
- We work in Spanish and English, directly with your team and with local consultants, contractors and municipalities.
- We can act as your information manager in Spain, or hand the standard over to your team.
The pilot proves the value before you commit to the portfolio.
You get your own numbers
Today's cost, programme and data quality on your current Spanish projects, and a business case based on them.
You see it on a live project
The standard applied to one Spanish project, with opening date, change orders and handover data measured against the baseline.
You get it on every project
One standard in every new appointment, with results reported at each milestone.
Each step ends with a decision for you. Nothing moves to the next step without it.
Let's choose your pilot project.
One live project gives you your own numbers and a clear decision on whether to roll it out.