Five stages, one sequence
SQRD engages across five stages, in a fixed delivery order: assessment, strategy, design, pilot, then specification. Each one answers a question the next one depends on. Enter at any stage. Most clients start at 01.
The five stages
01 / 03Assessment
Operational technology assessment
What have we actually got, and what will it let us do?
Strategy
AI and technology strategy for real estate
Where does AI actually pay here, and in what order?
Design
Systems and integration design
How do these systems connect without locking us in?
Pilot
AI pilots and proof of value
Does this work in our building, with our people?
Specification
Procurement specification and tender support
How do we buy this without being sold to?
Enter at any stage. Most clients start at 01.
What we examine. The SQRD Stack.
02 / 03The Stack is what we examine. The stages are how we engage. Every space is four layers deep. Each layer has to be understood before the one above it can be trusted. Most projects start at the top, choose an application, and fail quietly underneath it.
Systems
What is installed, what is planned, and what each system constrains.
Data
What each system produces, whether it is accessible, and how it gets out.
Integration
How systems and data connect. Point to point, or through one integration layer.
Intelligence
Where AI genuinely improves operations and experience, once the layers below are sound.
Where to start
03 / 03Not sure which stage you are at?
Most clients are not, and it is usually obvious within one conversation. Tell us about the space, the asset, or the problem.