How we work

Design. Build. Maintain.

One team takes your space from the first sketch to long after handover. Design leads; everything else follows the drawing.

Most contractors are handed a design and asked to build it. We start earlier. We design the space with you, you sign off one complete drawing, and that drawing is what gets built, to an agreed cost and programme.

01

Design

It starts on paper, not on site.

  1. Briefing.

    We start with the people who use the space: who moves through it, what it has to do on its busiest day, and what it must cost to run.

  2. Space planning and layouts.

    Briefing, space planning, layouts and specification are done in-house, by our own design team, led by our Head of Design.

  3. See it before it's built.

    We develop the concept into drawings and visuals, so you can see the space and make decisions before anything is ordered.

  4. Approvals and compliance.

    We liaise with local authorities so planning, health and safety and building control requirements are met.

    • Detailed design
    • Working drawings
    • Building control
    • DDA compliance
    • LTA co-ordination
    • Sustainability
    • Record drawings
  5. Cost plan.

    Preconstruction turns the design into a deliverable, costed plan. We agree scope, cost and programme up front.

    • Cost management
    • Value engineering
    • Programme development
    • Tendering works packages

One drawing.

You sign off one complete drawing. That drawing is what gets built.

Already have an architect? We're equally happy delivering alongside your appointed designers.

02

Build

One team, one project manager, start to handover.

One project manager runs all of it. Every project manager is SMSTS certified and has regular training in areas such as first aid and asbestos awareness.

Built around how you operate

Hospitals

St Peter's, Chertsey handed back pharmacy, theatres and maternity in turn.

Prisons

Security-cleared teams, cleared to EL1 or higher, under strict key and tool control.

Stadiums

Phased around the fixture list and handed back match-ready.

Schools

Fixed to your term dates, with segregated compounds and deliveries away from drop-off and pick-up.

Workplaces

Brown Rudnick joined two W1 buildings in eight weeks, fully occupied.

Need it faster? Pods and modules are built offsite while your groundworks run, then craned in and connected in days. Pods & Modular →

03

Maintain

We stay after the keys change hands.

The people who built the space keep it working. Because we designed and built it, we know the plant, finishes and access inside out.

  • Planned maintenance
  • Reactive response
  • Statutory compliance
  • Hard & soft FM
  • Lifecycle planning
Farnborough Centre for Health: planned and reactive FM to HTM →

Watch a project come together

What you can count on

  • We agree scope, cost and programme up front.
  • We flag anything that threatens them the moment we see it, not at the end.
  • One project manager runs all of it.
  • Every project manager is SMSTS certified.
  • The people who built the space keep it working.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

The things clients ask us most, about live environments, modular buildings, budgets and how a project begins. If your question isn't here, ask us directly.

Working with us

We design, build and maintain spaces for healthcare, education, sport and leisure, hospitality, secure environments and commercial clients, including modular buildings and pods. One team takes your project from the first sketch to long after handover.

Explore our sectors

No. Parogon (spelt with an O) is Parogon Contracts Limited, a design and build contractor in Pirbright, Surrey, founded in 2003. We're not connected to any restaurant, bank or other company called Paragon.

About Parogon

Yes, it's where much of our work happens. We've delivered inside a working hospital, an operational prison and a stadium on matchdays. We plan phasing, access and segregation around your operation so the day job carries on.

See the Endoscopy Complex case study

With a conversation. Tell us what the space needs to do, and we'll walk the site, test the brief and come back with a clear proposal, scope, programme and cost, before any commitment is made.

Start the conversation

Either works. We offer full design-and-build with our in-house team, and we're equally happy delivering alongside your appointed designers. Most clients choose one accountable team, us.

We're based in the South and deliver projects across the UK. Location is rarely the deciding factor, the brief is.

Pods & modular

A building made from factory-built sections, timber-framed units, converted containers or purpose-built modules, assembled on site in days rather than months. You get a permanent-quality space with a fraction of the disruption.

Explore Pods & Modular

No. Factory conditions mean tighter tolerances and consistent finishes, and our modules are built to the same regulations as conventional construction. The difference is speed and certainty, not standard.

Yes. Cladding, glazing and interior finishes are specified to match their surroundings, most visitors would never know a building arrived in sections.

Clinical rooms and wards, classrooms, secure facilities, sports and leisure buildings, hospitality units, housing, and home and garden rooms. If it needs four walls and a door, we've likely built it as a module.

See pod sectors

Faster than traditional construction, because site preparation and factory build run in parallel. Exact programmes depend on size and specification, we'll give you a firm timeline with your proposal.

Sectors & compliance

Regularly. We deliver clinical spaces in and around live hospitals, working to infection-control requirements and agreed access windows so patient services are never put at risk.

Healthcare projects

Yes. Our teams are experienced in the vetting, escorting and tooling controls that custodial and secure estates require, and we plan deliveries around the regime of the establishment.

Secure environments

We do both. Holiday windows suit larger refurbishments; term-time work is planned around the school day with segregated compounds and agreed noisy-work periods.

Education projects

We work to the statutory and sector standards each project demands, building regulations, healthcare and secure-estate requirements included, and we're happy to share our accreditations and insurance details on request.

Ask us directly

Cost & programme

Every project is priced individually, size, specification and site conditions all shape the figure. What we can promise is a detailed, itemised proposal before you commit, so there are no surprises later.

It depends on scope. A single pod can be on site in weeks; a multi-floor refurbishment runs longer. Modular delivery compresses programmes significantly because factory and site work happen at the same time.

Yes, most of our projects do. We agree scope, cost and programme up front, and flag anything that threatens any of the three the moment we see it, not at the end.

Yes. Our facilities management team maintains completed spaces long after handover, planned maintenance, compliance checks and rapid response when something needs fixing.

Facilities management

Your next step

Start your project with one conversation.

Twenty minutes is enough to talk through your space, your timing and a realistic budget. We agree scope, cost and programme up front.

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