Smartzone
For UK Contractors

You're paying for answers you never get. We fix that.

Your construction tools don't talk to each other — so your team fills the gaps with spreadsheets, phone calls, and guesswork. We connect everything into one dashboard. Live in 8–12 weeks.

The problem

Sound familiar?

We talk to construction MDs every week who are living this exact pattern. If your firm runs more than a handful of disconnected tools, you already know.

If a member of your team was only delivering 50% of what you're paying them, you'd do something about it. Your software stack is doing exactly that — costing thousands every month and delivering a fraction of what it should.

8–12 tools that don't talk

Sage for accounts, Procore for projects, BreatheHR for people, Excel for everything in between. None of them share data without someone re-keying it.

Spreadsheets as the glue

Your CVR lives in a spreadsheet. Your compliance tracker lives in a spreadsheet. Your resource planner lives in a spreadsheet. One formula error and the board pack is wrong.

Month-end takes days, not minutes

Three days to compile a CVR. Two days to reconcile CIS. Half a day to assemble a board pack. Your commercial team spends more time gathering data than analysing it.

Compliance is now a criminal matter

The Building Safety Act introduced criminal liability — not fines, criminal penalties — for golden thread failures. CIS in Sage, CDM in SharePoint, training in HR, golden thread nowhere. Could you produce your record today if asked?

Industry Assessment
01

8–12

Software tools

Each with separate logins, separate data, separate invoices.

avg per firm

02

3

Days for month-end CVR

Your commercial team compiles. They should be analysing.

typical mid-market contractor

03

£80K+

Hidden admin costs

Re-keying, reconciliation, spreadsheet maintenance, chasing.

annual overhead — never on P&L

04

3.5/7

Best competitor coverage

No platform spans financial, safety, and data governance.

regulatory domains (of 7 mandatory)

Figures based on assessment data from mid-market UK contractors (£10M–£100M turnover).

The stakes

The cost of standing still

It's always been painful. Now it's getting dangerous.

01

Invisible hours compounding

Every month, your team spends days re-keying data between systems, reconciling spreadsheets, and chasing information. Those hours never show up on a P&L — but they cost £40K–£80K a year.

02

Compliance: competitive edge or criminal risk

The Building Safety Act introduced criminal liability for golden thread failures. But firms that can demonstrate compliance across all 7 UK regulatory domains win tenders others can't touch. Most firms have neither — no centralised compliance record and no platform that resolves the conflict between BSA retention and GDPR deletion.

03

Talent leaving for better tools

The best project managers and commercial leads won't tolerate outdated tools. Firms with unified systems attract and retain better people. The ones still running spreadsheets lose them.

04

Widening competitive gap

Firms that unify their data first will set the standard for public sector frameworks. The gap between digitally mature and digitally fragmented is widening every month.

The opportunity

What if it all just worked?

One screen. Every project. Every tool connected. Real-time, accurate, and yours. No re-keying. No chasing. No guesswork. Just your business, running the way it should.

How it works

Three steps. No disruption.

Each one delivers standalone value.

1

We map your world

A focused assessment of your current software, integrations, costs, and compliance gaps. You get the complete picture — every tool, every cost, every risk — in a report you'll wish you'd had years ago.

2

We connect everything

A unified dashboard on top of your existing tools. Real-time project visibility, automated reporting, employee provisioning. Live in 8–12 weeks. No rip and replace.

3

You own your platform — and your future

The MD sees every project. Commercial gets a CVR in 45 minutes. IT provisions in 4 minutes. Compliance is current — including the obligations no off-the-shelf platform can address. Your system. Your data. Your code. No vendor lock-in. And when you're ready to go further — AI, automation, new capabilities — everything you've built carries forward.

What changes

Real scenarios. Real roles. Real impact.

Real impact on your Monday morning.

Dave

Managing Director

Opens his dashboard at 7:30am. Every project's status, margin, and next milestone — one screen. Flags Project 4 trending 3% over budget. Out to site by 8:15. No calls. No spreadsheets. No guesswork.

What firms discover

The numbers your board hasn't seen yet

Every assessment uncovers the same pattern. Here's what mid-market UK contractors running 8–12 software tools typically find.

£150K

Average annual software spend

Direct subscriptions plus unused licences

£80K

Hidden admin costs

Re-keying, reconciliation, month-end compilation

12+

Disconnected tools

Each requiring separate logins, updates, and data entry

12–18mo

To cost-neutrality

Cancelled subscriptions offset the investment

Use the calculator above to estimate your own figures, or see the full cost breakdown. For regulatory coverage, see how we cover all 7 UK compliance domains

The landscape

Three forces shaping construction technology

Your current vendors want to lock you in. The AI giants want to replace your tools with their platform. We sit in between — building something that's yours.

Incumbent SaaS

Your current vendors are adding AI to lock you in

Procore, Viewpoint, Sage — they're bolting AI features onto platforms built a decade ago and raising your price to pay for it. The AI is generic. Your data stays in their cloud. And every new feature makes switching harder, not easier.

Generic AI platforms

The AI giants want to replace your tools with theirs

Microsoft Copilot, generic AI agents — powerful, but built for everyone. They don't understand CIS calculations, CDM notifications, or golden thread retention. No migration path. No one to call when it breaks on a live site.

Smartzone

We build something that's yours

Tailored to how your firm actually operates. Using the best AI available as infrastructure — not as the product. You own the platform, the data, and the code. Built for UK construction regulatory reality, not for the average business.

Ready to see what your software landscape is really costing you?

Start with a 30-minute conversation. No commitment. You'll walk away with a clear picture of where you stand.