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Quote, schedule, build, hand over — same record.

Small UK building firms — extensions, refurbs, loft conversions — CDM 2015 aware, snagging tracked, payments on schedule.

1-20 staff
Commercial · refurb · new-build
Compliance-aware build
Snagging closure, typical
Builders 1-20 staffDomestic Commercial · refurb · new-buildCDM 2015 Compliance-aware build−17 days Snagging closure, typical
The general builders stack

Six instruments, calibrated.

Small UK building firms — extensions, refurbs, loft conversions — CDM 2015 aware, snagging tracked, payments on schedule.

01 · Quoting + estimate

Estimate built from the take-off, not the gut.

Quantity-based estimates with materials, labour, prelims and contingency — defensible at the kitchen table, profitable on day 30. HBXL Estimator-friendly.

  • Take-off-driven estimate
  • Materials & labour split
  • Prelims & contingency
  • HBXL Estimator
02 · Project schedule + Gantt

Schedule the trades read on the phone.

Gantt for the office, daily card for the site. Subbies booked, materials called off, dependencies tracked — without a project manager.

  • Gantt for the office
  • Daily card for the site
  • Material call-off triggers
  • Buildxact, Tradify
03 · CDM compliance

Construction Phase Plan — generated, not assembled.

CDM 2015 documentation built from the project record — Construction Phase Plan, F10 notification, RAMS per task. The HSE inspection nobody enjoys becomes a download.

  • Construction Phase Plan
  • F10 notification
  • RAMS per task
  • HBXL CDM-Wizard
04 · Snagging + handover

Punch list closed, handover signed.

Snags captured on the phone with photos, assigned to a trade, closed with proof. Handover pack generated from the punch list. The retention payment isn't held up.

  • Photo-based snag capture
  • Trade assignment & SLA
  • Handover pack generator
  • Retention release tracking
05 · Subcontractor mgmt

Subbies on the system, paid on schedule.

Subcontractor onboarding (CIS, insurance, RAMS), purchase orders, application-for-payment workflow, retention tracked — without the Friday-night spreadsheet.

  • CIS & insurance check
  • Application-for-payment
  • Purchase orders
  • Retention tracking
06 · BrainBase

One brain on every site.

Drawings, specs, supplier list, RAMS, regs reference — searchable from a phone on site. Site managers find the right detail in seconds, not the wrong one in twenty minutes.

  • Drawing & spec library
  • Supplier & subbie catalogue
  • RAMS & regs reference
  • Site-manager training stack
Sample engagement

The fourteen-staff builder that cut snagging closure from 3 weeks to 4 days.

Fourteen staff. Six concurrent projects. Snagging punch-lists tracked on a clipboard and a WhatsApp group.

A residential refurb + extensions builder kept snagging on a paper punch list, chased trades on WhatsApp, and held up retention payments waiting for sign-off. Three-week build: photo-based snag capture, trade assignment with SLA, handover pack generator, retention release tied to punch-list closure. Six months in: average punch-list closure from 3 weeks to 4 days, retention released on schedule across the next six handovers.

How we measure: Punch-list closure measured as snag-raised timestamp to snag-signed-off timestamp, weighted across 312 snags post-build vs the operator's clipboard sample from the prior six handovers.

−17 dayspunch-list closure, average
6 / 6retentions released on schedule
+£42kretention cashflow recovered, yr one
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Map the round.

Bring a recent estimate, a snag list, and the subbie roster. We diagnose from the project.