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Independent thinking.
Grounded in experience.
MRE Consultation was built on decades of hands-on industry experience and a clear belief that construction teams need clearer specification guidance, better coordination and commercially grounded advice before small issues become costly project problems.
MRE Consultation supports project teams as an independent specification consultant across sanitaryware, specification, procurement and project coordination.
Marc Wood
FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR
marc@mreconsultation.co.uk
020 7096 3302
ABOUT MARC
Decades of experience.
One clear purpose.
Marc Wood founded MRE Consultation after more than 20 years across specification, procurement, project coordination and premium bathroom environments within the residential, hospitality and commercial sectors.
His experience spans the practical realities of product selection, supplier coordination, project delivery, value engineering and technical specification. Having worked closely with architects, developers, contractors and design teams, Marc understands where specification intent can break down between concept, procurement and installation.
“The greatest value is often created before procurement begins, when specification decisions can still reduce risk, protect design intent and improve project outcomes.”
MRE was created to help close that gap. The consultancy provides advice-led support shaped around project suitability, technical requirements, compliance, procurement realities and long-term outcomes.
Every engagement is led directly by Marc. There are no account handlers or junior consultants passing on second-hand advice. Clients work directly with Marc’s knowledge, judgement and practical project experience.
EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE
20+
Years of industry experience
Spanning specification, procurement, project coordination and premium bathroom environments across all sectors.
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Sectors served
Residential, hospitality and commercial. From single high-end homes to multi-site hotel groups and large-scale developments.
100%
Project-focused
Recommendations shaped around practical suitability, compliance, performance and successful project outcomes.
Practical Expertise, Applied Early
MRE’s value often sits in the details that are easy to miss during design, pricing or procurement. Product choices may appear suitable on paper, but still create risk through compliance gaps, unclear documentation, lead-time issues, installation constraints, maintenance limitations or inappropriate substitutions.
MISSION
To provide intelligent, commercially grounded and technically informed specification consultancy.
MRE Consultation exists to support architects, designers, developers and contractors through honest advice, specification expertise, value engineering and commercially aware project support, built on decades of hands-on industry experience.
The aim is to simplify complexity, reduce risk and add measurable value through clear thinking, attention to detail and calm professional guidance, without compromising the integrity, functionality or visual ambition of a project.
CORE VALUES
Commercial Intelligence
Understanding the financial realities of projects as well as the design ambitions, and knowing how to balance both.
Honest Expertise
Straightforward advice, clearly given. Recommendations are shaped by the project brief, technical requirements and practical delivery needs.
Detail Matters
Specification errors rarely announce themselves. Catching them requires patience, experience and genuine attention to what others overlook.
Calm Professionalism
Projects are complex and timelines are pressured. MRE brings clarity and composure to situations that can otherwise escalate quickly.
Independent Thinking
Every recommendation is considered through the lens of project suitability, compliance, performance and long-term value.
Long-Term Relationships
Most clients return. The goal is not a single transaction but an ongoing relationship built on trust, discretion and consistent results.
WHO MRE WORKS WITH
MRE works with professionals across the design and construction industry who need technically informed specification, procurement and project support, whether at the start of a project or once challenges have already emerged.
ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS
Incomplete or conflicting schedules
Specification support that translates design intent into technically compliant, procurable schedules without compromising the original brief.
DEVELOPERS
Value engineering without compromise
Commercial review of bathroom and sanitaryware specifications to identify cost efficiencies that do not create downstream risk or reduce build quality.
CONTRACTORS
Procurement and coordination support
Technical guidance on sanitaryware specifications, supplier coordination and compliance assurance throughout the procurement and delivery process.
HOSPITALITY GROUPS
Multi-site specification consistency
Consistent, brand-aligned bathroom specification across multiple sites or room categories, balanced against practical procurement and cost requirements.
Work with MRE directly.
Every engagement is led personally by Marc Wood. No intermediaries, no account handlers.
MRE CONSULTATION
Based in the UK · Supporting projects nationwide